Selin in Climate Central: U.S. Elections and Climate Change
Henrik Selin, Associate Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, said the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election will directly impact the success of the Paris climate agreement.
Selin made the argument in an April 20, 2016 article on Climate Central, entitled “2016 Election Critical to Success of Paris Climate Pact.”
From the text of the article:
“The outcome of the U.S. presidential election is critically important for the future of the Paris Agreement,” saidHenrik Selin, associate professor of international relations at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. “Like many Americans, political leaders and people outside the United States are scratching their heads at what is currently happening in Washington, D.C., and on the campaign trail.”
“The willingness of other major economies and greenhouse gas emitters to move ahead with their national climate change abatement efforts is heavily influenced by what the United States does or does not do,” Selin said. “If the United States reneges on its Paris pledges, that could start a dangerous process of international policy reversal that would be difficult to stop.”
Henrik Selin conducts research and teaches classes on global and regional politics and policy making on environment and sustainable development. His most recent book is EU and Environmental Governance, by Routledge Press, and is also the author of Global Governance of Hazardous Chemicals: Challenges of Multilevel Management by MIT Press. Learn more about him here.