Index
American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE)
234/235, 305.
Clean Coal
American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE)
203, 225, 251, 274
Adelphi
66, 275, 356.
Consultancy; Sweco
Advanced liberal governmentality
Conclusion
354/355, 358
Ecological modernisation and
42, 45
Evangelical Call to Action and
231
explanation and as applied to climate policy
31/32
In climate policy since Nixon
35
In ‘The End of Foreign Policy’
76
New Public Management and
60/61
Post-Brexit UK climate diplomacy and
342
Provincial governments in China and
108
US government architecture on environment
198
US states and UK green growth events
285, 310
American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
201, 239/240
Agencification
Explanation
59/60
New Public Management
61
Sweden
133, 169
Sweden, Germany
356
American Energy Alliance
240
American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
ALEC against Clean Power Plan; Scott Pruitt’s membership of ALEC
339–341, 353/354
Duke Energy and ALEC
244
Introduction to
202
Main discussion of ALEC lobbyism on climate change
302–313
Member of Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force
290
Rick Perry’s membership of ALEC
287
Rick Scott’s, Rick Snyder’s and Scott Walker’s membership of ALEC
298/299
American Commitment
.
see “Astroturf”
American Petroleum Institute (API)
and ALEC
304/ 305
API lobbyists in government under Bush and Trump
313
API’s Philip Cooney made CEQ Chief of Staff and EPA administrator; falsifies documents
202
Introduction to
201
America Farm Bureau
201
Americans for Prosperity (AfP)
231, 308, 310
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act”)
236/237
Arizona
309/310
Ashton, John
climate credentials
305
Director of the FCO’s Environment, Science & Energy Department
67
Embassies must do groundwork for UNFCCC negotiations, narratives
77/78
Florida Summit on Global Climate Change
294
Leaves FCO in 2002, founds E3G
70
On European states’ greentech export competition
171
Rejoins FCO in 2006 as Special Representative for Climate Change
75
signing UK-Florida MoU on climate change
269
Stern Review
233
Strategist of the Low Carbon Economy narrative
80, 165
Views on policy silo-isation
71
Assembly Bill (AB)
32, Global Warming Solutions Act (California, 2006)
comes into force
293
UK-California cooperation
290/291
Assessments of diplomatic effectiveness
Catalytic diplomacy
16
Climate securitisation for Republicans
222
CNREC
142
Community roadmaps
297
Congress
214–217
Counterstrategies
238–245
Creationcare
229, 231
Danish example narrative
138
Different theories
20–22
EU coordination in US
247–250
EU-ETS
283
European embassies in US subnational
298–303
Kleistra and van Willigen framework
23
Morisetti
220
Opposition to effectiveness assessments of bureaucracy
61
Persistent non-effectiveness
28
Prenegotiation
19
Public diplomacy
17, 24
Quantitative
26/27
Rare
17
Rotation and careerism
278
Study visits
277
Swedish eco-city projects
131–133
Two level games
18/19
UK in Texas
288
UK in USA and funding cuts
221
UK low carbon economy projects in China
158, 161
US diplomacy
25/26
View of EPA
206
Astroturf
.
„Cornwall Alliance“ and „Americans for Prosperity“
Cornwall Alliance as
230, 251, 357
Explanation
38n
Funded by National Association of Manufacturers; America Farm Bureau, American Petroleum Institute
201
Koch brothers, „American Commitment“
300
Australia
117, 156, 295, 337
Auswärtiges Amt (AA)
CCICED
118/119
DuC
148
Evaluation of DuC
151
FCO comparison AA
75
Germany-California
314
Main segment detailing the AA and its climate diplomacy
61–67
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
274/275
Transatlantic ETS strategy
292
Axelrod, David
236
Ball, Jim
228
Bannon, Steve
343
Bärbock, Annalena
2
Barker, Greg
164, 285/286
Barrasso, John
218
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI) [Federation of German Industries]
148, 209
Beckett, Margaret
67, 75
Becker, Thomas
86
Belgium Foreign Ministry
3
Benn, Hilary
173, 269, 295
Berlin
.
