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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2026

Caroline Kuzemko
Caroline Kuzemko
Affiliation:
University of Warwick

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Climate Politics
Can't Live with It, Can't Mitigate without It
 , pp. x - xii
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2026
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Abbreviations

API

American Petroleum Industry

C40

C40 Cities transnational organisation

CBDR-RC

Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities

CCA

UK Climate Change Act

CCS

Carbon capture and storage

CDM

Clean development mechanism

CME

Coordinated market economy

CO2

Carbon dioxide

COP

UN Conference of the Parties

ENGOs

Environmental non-governmental organisations

EPA

US Environmental Protection Agency

ETS

Emissions trading scheme

EU

European Union

EU ETS

EU emissions trading scheme

EVs

Electric vehicles

FiT

Feed-in-tariff

GCC

Global Climate Coalition

GHG

Greenhouse gas

IAMs

Integrated assessment models

ICCP

International Climate Change Partnership

ICE

Internal combustion engine

IEA

International Energy Agency

IGOs

Intergovernmental Organisations

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INC

UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee

IOCs

International oil companies

IPCC

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

IRENA

International Renewable Energy Association

JUSCANZ

UN lobby group comprised of: Japan, US, Canada, Australia, & New Zealand

LMEs

Liberal Market Economies

NOCs

National oil companies

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PV

Photovoltaics

R&D

Research and development

STT

Sociotechnical transitions

SUV

Sports utility vehicle

TNCs

Transnational corporations

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

US

United States of America

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

WGIII

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III

WHO

World Health Organization

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