Unchecked climate change has the potential to have devastating effect on the
Earth and its inhabitants. However, there is still time to avoid most of the worst impacts
climate change will bring through massive mitigative actions. While state led
governance mechanisms must be employed to effectively mitigate climate change, states
seem unwilling or unable to effectuate the needed actions. How can states be pushed to
take action aimed at mitigating climate change? This thesis utilises Securitisation Theory,
as a starting point to test not only whether or not securitising climate change can induce
state action on it, but also whether induced policies constitute ‘good’ or ‘bad’ actions.
This thesis undertakes two case studies that focus on the executive level of governance of
two sate: the United States and California. / Graduate
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:uvic.ca/oai:dspace.library.uvic.ca:1828/3596 |
| Date | 17 October 2011 |
| Creators | Wilner, Nathanael |
| Contributors | Lawson, James Charles Barkley |
| Source Sets | University of Victoria |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | Available to the World Wide Web |
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