“Auswärtiges Amt”
Airlift
273
British embassy in
67
Danish climate attaché in embassy in
84n
Ecologic office
275
ICAP
295
US study visits to
214, 274, 297
Wall
272
Biden, Joe
4, 344/345
Bingaman, Jeff
Creationcare leaders meet with
231
study visits
214–216
Blair, Tony
Schwarzenegger and
279, 290–293, 314
Signature California MoU
269, 305
The Climate Group and
284
Blinken, Anthony
344
Blue Green Alliance
232, 278
Blühdorn, Ingolfur
Simulative Politics, Sustaining the Unsustainable
39–42, 87
Bundesministerium für Umwelt (BMU)
.
see “Germany: Ministry of Environment”
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft (BMWi)
.
see “Germany: Ministry of Economics”
Bolsonaro, Jair
3
Boucher, Rick
215, 227
Boxer, Barbara
88, 219
Bo Xilai
149, 161
British Petroleum (BP)
BP and ALEC
305, 312/313, 315, 354
BP and USCAP
243/244
BP secondees in UK embassies
59
Conference of Reducers
283/284, 356
Evangelical Call to Action mentions
231
Outreach of UK embassy in Washington DC
286
Tony Blair attends Climate Group event at BP in California
292
Build Back Better
345
Burke, Tom
68, 70/71, 75
Bush, George W.
AB32 blocked by
293
Abolishes environmental security position in Department of Defense
218
API lobbyists in government under Bush Jr
313, 315
API’s close influence on
202
Climate policy centralised in CEQ during Bush period
198/199
Evangelical Call to Action
231
ExxonMobil lobbyists’ view of
213
FCO in London against Blair visit to California to not alienate Bush
291
Inaction on climate change
272
Jerry Falwell and
229
Military and climate change under
217
state level elections under
300
UK diplomatic network’s reaction to inaction on climate change
282, 284
Bush, George H. – API lobbyists in government under Bush Jr
341
Business Sweden
89, 90, 124, 127
Branson, Richard
87, 292
Brazil
Bolsonaro climate denial
3
Danish embassy in
134
Danish Innovation Centre in
136
German cultural year
151
Like-minded embassies in China
173
REO in
26n
Brexit
2, 20, 73, 341/342
British embassy in Beijing
CASS and
114
CCICED
118–120
Climate attaché
73
EU coordination attempts
168–173
Main section
152–163
On change of Swedish strategy
125
British embassy in Washington DC
Case studies
197
Conclusion federal level
252
Florida
296
Main section
210–249
Staffing levels
119
State Department
203
Subnational diplomacy
278
Visits of companies and MPs organised for green growth narrative
285
Brookings
Introduction
202
Morisetti at
219
Partner of Transatlantic Climate Bridge
274n
Todd Stern at
204
Brown, Gordon
294, 307
Brown, Jerry
293
Browner, Carol
235/236
Byrd-Hagel bill
199
Byrd, Robert
199
California
Aftermath California
314, 315
ALEC’s work against California car emission standards
308
BP as host of Blair-Schwarzenegger event
305
California 2nd biggest emitter among US states
286
Conference of Reducers
284
Danish Innovation Center in Silicon Valley
272
Last American member of WCI
354
Media interest in MoUs
313
Merkel complaining that NO2 limits bad for German car industry
65
Prop 87
234
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
232
UK consultancy on WCI
279, 283
UK-California cooperation
290–294
UK-California MoU
269
USCA and
340
WCI and
268
Canada
Canadian embassy in Washington DC used ALEC to promote its industry
303
Canadian Solar moves production to China
237
CCICED
116/117
Environmental lobbying in 1980s
18, 210/211
Institute for Environmental Security office in
219
Johnson & Duxbury study on Canadian diplomats’ views on boundaryspanning
209
Like-minded group of embassies in China
173
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan
268
Carbon accounting
156
Carbon Trust
155, 157, 285, 294
Carr, E.H.
