The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is one of the most significant global assessment bodies established, and it provides the most authoritative and influential assessments of climate change knowledge. This book examines the history and politics of the organisation, and how this shapes its assessment practice and the climate knowledge it produces. Developing a new methodology, this book focuses on the actors, activities, and forms of authority affecting the IPCC's constructions of climate change. It describes how social, economic, and political dynamics influence all aspects of the organisation and its work. The book contributes to understanding the place of science in politics and politics in science, and offers important insights for designing new knowledge bodies for global environmental agreement-making. It is indispensable for students and researchers in environmental studies, international relations, and political science, as well as policymakers and anyone interested in the IPCC.

Using a new analytical framework, this book examines the politics that shape the latest climate knowledge.

About the Author
Hannah Hughes is a senior lecturer in International Politics of Climate Change at Aberystwyth University. Her research is focused on questions of knowledge and power and global asymmetries in how we know and collectively address global environmental degradation. Through her research, collaborations, and publications she hopes to shape central sites and processes of global environmental agreement-making. She has just published another book with Cambridge University Press on Conducting Research on Global Environmental Agreement-Making that she co-edited with Alice Vadrot.


Book Information
ISBN 9781009341530
Author Hannah Hughes
Format Hardback
Page Count 215
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 541g
Dimensions(mm) 250mm * 175mm * 18mm