Finding common ground in uncertain times

assessing the prospect of multilateralism in transatlantic climate change policy

verfasst von

Jakob Wiedekind, Christiane Lemke

Abstract

Climate change policy stands out as a highly salient issue in European and in American public opinion. This article contends that a significant transatlantic consensus supports multilateral action on climate change. Leveraging a broad review of survey data in our time series, the analysis identifies a clear pattern of increasing agreement in public opinion. Yet progress in joint transatlantic climate change action has been rather slow and fragmented. To explain this puzzle, we connect these findings to pitfalls for transatlantic cooperation by weighing partisan polarization and regional differences in the U.S. and country variations in the EU as plausible hurdles to policy consistency. We argue that, beneath broader trends in shared concerns, roadblocks on the national level inhibit the implementation of coherent and effective transatlantic climate change policies.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Politikwissenschaft

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of Transatlantic Studies

Band

21

Seiten

73-99

Anzahl der Seiten

27

ISSN

1479-4012

Publikationsdatum

06.2023

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Verlauf, Politikwissenschaften und internationale Beziehungen

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 7 – Erschwingliche und saubere Energie, SDG 13 – Klimaschutzmaßnahmen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1057/s42738-023-00108-w (Zugang: Offen)