12
Cars and Car Companies
ALEC’s work against California car emission standards
308
BMW
145–147
Car companies exert pressure on Romney against RGGI
281
Car company secondee in climate position at German embassy
152
Cash for clunkers
234, 353
Daimler, Mercedes, as sponsors of German embassy events
27, 147
General Motors
201
Global Climate Coal, Chuck Hagel and
199
Merkel complaining that NO2 limits bad for German car industry
65
Mitt Romney pressured by car companies
335
Volkswagen –
As sponsors of German embassy events
27
At event for German ambassadors with Guido Westerwelle
64
Ecocity in China
132, Chengdu base 145
In Chattanooga
276
VW scandal embassy emails
65
Volvo and Swedish ecocity
132
Catalytic diplomacy
16
Cato Institute
201
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Aftermath
352, 353
Funding for in American Clean Energy & Security Act of 2009
197, 215
Funding for in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
237, 251
Funding for in Build Back Better Act of 2021
345
In EU-US Energy Council
205
In UK diplomacy in US states
278
In UK-California MoU
291
In UK-US Energy Ministerial Dialogue, UK embassy preparation
211
Projects in China under LCHG SPF and Prosperity SPF
156
Topic of DuC
149
Topic of UK-China Science and Innovation Network
153
UK CCS project in Montana
286
UK consulate in Texas
286, 315
Workshop organised by UK consulate in Chongqing
162
CENTEC
Agencification
60, 61, 356
CCICED and
118
Comparison with Danish approach
136, 140
Ecocity work in China, SymbioCity
131–133, 175
EU environmental attaché meetings in Beijing
169
In China
123–129
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES)
202/203
Center for Media and Democracy
312
Centre for Corporate Responsibility (Swedish embassy China)
126/127
CEPOS
240
Chain of equivalence
Conservative
281
Ecocity
129
Explanation
34
Green Growth
242
Green Jobs
234
Greentech
41, 121
In climate policy and climate diplomacy
35, 36
The Climate Group
284
Chatham House
China Low Carbon Pilot Zones
154/155, 158–160
Climate Security in USA
219
FCO Green Globe Task Force
68
“The End of Foreign Policy” pamphlet
75
Chattanooga
274–276
Cheney, Dick
213
Chengdu
145, 147, 161
Cherry, John
269
China Climate Action Network (C-CAN)
114
China – Development and Reform Commissions
CCICED and
115/116
Introduction to provincial
111
UK in China SPF projects
155
Workshops with UK consulates
163
China – Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE)
109/110
China – Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)
108
China – Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST)
109, 140
China – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, (MoFA)
107, 109–111, 140
China – Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
110, 127, 140, 172
China – Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD)
110, 129, 167
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
113, 144, 157
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
Danish embassy roundtable
144
EU-China project
160, 172
Low Carbon Economic Zones
118
National Climate Change Policy
115
Overview of Chinese think tanks
113
UK in China and
159–163, 165
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
113
China Council for International Co-operation on Environment and Development (CCICED)
Change status middle income country of China
145
Chinese concept of Ecological Civilization
165
CIFF and
142
Conclusion
174, 356
GIZ and
146
Introduction
105, 114
UK Low Carbon Economy Concept
159, 163
Work on climate change
115–119
Work on ecocities
131
China National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC)
Duplication
172
Innovative
145, 175
Introduction
134/135
Overview
140–142
China – provincial governments
108, 111/112, 130, 149.
listed provinces
China – Central Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Commission
110
China – Economic System and Ecological Civilization Reform Group
110
Chongqing
Danish consulate
135
DuC
147
German-China Urbanisation Dialogue
149
Green China
139
MoU Sweden
128
UK consulate work on climate
152–155, 157, 161, 163
UKTI
167
Christie, Chris
282, 302
Chu, Steven
122, 236
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)
142
Citizens United
200
Cizik, Richard
228, 231, 251
Clean Air Act
64, 206, 244
Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP)
345
Clean Energy Jobs Act
299
Cleantech, greentech
Advanced liberal governmentality
46, 356
Change of strategy UK embassy in US
229
Conclusion
174, 175
Crist study visit to UK
294/295
Danish example narrative
134, 136, 138, 141/142
European competition
173, 249
Example narratives
5, 121, 352/353
FCO’s Green Globe Task Force
68
FCO-DETR Climate Change Challenge Fund
69
Greentech production and emissions in China
166
Hedegaard and Rasmussen
86
In Mobilisation networks
18
Mobilisation network in USA
225, 251
Origin of terminology
122, 125
Promotion built into structure of MFAs
59, 89, 92
Solyndra funding
237
Swedish ecocities
132/133
Team Sweden
127–129
UK Adapting to Climate Change in China project
118/119n
UK in China projects
156, 157
UK in US promotion
286
UKTI and
75
UKTI and
167
US-Sweden cooperation
270–272
Wright’s & Nyberg’s political myths and
39, 356
Climate attachés (in embassies and consulates)
Denmark
84/85, 88, 135
EU delegation
209
Germany
66, 146
Sweden
250
UK
59, 73, 82, 153, 163, 168/169, 171–174, 207, 214, 223/224, 232, 246, 342
Climate Consortium Denmark
138
Climate denial
.
