{"product_id":"governing-the-end-the-making-of-climate-change-loss-and-damage-paperback","title":"Governing the End: The Making of Climate Change Loss and Damage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Vanhala\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing account of how the international community is trying--and failing--to address the worst effects of climate change and the differential burdens borne by rich and poor countries.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Climate change is increasingly accepted as a global emergency creating irrevocable losses for the planet. Yet, each country experiences these losses differently, and reaching even inadequate political agreements is fraught with contestation. \u003ci\u003eGoverning the End \u003c\/i\u003euntangles the complex relationship between deteriorating environmental conditions, high politics, and everyday diplomatic practices, focusing on the United Nations' agreement to address \"loss and damage\" and subsequent battles over implementation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Lisa Vanhala looks at the differing assumptions and strategic framings that poor and rich countries bring to bear and asks why some norms emerge and diffuse while others fail to do so. \u003ci\u003eGoverning the End \u003c\/i\u003eis based on ethnographic observation of eight years of UN meetings and negotiations and more than one hundred and fifty interviews with diplomats, policymakers, UN secretariat staff, experts, and activists. It explores explicit political contestation, as well as the more clandestine politics that have stymied implementation and substantially reduced the scope of compensation to poor countries. In doing so, \u003ci\u003eGoverning the End\u003c\/i\u003e elucidates the successes and failures of international climate governance, revealing the importance of how ideas are constructed and then institutionally embodied. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Vanhala \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of political science at University College London. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaking Disability Rights a Reality?: Disability Rights Activists and Legal Mobilization \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Governing Climate Change Loss and Damage: The National Turn.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51979049042221,"sku":"9780226842974","price":49.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/UYr2SgyII89780226842974.webp?v=1775818674","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/governing-the-end-the-making-of-climate-change-loss-and-damage-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}