Mainstreaming Climate Change In Development Cooperation: Theory, Practice And Implications For The European Union

MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE IN DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION Theory, Practice and Implications for the European Union Climate change, development and development cooperation are, individually and jointly, three politically sensitive and complex issues, especially in the context of relations between developed and developing countries. This book tackles these issues by combining theoretical, political and practical perspectives. At the theoretical level, it analyses the dominant paradigms and explores the meaning of the concept of mainstreaming. At the political level, it highlights the sensitivities between developed and developing countries and examines the mainstreaming debate in various fora. At the practical level, it presents the results of case studies focusing on the assistance provided by the European Union and key Member States and the climate needs articulated by developing countries. This book is valuable for politicians, policymakers, academics and non-state actors working in the fields of development studies, international law, politics, international relations, economics, climate change and environmental studies. This volume is one of the results of the three-year European Commission ADAM (Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies) research project. Three other books arise from this project, all published by Cambridge University Press: Making Climate Change Work for Us: European Perspectives on Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies, edited by Mike Hulme and Henry Neufeldt Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaption?, edited by Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt, Tim Rayner and Frans Berkhout Global Climate Governance Beyond 2012: Architecture, Agency and Adaptation, edited by Frank Biermann, Philipp Pattberg and Fariborz Zelli J O Y E E T A G U P T A is professor of climate change law and policy at the VU University Amsterdam and of water law and policy at the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education in Delft. She is editor-in-chief of International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics and is on the editorial board of the journals Carbon and Law Review, International Journal on Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Policy and International Community Law Review. She was a lead author of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. She is on the scientific steering committees of many international programmes, including the Global Water Systems Project and the Earth System Governance Project. She has published several books on climate change, including The Climate Change Convention and Developing Countries: From Conflict to Consensus? (1997, Kluwer Academic Publishers) and Our Simmering Planet: What to Do about Global Warming (2001, Zed Publishers). Books she