American Legislative Exchange Council, Heartland Foundation, Global Warming Policy Foundation
ALEC
308
Brazil
3
ClimateGate
357/358
ExxonMobil and Rex Tillerson
343/344
lobbying
353/354
Trump
339/340
ClimateGate
Effect on climate denial
225, 245, 251/252
Global Warming Policy Foundation
307
Introduction
197
Response by Texas UK consulate and FCO London
246, 289, 357
Climate roadmaps
CCICED
162/163
China
108
CNREC
141
German embassy and UK consulates in USA
295–297
Intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs) for Paris Agreement
338
Jilin
160
UK consulates in China
157
UKTI Ecocities Working Group
167
Climate Troika
5
Clingendael
219
Clinton, Bill
25, 217/218
Clinton, Hillary
295, 343
Climate Greenwash Award
87
Coal
.
CCS, ACCCE
CCICED ‘clean’ coal task force
117
China
1
China’s solar panel economy fired by coal
166
Coal companies closer to key government ministries
58
Coal for heating
72
Effect on China’s emissions
106–108, 164
Energy from coal in China
136
Funding for income losses sustained by coal companies
77
German embassies reporting on new oil and coal concessions
62
Lobbying against a Ministry of Environment in China
111
Marx writing on
43
Officials in coal rich areas refuse to discuss climate change in China
161
Ruhrgebiet coal mines closure, “German example”
146
Small Plant Closure Program
137, 159
Tangshan
131
UK consulates in China and coal projects
156
US coal states
199
Coalition of Legislators for Energy Action Now (CLEAN)/National Caucus of Environmental Legislators (NCEL)
303, 315
Combat Climate Change (3C)
87
Copenhagen Climate Council
87
Corporate actors (below non-energy, non-fossil companies)
.
Oil and gas companies
.
Coal
.
Astroturf
.
Citizens United
.
Energy Companies
.
Cars
.
renewable energy companies
.
wind energy
.
solar energy
3m
303
Alcoa
203, 233, 243
Alectia
139
Allianz
149
Apple
342
AVK
139
Bank of America
203
BASF
91n, 145, 147, 149/150
Bayer
148
Caterpillar
243
Coca-Cola
312
COWI
139
Danisco
87
Deutsche Bank
145, 147, 149
DHI Group
139
DHL
27, 145, 149
Dow Chemical
305, 243
DuPont
231, 233, 243, 286, 292
GoldmanSachs
292
Google
292, 312
Grundfos
87, 139
Haldor Topsoe
87
Hasle Refractories
139
Hewlett-Packard
204
Honeywell
303
Intel
342
International Paper
305
Johnson & Johnson
243
Kraft
312
Lufthansa
27
McDonald’s
312
Microsoft
312
MNCs in diplomacy generally
26, 29, 36–38, 68, 74, 75, 87, 118, 243.
green growth
.
ALEC
Morgan Stanley
342
NewsCorp
291
NNE Pharmaplan
139
Novo Nordisk
87
Novozymes
87, 139
Pepsi
243, 312
Pfizer
304, 307
Philip Morris
201
Pratt Industries/Visy
292
PriceWaterhouseCooper
87
Rio Tinto
68, 75
Rockwool
139
Siemens
146–150, 237, 243, 272/273, 292
Unilever
342
Velux
139
Virgin
87, 292
Walmart
117, 201, 342
Conferences as “theatre” or “simulation”
41
Consulates
Danish consulate in Chicago
136, 272
Danish consulates in China
135
EU member state consulates in New York
246
German consulates in China
145/146
German consulates in the USA
273, 276/277, 314
Historical consulates in USA
267
In diplomatic network
10, 61
Subnational climate diplomacy in USA
266
Sweden no consulates
270
Swedish consulate in Shanghai
132
Swedish consulates in China
123, 125–128
UK and DRCs
163
UK consulate in Boston
280, 282, 286
UK consulate in Chicago
229
UK consulate in Chongqing
155, 161/162
UK consulate in Guangdong
107
UK consulate in Guangzhou
156–158
UK consulate in Houston
246, 289, 305, 311, 355, 358
UK consulate in Miami
294, 295
UK consulate in New York
201, 339
UK consulates in California
290/291, 293
UK consulates in China
152, 153, 154, 168
UK consulates in the USA
220, 277–283, 303, 310, 314/315
UKTI colocation
167
Conservation International
228, 231
Constituent diplomacy
15
Construction
.
