Miguel Rodriguez Lopez / Daniele Vieira do Nascimento / Daniela García Sanchez / Martha Bolivar Lobato

Disabling the Steering Wheel? National and International Actors' Climate Change Mitigation Strategies in Latin America

GIGA Working Papers | 2015


  • Reihe

    GIGA Working Papers

    Reihennummer

    278

    Seitenumfang

    27

    Verlag

    German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

    Erscheinungsort

    Hamburg

    Die brasilianische Präsidentin Dilma Rousseff am Rednerpult auf dem Klimagipfel 2014 in New York.
    © UN Photo / Amanda Voisard
    Die brasilianische Präsidentin Dilma Rousseff am Rednerpult auf dem Klimagipfel 2014 in New York.
    © UN Photo / Amanda Voisard

    Abstract

    This article addresses the question of how Brazil, Costa Rica, and Colombia came to decide on their climate change mitigation strategies, which are based on market‐oriented policies. The analysis compares Brazilian bioethanol, Costa Rican renewable energy, and Colombia's clean development mechanism. Using the "chicken game," the best response is to "disable the steering wheel." This means that an actor reduces his or her capacity for action in order to signal a commitment to continue acting in line with his or her past behaviour. The study assesses this strategy at the level of relationships between national and international actors. The findings show that the national actors examined here are either continuing with criticised projects, in the Brazilian case, or slowing down their mitigating strategies, in the cases of Costa Rica and Colombia, and thereby restricting their capacity for action in order to reach a better negotiating position.

    Dr. Juan Miguel Rodriguez Lopez

    Dr. Juan Miguel Rodriguez Lopez

    Universität Hamburg


    Daniele Vieira do Nascimento

    Daniele Vieira do Nascimento


    Daniela García Sanchez

    Daniela García Sanchez

    Former Doctoral Researcher


    Martha Bolivar Lobato

    Martha Bolivar Lobato


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