Climate change impacts upon the world's poorest most heavily. It is therefore essential that international development initiatives focus on improving the ability of developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change. This book, a product of research by the JICA-RI (Research Institute of
Displacement, Development, and Climate Change: International organizations moving beyond their mandates
β Scribed by Nina Hall
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 206
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This book focuses on one critical challenge: climate change. Climate change is predicted to lead to an increased intensity and frequency of natural disasters. An increase in extreme weather events, global temperatures and higher sea levels may lead to displacement and migration, and will affect many dimensions of the economy and society. Although scholars are examining the complexity and fragmentation of the climate change regime, they have not examined how our existing international development, migration and humanitarian organizations are dealing with climate change. Focusing on three institutions: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Development Programme, the book asks: how have these inter-governmental organizations responded to climate change? And are they moving beyond their original mandates, given none were established with a mandate for climate change? It traces their responses to climate change in their rhetoric, policy, structure, operations and overall mandate change. Hall argues that international bureaucrats can play an important role in mandate expansion, often deciding whether and how to expand into a new issue-area and then lobbying states to endorse this expansion. They make changes in rhetoric, policy, structure and operations on the ground, and therefore forge, frame and internalize new issue-linkages. This book helps us to understand how institutions established in the 20th century are adapting to a 21st century world. It will be of great interest to scholars and students of International Relations, Development Studies, Environmental Politics, International Organizations and Global Governance, as well as international officials.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Theorizing mandate change in international organizations
Studying mandate change
Research design
Structure of the book
Conclusion
1. Issue-linkages
Adaptation and the climate change regime
Issue-linkages to climate change
Conclusion
2. UNHCR and climate change
UNHCRβs evolving mandate
UNHCR and climate change (2000β2015)
Conclusion
3. IOM and climate change
IOMβs evolving mandate
IOM and climate change (2000β2015)
Conclusion
4. UNDP and climate change
UNDPβs evolving mandate
UNDP and climate change (2000β2015)
Conclusion
5. Conclusion: Moving beyond their mandates?
Comparing organizational change
Did they move beyond their mandates?
Implications for the study of international organizations
Future research: where to from here?
Policy implications
Conclusion
Select bibliography
Index
Routledge Global Institutions Series
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