Eco-cities
.
SymbioCity
BMU acquires portfolio
66
“European example” narrative and construction in China
121, 129
SPF projects
156
UK consulate in Chongqing lead
154
UKTI in China
167
Consultancy
.
adelphi, ecologic, E3G and Sweco
Assessment of Swiss environmental diplomacy by
24
Camco work on ETS and renewable energy in Texas funded by UK
286
Carbon accounting projects in China
157
Chinese consultancy SynTao work with UK consulate
161
Danish embassy’s E&E team consultancy to Danish companies
135
Danish Trade Council consultancy
83
E3G
70
Energy Partnership with China
66
German consultancy and Loudoun County energy plan
297
Renewables Academy helpdesk for diplomats on Energiewende
67
SymbioCity concept and Ramboll
126
Think Energy consultancy
274n
Tom Burke consultancy for Rio Tinto and Shell
68
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
275
UK consultancy on RGGI
282/283
UKTI in China
167
Copenhagen (as city, not as summit)
297
Cook, Robin
67–69
Cooney, Philip
202
Coordination meetings
168–174, 224, 246–251
CoP11 (Montréal)
86, 284
CoP13 (Bali)
3
CoP21 (Paris)
81, 108, 335–337
CoP25 (Madrid)
3
CoP26 (Glasgow)
2/3, 335, 344–346
COREPER
66
Cornwall Alliance (Interfaith Stewardship Alliance)
230, 231, 251, 357
Corporate citizenship, corporate omnipotence, corporate environmentalism (Wright/Nyberg)
38
Creationcare
History and development of Creationcare movement
228
UK consulates work with movement
229–231, 251, 314, 355
Crist, Charlie
‘Conversion’ through Terry Tamminen
294
Governors’ Global Climate Summit
292
Meeting on climate change with Bishop of Liverpool
228
“Outrage” documentary
231, 298
Study visit to UK
294
UK Florida cooperation on climate change
293
Cruz, Ted
344
Cultural years in China
147/148, 151
Daley, William
236
Danida
Agencification
61
Ends funding in China
142
In China
134/135
Renewable Energy Development programme
140
Under UM
82
Danish Climate Ministry
85–89, 135, 138, 142
Danish Embassy in Beijing
115, 121, 134–144, 337
Danish Embassy in Washington DC
223/224, 232, 251
Danish Foreign Ministry (UM)
82–89, 139–141
Danish Energy Agency
85, 134/135, 139, 141
Danish Example
CNREC
175
Explanation and functioning in China
134, 137–139
Low Carbon Transition Unit to promote
85
Study visits on
141
Declining sovereignty
5, 11, 75
Democrats
2008 Democratic National Convention
234
Association with even unambitious climate policy negative consequences
215, 227
Axelrod instructs Democrats to not speak on climate change
236/237
Campaign funding
200
Climate policy under Biden
345
Climate security counteroffensive
219
Congress 2019 sesion of Committee on Energy and Commerce
230
Connie Hedegaard in contact with
88
Democrat advisors on climate change
290
Failing to enact meaningful emissions cuts when in office, state or nationally
354
Hillary Clinton
295
Houston testimony on climate change
289
Jennifer Granholm
299
Statelevel Democrats under Trump
300, 339/340
Voting records in fossil fuel states
199, 213
Department for Business, Industry and Skills/ Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
72/73, 153
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Abolished
341
CCICED
163
Creaton and evolution until 2015 of
70–72
Merger
153/154
Regional emissions trading postion
283
US green trade visit
285
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
70
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Advisor on Florida Climate Roadmap
296
Chaotic start
70
Institute for Environmental Security funding
219
Michigan and Wisconsin MoU signing
269, 295
Office for Climate Change
71
WCI and RGGI advisor
279, 283, 285, 294
Depoliticisation
32/33, 45
Department for International Development (DfID)
Adaptation to climate change in China
119n
Agencification
61
CCICED
118
Institute for Environmental Security
219
Scaling down of work in China
153
Secial Programme Fund projects
155, 159
Turf wars with FCO
81
Department of Energy (DoE)
ALEC and
340
German Renewables and Energy Efficiency roadshow
274
In US climate governance
198
Interactions with European embassies
203–205, 208, 356
Rebuking Koch narrative on Spanish economy
240
UK workshop on carbon reduction
285
Department of Trade & Industry (DTI)
69, 71, 73
DeSantis, Ron
299
Deval, Patrick
282
Doyle, Jim
274, 292, 295, 299
Düsseldorf
148
E3G
Consultancies
356
FCO funding
155, 160
John Ashton founds
70, 75
Military project
219
Nick Mabey testimony on embassy projects
158, 171
Ecocities
.
