Despite decades of public knowledge about climate change and well-established international governance institutions designed to facilitate global energy transition, emissions continue to rise as climate breakdown intensifies. Why is climate modeling so important and what are technocrats getting wrong? What are the assumptions underlying these models of future climate scenarios and how do they misinform policy makers about the true costs of the climate (in)action? How can a constructivist approach to international political economy (IPE) help us understand the contestation the occurs within and between institutions on questions of climate mitigation?
is Professor of Political Economy at the University of Warwick and is a Reader in International Political Economy also at the University of Warwick. They join Dr Remi Edwards to discuss their recent paper (2024) in New Political Economy.
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