Climate Politics as Investment From Reducing Emissions to Building L
Simon Wolf describes how the growing awareness for the economic consequences of climate change and the economic opportunities of climate protection has led to changes in the rationality of governing climate change, from reducing emissions to building low-
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Simon Wolf
Climate Politics as Investment From Reducing Emissions to Building Low-carbon Economies
Simon Wolf Berlin, Germany
Dissertation an der Universität Kassel, Fachbereich 5: Gesellschaftswissenschaften, unter dem Titel: „Climate politics as investment. A discourse theoretical analysis of how climate change turned into an economic challenge“, Disputation am 13. Juni 2012.
ISBN 978-3-658-02405-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-02406-2
ISBN 978-3-658-02406-2 (eBook)
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Acknowledgements
Writing this book would not have been possible without the support of many people. I am very grateful to my supervisor Christoph Görg, for his advice and critical oversight during all phases of the project. I am also grateful to Peter Newell, for his hospitality in Norwich, and for raising important questions regarding the objectives of my work; to Neil Adger, for welcoming me at the University of East Anglia, and for vital advi
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