Dirk Matten (York): The Impact of the Risk Society Thesis on Environmental Politics and Management in a Globalizing Economy. Svitlana Kravchenko (Oregon): Procedural Rights as a Crucial Tool to Combat Climate Change. Andrea Kollmann and Friedrich Schneider (Linz): Why Does Environmental Policy in Representative Democracies Tend to Be Inadequate? Shanna Gong (UCLA): What Can the Environmental Movement Learn From Feminism? An interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International and author of Boiling Point: Can Citizen Action Save the World? The death of cap and trade doesn’t have to mean the death of climate policy — the alternative revolves around much more, and much better organized, financing for clean energy research. Hot Mess: Why are conservatives so radical about the climate? The new climate-change denialism: Who promotes it, and how to answer it. A handful of US scientists have made names for themselves by casting doubt on global warming research; in the past, the same people have also downplayed the dangers of passive smoking, acid rain and the ozone hole — in all cases, the tactics are the same: Spread doubt and claim it's too soon to take action. Can one climate change scientist change the minds of a roomful of climate change sceptics? Beware the fierce climate hawk: Keep your eyes peeled — there's a bold new raptor in the sky, eager to pounce on weaselly warming skeptics. The Miracle Seeker: Bill Gates is investing millions to halt global warming by creating an inexhaustible supply of carbon-free energy. The Doomsday Machine and the race to save the world: Geoengineering emerges as Plan B at the 11th hour. It’s amazing what can happen in five years: Not only has the idea of geoengineering become a mainstream topic, it’s being taken as a deadly serious possibility.
