What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?

What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?

Colombia presents a revealing and much needed case study which helps us to understand the formulation of foreign policy on climate change in rising developing countries. This paper analyzes the main factors which shape Colombia’s position, and provides useful insights into the evolution of the count...

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Main Author: María Camila Bustos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes 2018-04-01
Series:Colombia Internacional
Subjects:
Colombia
climate change
foreign policy
climate change adaptation (Thesaurus)
AILAC
UNFCCC (author)
Online Access:https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/colombiaint94.2018.02
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spelling doaj-94911d8df487483ebd89d7f2d69e2de52020-11-24T23:29:35ZengUniversidad de los AndesColombia Internacional0121-56121900-60042018-04-0194275110.7440/colombiaint94.2018.02What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?María Camila Bustos 0Dejusticia (Colombia)Colombia presents a revealing and much needed case study which helps us to understand the formulation of foreign policy on climate change in rising developing countries. This paper analyzes the main factors which shape Colombia’s position, and provides useful insights into the evolution of the country’s international stance on climate change and the role in it of the bargaining among government agencies and interest groups. It concludes that Colombia’s policy has been governed by its institutional structure, ecological vulnerability, emission abatement costs, wish to enhance its global prestige and seek benefits from international cooperation, strategic aims at the United Nations climate negotiations, and the limited influence of domestic pressure groups.https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/colombiaint94.2018.02Colombiaclimate changeforeign policyclimate change adaptation (Thesaurus)AILACUNFCCC (author)
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Colombia Internacional
Colombia
climate change
foreign policy
climate change adaptation (Thesaurus)
AILAC
UNFCCC (author)
author_facet María Camila Bustos
author_sort María Camila Bustos
title What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?
title_short What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?
title_full What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?
title_fullStr What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?
title_full_unstemmed What Shapes Colombia’s Foreign Position on Climate Change?
title_sort what shapes colombia’s foreign position on climate change?
publisher Universidad de los Andes
series Colombia Internacional
issn 0121-5612
1900-6004
publishDate 2018-04-01
description Colombia presents a revealing and much needed case study which helps us to understand the formulation of foreign policy on climate change in rising developing countries. This paper analyzes the main factors which shape Colombia’s position, and provides useful insights into the evolution of the country’s international stance on climate change and the role in it of the bargaining among government agencies and interest groups. It concludes that Colombia’s policy has been governed by its institutional structure, ecological vulnerability, emission abatement costs, wish to enhance its global prestige and seek benefits from international cooperation, strategic aims at the United Nations climate negotiations, and the limited influence of domestic pressure groups.
topic Colombia
climate change
foreign policy
climate change adaptation (Thesaurus)
AILAC
UNFCCC (author)
url https://revistas.uniandes.edu.co/doi/full/10.7440/colombiaint94.2018.02
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