Low Carbon Cities
Caofeidian
131
Chongqing UK Consulate lead on
154
Concept of Ecocities in China
130–131
Freiburg
148, 150
Hammarby Sjöstad, delegation visits to
126, 128
Huangbaiyu, Sino-American eco-city
133
Masdar
133
Mentougou
133
SymbioCity
129, 175
Woking
232/233
Ecologic
As Transatlantic Climate Bridge partner
274
Attended climate breakfasts
209
Organises study visits for German embassy for US Congressmembers
208
Washington DC office
203
Work on climate for Transatlantic Climate Bridge and European Commission
275/276
Ecological modernisation
After failure of CoP15 increased Swedish focus on
125
Blühdorn on societal self delusion
40/41
CENTEC as archetype
133
Danish embassy and CNREC
134, 141, 144
Embassies and hegemony
352/353
European example narrative in China
121
Example narrative
5
Greentech
46
Hajer on ecological modernisation
42
In The End of Foreign Policy pamphlet
77
Limits to growth counternarrative
43/44
Swedish example narrative
272
Trade competition
171
UK in China SPF
158
Visit Governor Granholm to Sweden
270
Effectiveness theories (cost-benefit analysis, goal attainment, systems approach, human relations theory, multiple constituencies theory
20–22
Electricity Freedom Act
311
Emanuel, Rahm
236
Emissions Trading
.
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme
.
Waxman-Markey bill, American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES)
.
Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord (RGGI)
.
Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
Aftermath
314
ALEC work against
302/303, 305,309/310
as hegemonic response securing unsustainability
32, 40
failing because of other priorities in energy policy
71
German cooperation with US states on
274, 292
in China
1, 106, 107, 108, 111/112, 119n
UK advisors for regional emissions trading schemes
277, 279, 281/282, 283, 285, 291
UK cooperation with US states on (other than UK advisors)
294–296
UK embassy in China work on
154, 161
Energiewende
67
EnergyCitizens
201
Energy Discrimination Elimination Act
345
Energy companies, electricity providers
Alliant
312
American Electric Power (AEP)
305, 312/313
Berkshire Hathaway
293, 312
British Nuclear Fuels lobbyist in embassy
69
China Electric Power
87
Duke Energy
87, 203, 231, 243, 244, 305, 313
Edison Electric Institute
305, 312
Entergy
203
General Electric
203, 231, 237, 243
NV energy
312
PG&E Corporation
312, 342
RWE
241–243, 251
Vattenfall
87, 242
Energy intensity
11th and 12th Five Year Plan China targets
106, 108
CoP15 Chinese energy intensity targets
159
Embassy lobbying
170
European vs. Chinese
121
Problematic for climate mitigation
338
Energy security
Brookings initiative as partner of Germany’s Transatlantic Climate Bridge
274
Definition
217
Discussion and disagreement in EU coordination meetings in Washington DC
248
Energy security and energy indepence as narrative used by embassies in US
222–227, 352
FCO emphasising over climate change
74, 79
FCO SPF in China
81
Morissetti as Envoy for Climate Change and Energy Security
219
State Department
205
UK Climate Change and Energy network reframed
153
Environmental Council of States (ECOS)
267
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
CCICED and
118
Closest to industry
202, 353
German climate breakfast
209
Introduction
115
On green jobs and energy security narratives
235
USCAP and
243/244
Work with UK in Texas and Florida
287–289, 294
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA (US)
Captured by API under Bush
202
Cleantech group against
122
Embassies contact
203, 206/207
Explanation
198
Environmental Protection Bureaux (China)
111, 117, 156
Epistemic community
28/29, 45
European Parliament Liaison Office (EPLO)
216
EU Core Group
169–171
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
and EKF
63
As supposed positive or negative example for US
212, 216, 238, 241, 353/354
EU-ETS Prohibition Act
197/198, 248
European embassies consulting China
106
Link with potential US emissions trading system
215, 358
research on outsourcing of emissions intensive industry
121
Study trips
215, 227
Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN)
228
Evers, Tony
300
Example Narratives
5, 120/121, 146, 163–167, 272, 352/353.
