IR Theoretical Approach to the Paris Climate Agreement: Neo-Neo Debate, Eco-Marxism and Green Capitalism

Abstract

Continued inability of the international climate negotiations to reach a common resolution has been subject to academic and scientific research focus. These studies have focused on the ways of fostering cooperation and preventing free-riding in climate negotiations, through the development of balancing methods. This article first attempts to explore why climate negotiations since 1997 Kyoto Protocol have failed and how such failures could be overcome in 2015 Paris UN Climate Conference through a neorealist and neoliberal institutionalist context.

Keywords

Climate and Environmental Policy, Neorealism, Neoliberal Institutionalism, Eco-Marxism, Green Capitalism

Citation

Ünver, H. Akın, “IR Theoretical Approach to the Paris Climate Agreement: Neo-Neo Debate, Eco-Marxism and Green Capitalism“, International Relations, Volume 14, Issue 54, 2017, pp. 3-19.

Affiliations

• H. Akın ÜNVER, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Department of International Relations, Kadir Has University