Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Katrin Buchmann -- Copyright page / Katrin Buchmann -- Abbreviations / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 1 “God, Guns and Green Growth: Narratives and Coalitions in European embassies’ Climate Diplomacy in the Usa and China” / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 2 Climate Change and Diplomacy / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 3 Ministerial Structures Impacting Climate Diplomacy / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 4 European Climate Diplomacy in China / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 5 USA Federal Level / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 6 Subnational Climate Diplomacy in the USA / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 7 What Happened Next – The Journey Since / Katrin Buchmann -- Chapter 8 Conclusion – Diplomacy under Hegemony: Example Narratives / Katrin Buchmann -- Bibliography / Katrin Buchmann -- Index / Katrin Buchmann.

Buchmann analyses the work of UK, German, Danish and Swedish embassies in the USA and China on climate change in the late 2000s and early 2010s. She relates which coalitions and narratives embassies sought to develop to convince China and the United States that a more progressive climate policy was possible, to achieve gains supporting an agreement under the UNFCCC. This book shows that a key interpretation of climate diplomacy was selling/trade: Europe selling technology “solutions” to solve climate change. In this narrative, Europe has already done what needs to be done and outsourcing of production to China e.g. is ignored. In the USA, embassies entered coalitions with states, faith groups and the military, arguing that a more progressive climate policy was mandated by either God or security concerns. State politicians, including Democrats, often actually didn’t implement any climate policies. Any gains were reversed through climate denial lobbying funded by corporations. Embassies did not address this.

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