Two Logics of Climate Change Games: Environmental Governance and Know-How Competition
Two Logics of Climate Change Games: Environmental Governance and Know-How Competition

Summary/Abstract: Global warming and the resulting climate change present the world with major and potentially devastating challenges. They lead to environmental degradation/scarcity and a radical reform of the energy mix among industrial countries, in addition to other non-traditional security concerns. From the 1992 Rio Summit through the Kyoto Conference and the Bali Roadmap, a generation has passed since the world’s governments began to seriously consider the problems of global warming and the resulting climate change. It is now patently clear that the world should get together to combat the climate disaster. However, we are always confused with two questions: Why has global climate governance been so difficult, and what factors hamper the effectiveness of international cooperation. This article will give an explanation to two logics of climate change games by linking environmental governance and know-how competition.

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