- Peter Dauvergne
- Kathryn Harrison
- Lisa Sundstrom
- Yves Tiberghien
- Michael Byers
- Kristen Hopewell
Key Publications:
- AI in the Wild: Sustainability in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (2020)
- Will Big Business Destroy Our Planet? (2018)
- Environmentalism of the Rich (2016)
Current Research Project: Corporations and the Politics of Environmental Activism in the Global South
See Peter Dauvergne's full profile here.
Key Publications:
- "Climate Federalism in Canada," in Alan Fenna, Sébastien Jodoin, and Joana Setzer, eds, Climate Governance and Federalism: a Forum of Federations comparative policy analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2023
- Bergquist, P., De Roche, G., Lachapelle, E., Mildenberger, M., & Harrison, K. (2022). The Politics of Intersecting Crises: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Policy Preferences. British Journal of Political Science, 1-10.
- Kathryn Harrison, Guri Bang; Supply-Side Climate Policies in Major Oil-Producing Countries: Norway’s and Canada’s Struggles to Align Climate Leadership with Fossil Fuel Extraction. Global Environmental Politics 2022; 22 (4): 129–150. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00682
- Carbon tax rebate programs have had limited impacts on the politics of carbon pricing to date,” Nature Climate Change 12 (2022): 141-147, Matto Mildenberger, Erick Lachapelle, Kathryn Harrison, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen
- "Political Institutions and Supply Side Climate Politics: Lessons from Coal Ports in Canada and the United States," Global Environmental Politics, 2020.
- Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change (2010) *co-edited with Lisa Sundstrom (see below)
- "International Carbon Trade and Domestic Climate Politics," Global Environmental Politics, 2015.
Current Research Project: Public opinion on carbon pricing
See Kathryn Harrison's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Climate Federalism in Canada,” in Climate Governance and Federalism: a Forum of Federations comparative policy analysis. 2023.
- "The Politics of Intersecting Crises: The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Climate Policy Preferences. British Journal of Political Science, 2022.
- "Supply-Side Climate Policies in Major Oil-Producing Countries: Norway’s and Canada’s Struggles to Align Climate Leadership with Fossil Fuel Extraction." Global Environmental Politics, 2022
- Global Commons, Domestic Decisions: The Comparative Politics of Climate Change (edited with Kathryn Harrison), 2021.
- “Russia’s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic Modernisation" (with Laura A. Henry), Europe-Asia Studies, 2012.
- "Russia and the Kyoto Protocol: Seeking an Alignment of Interests and Image" (with Laura A. Henry), Global Environmental Politics, 2007.
See Lisa Sundstrom's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Cloudy Forecast for the Climate: Russia’s Climate Policy In A Time Of War,” 2022
- “Multi-Level: Explaining European Union Leadership in Climate Change Mitigation” Global Environmental Politics, 2007.
- “Chinese Global Climate Change Leadership and Its Impact” in Amighini, Alessia. China: Champion of Which Globalization?", 2018.
Current Research Project: Global Governance of Climate
See Yves Tiberghien's full profile here
Key Publications:
- "Satellite mega-constellations create risks in Low Earth Orbit, the atmosphere and on Earth." Scientific Reports (with Aaron Boley), 2021.
- "The internationalization of climate damages litigation." Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy (with Kelsey Franks and Andrew Gage), 2017
Current Research Project: Arctic Climate Politics.
See Michael Byers' full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Global trade rules threaten food security amid climate shocks.” Earth Systems Governance, 2023.
- “Emerging Economy Subsidies Undermining Sustainability of Global Fisheries.” Nature Food, 2022.
- “How Rising Powers Create Governance Gaps: The Case of Export Credit and the Environment.” Global Environmental Politics, 2019.
Current Research Project: WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies.
See Kristen Hopewell's full profile here
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UBC Political Science Faculty Publications: Fall 2024
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