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What’s Wrong With Our Environmental Politics?

2024/11/26
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Cameron Abadi
与亚当·图泽共同主持《Ones and Tooze》播客,深入讨论全球政策和经济问题。
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Cameron Abadi 在书中探讨了气候激进主义的定义、策略以及在不同国家(如德国和美国)的表现。他认为,气候激进分子是指那些试图在正常民主政治体系之外解决气候变化问题的人。在德国,激进组织如“最后一代”通过封锁街道、基础设施等极端行动来施压政府,但这种方式并未取得显著成效,反而导致气候政策在德国变得不受欢迎。相比之下,美国通过《通胀削减法案》等激励措施,在一定程度上促进了气候行动,并避免了激进抗议,但该法案也存在妥协,未能完全实现气候目标。Abadi 还分析了中国在可再生能源发展方面的贡献,以及中美竞争对全球气候合作的影响。他认为,中国在降低可再生能源成本方面发挥了关键作用,但地缘政治竞争可能会阻碍国际合作。 Ravi Agrawal 与 Cameron Abadi 就气候激进主义的合理性、有效性以及民主制度与气候行动之间的关系进行了深入探讨。他指出,激进组织采取的极端行动,如破坏基础设施,虽然在一定程度上反映了对气候变化的紧迫感,但并未取得预期的效果,反而可能导致公众反弹。他还比较了德国和美国在气候政策方面的不同路径,认为美国通过激励措施而非惩罚性措施的方式,在一定程度上取得了成功,但这种方式也存在局限性。此外,他还探讨了中国在可再生能源发展中的作用,以及中美竞争对全球气候合作的影响。

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This chapter explores the tension between the urgency of climate change and the slow pace of democratic decision-making. It questions whether democracy is an adequate system for addressing this crisis and introduces the concept of climate radicalism as an alternative approach.
  • Democracy's slow pace is inadequate for tackling climate change.
  • Radicalism as a potential solution to accelerate climate action is discussed.

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The global target of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius looks increasingly unlikely. What approaches to solving the climate crisis can best provide solutions? FP deputy editor Cameron Abadi joins FP Live to debut his new book: Climate Radicals: Why Our Environmental Politics Isn’t Working,* which compares the policies of Germany and the United States.* He shares what he has learned with Ravi Agrawal.

Suggested reading (FP links are paywall-free):

Cameron Abadi and Adam Tooze: Is Climate Activism Working?)

Christina Lu: COP29 Kicks Off Under Trump’s Shadow)

Cameron Abadi: Hard Truths Come for Germany’s Climate Prophet)

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