Danish Example
ExxonMobil
British-American Business Council energy and climate change committee
286
Funding of climate-denial organisations
201/202 (Heartland Institute), 230/231 (Cornwall Alliance), 239 (Instituto Juan de Mariana), 304/305 (ALEC), 342 overview)
Lobbyist guest speaker at EU coordination meeting in Washington DC
247
lobbyist on working with Joe Manchin to bring down CEPP
345
Rex Tillerson
343/244
Washington lobbyists’ classification of politicians
213
Falwell, Jerry
229
Fatchett, Derek
69
Fiji
26n
Finland
169, 219
Fischer, Joschka
62
Five year plans
106, 108/109, 113
FCO
.
Special Programme Funds
Attacked by GWPF
288
Climate security work in USA
218–220, 227, 251
ClimateGate
245/246
Cooperation with German BMU (Ministry of Environment) and AA (Auswärtiges Amt)
67
Cutting climate attaché posts due to Brexit
342
Decides against funding further creationcare work
229, 252, 357
energy replaces climate change
79
Environment, Science and Energy Department (FCO-ESED)
67
“Environmental Policy Department” changed to “Climate Change and Energy Group”
70
FCO against Tony Blair visit to California
291/292, 315
Funding cuts in the USA
221
Funding emissions trading consultant in the US
279
Green Globe Task Force
68
Interplay FCO and embassies
197
multistakeholder diplomacy
79
On why Texas
286, 287
Restructuring – environmental diplomacy becomes predominantly climate diplomacy, trade merger
73–75
restructuring of Environment, Science and Energy Department to include security in Environmental Policy Department
70
role of embassies in UK climate diplomacy
77–78
Rotation at FCO posing problem in the field
278
Staffing levels at UK embassies in the US and China
119
Strategy paper
280
“The End of Foreign Policy” pamphlet
75–77
Trade Focus
68
UKTI and
167
Work on environmental diplomacy in late 2000s
72–75
Florida
Aftermath and effectiveness
298/299, 314
Germany and UK climate diplomacy
292–296
Germany and UK MoU with Florida
269, 290
Largest evangelical church and creationcare movement
228
Michael Waltz
225
Ted Haggard
231
Fordism
29/30, 32, 35
Foucault, Michel
31
Fox, Liam
1, 73, 307
FoxNews
239, 245, 289, 345
Fracking
Actor Mark Ruffalo as ‘terrorist’ for support of anti-fracking documentary
223
EDF negotiates fracking bill
202
Effect on coal prices
242
Energy independence narrative leads to fracking
251
Framing contests in energy security
226/227
Less interest in energy security as climate policy
277
Polish embassy organises event on
250
UK consulate in Chongqing organises shale gas salon
162
France
CCICED
117
Conflicts with German embassy on nuclear power
248
Congressional fact-finding trips
214
CoP21 preparation and conflicts within Quai d’Orsay
335–337
Cultural year in China
147
Embassy in Beijing promoting nuclear power
172
EPA
206n
EU Core Group in Beijing
169
G5 ambassador meetings in Beijing
173
German embassy in Paris secondee from BMU
66
Importer of Chinese emissions
121
Large network of consulates in China
145n
Fraser, Troy
287, 311
Friends of Low Carbon Zones
160, 171, 358
Friends of Nature (FON)
114, 143
Friis, Lykke
241
Fuel Directive
248
Gabriel, Sigmar
273, 295
German American Dialogue on Renewable Energy (GADORE)
272
German embassy in Beijing
CCICED
118
Colocation
61
DuC opening
172
Main segment on German climate diplomacy with China
145–152
Rivalry with France
169
Secondees
66
Staff numbers
119
German embassy in Washington DC
BMU secondee
66
Climate breakfasts
209
Disputes over nuclear energy with French embassy
224
German engagement at state-level
272–277
Work with Virginia on climate change
296/297
German Marshall Fund (GMFUS)
208–209, 216, 274, 283
Germany: Ministry of Environment (BMU)
AA and
63, 65–67
CCICED
118
Definition of climate diplomacy definition
11
Florida
294
Pew Center on Global Climate Change
203
Secondee in Beijing
146
The Climate Group
284
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
274/275
Virginia
295
Germany: Ministry of Economics (BMWi)
65–67
Germany: Ministry for Economic CCICED
118
Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Work on Climate in Washington DC supported by BMZ
209
Georgia
239, 285
Gingrey, Phil
239
GIZ/GTZ
Actor that embassies work with
27
Agencification
60/61
Cooperation on CNREC
141
DuC
149
Embassy’s role in China on climate change marginalised by
146
IKI projects in China, Energy partnership with China
65/66
Supported Chinese climate research actors
114
Taking part in CCICED meetings
118
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
274
Global Climate Coalition
199, 313, 342
Globalisation turn in diplomacy
10–17
Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)
288, 307.
