The time for solutions to the anthropogenic climate change is pressing. But how is the global community dealing with it? In 2015, the countries of the global community agreed on the global 1.5 degree target compared to the pre-industrial age under the Paris Agreement. The Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is held annually to negotiate and implement climate targets.
As a political scientist, Markus Lederer deals with questions of global environmental policy. In the podcast episode “Climate Summits in the Presence of Political Violence”, he explains why environmental change itself can be seen as a phenomenon of violence. In the interview, he reports on his experiences at the partially controversial COPs and evaluates their effectiveness. He also discusses the USA’s renewed withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement under President Trump and predicts increasing polarization at coming climate conferences.
Markus Lederer is Professor of Political Science at the Technical University of Darmstadt and Principal Investigator at TraCe.
The podcast (in German) is available for free at PRIF-Blog and on all major podcast platforms.