Taryn Fransen
@tarynfransen.bsky.social
I study climate policy + politics at World Resources Institute + UC Berkeley
Economics
50%
Environmental science
17%
But as @wriclimate.bsky.social and others seek to reimagine “climate diplomacy in a messy world” (www.wri.org/climate-dipl...), understanding how countries leverage climate politics to influence their negotiating partners is as critical as ever.
When we conducted our interviews, the US was still in the Paris Agreement, and the world was between two of the oil supply shocks that have come to punctuate the 2020s. It’s fair to say the context for climate policy has shifted.
Most of these strengthen ambition, but countries worried about preserving credibility set safer (i.e. less ambitious) targets. And priorities vary by country: Large emitters and less democratic states are more credibility-driven than others.
From 40 in-depth interviews with ministers, heads of delegation, and other NDC insiders, six strategic objectives emerge - among them, attracting climate finance, enhancing international status, and preserving long-term credibility.
Reposted by Juan Rocha
Strategic objectives underpin national climate pledges - Nature Communications
Countries use international climate pledges not only to express domestic policy preferences, but to advance strategic goals like attracting finance, enhancing status, and setting standards for others....
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In a new paper with @jonasmeckling.bsky.social in Nature Communications (www.nature.com/articles/s41...), we provide the first empirical account of how countries use climate targets strategically.
Reposted by Richard Waite
How do countries set climate targets? The standard account implies a technical calculation (project future emissions, estimate reductions) filtered through domestic politics. But that neglects how targets also serve as a tool countries use to influence each other.