Given interest in what a Biden win will mean for #climate politics in Australia reposting my work on the topic here #auspol

Quick take đŸ§”below https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-politics-of-climate-change-negotiations-9781783472109.html
The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations

‘The Politics of Climate Change Negotiations is an engrossing account of international climate change negotiations, which also makes a major theoretical contribution to the study of negotiations. Of...

https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/the-politics-of-climate-change-negotiations-9781783472109.html
The US will have the most progressive position on climate change in the nation’s history. Biden has already laid out a US$2 trillion clean energy plan, a commitment to rejoin the Paris climate agreement and a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/biden-climate-plan.html
Biden Announces $2 Trillion Climate Plan

Joe Biden’s plan connects tackling climate change with the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis, while also addressing racism. The proposal drew praise from his onetime critics.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/14/us/politics/biden-climate-plan.html
For Australia this means that at every international negotiation our diplomats turn up to, climate change will not only be top of the agenda, but we will likely face constant criticism, as the Prime Minister did from Boris Johnson last week. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-28/boris-johnson-scott-morrison-climate-change-bold-action/12817474
British PM tells Morrison it's time for 'bold action' on climate change

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson emphasised the need for "bold action" to address climate change in a phone discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison overnight — interpreted as endorsement of...

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-28/boris-johnson-scott-morrison-climate-change-bold-action/12817474
However, it is domestic politics that really counts and if the US pursues carbon border adjustments that would change the domestic game in Australia. https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-trade-fight-global-warming-429495
How Biden would use trade agreements to fight global warming

The former vice president and key Democrats in Congress want to use trade agreements to fight global warming, but reversing four years of Trump's "energy dominance" is no easy task.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/14/biden-trade-fight-global-warming-429495
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