“Climate Denial” and “Heartland Institute”
Global Warming Solutions Act (California, 2006)
.
see AB32
Globe International
87
Goethe Institute
27, 60/61, 148/149, 152
Gotlieb, Allan
18, 210/211
Gove, Michael
307
Gramsci
Anti climate policy lobbying as war of position
37
Consumption as hegemony
355
Diplomats and NGOs in hegemony
359
Diplomats as furthering hegemony
45, 305
Gramscian climate policy
29–31
Gramscian hegemony vs. Liska’s status quo diplomacy
33
Gramscian view of climate diplomacy
5
Green capitalism and green growth as passive revolution
40, 235
Granholm, Jennifer
1, 269/270, 299
Green China (Danish initiative)
134/135, 139/140
Green Diplomacy Network
10
Green Globe Task Force
68
“Green Growth”; green capitalism
.
Low Carbon Economy
“low carbon growth”
158, 163–168, 287, 352/353. Growth 4, 34, 38
Danish embassy in US
223/224, 251
Denmark and
82, 85, 87
Example narratives
5
FCO and
76/77
floating signifier
130
Green Growth narrative in US
231–238
Green Growth US case study
197
In UK strategy
165
to sustain unsustainability, prevent deeper change
46
Tom Burke claim to have originated
68
UK consulate in US being attacked by lobbyists
280
UK example
163
UK promoting green growth in US
266, 283–286, 314
UK strategic programme fund, UK in China
155, 352
Green Jobs
ALEC legislation
309
ALEC negative impact on renewable energy sector
313/314
European example narrative
232
FCO favouring this narrative over creationcare
229
German agreement with Virginia
274
Governor Granholm visit to Sweden
270
Green Jobs study visit to Ruhr area for Americans
275
Koch and Co. counterattack on Obama White House narrative
238/239
Narrative unsuccessful in Virginia
301
Obama White House narrative
235/236
Outcome of embassy strategy
302
Outsourcing of renewable energy jobs
237
Renew Virginia green jobs initiative
296
Stern Report and Van Jones
233
Transatlantic Urban Climate Dialogue
297
UK embassy inviting UK companies
285
Greening finance
160
Greenland Dialogue
88
Green New Deal
2, 236/237
Greenpeace
Conference of the Reducers
284
Danish embassy and
143/144
ExxonSecrets project
343, 345
In China
114/115
Protest against ALEC
312
The End of Foreign Policy
77
Griffith, Morgan
215
Growth Analysis (Sweden)
Agencification
60/61, 169, 356
CCICED
118
CNREC similarity
136, 140
Explanation and introduction
91/92
Work in China
122–129, 133, 175
Guangzhou
Danish consulate
135
DuCC station
147
German consulate
145
Swedish consulate
123
UK consulate work on climate change and energy
152–154, 156–158
Haggard, Ted
228, 251
Hagel, Chuck
199
Hain, Peter
75
Hajer, Maarten
41/42, 121, 162, 200
Hawaii
340
Hawley, Josh
344
Heartland Institute
ALEC
304
Cooperation with Instituto Juan de Mariana
239
Cornwall Alliance
231
Introduction
200–202
Mercer Foundation
339
Scott Walker
299
State Policy Network
310
Work against Danish economy narrative
240
Hedegaard, Connie
86–88, 135, 144
Helveg Petersen, Niels
84
Hegemony
Diplomacy under hegemony, conclusion
352, 354/355, 359
Emissions trading as part of advanced liberal governmentality
216
Gramscian predictions for role of diplomats in climate diplomacy under
29/30, 32–36, 45
‘Green’ capitalism and simulative politics as
39/40
Hajer discourse-coaltions
42
UK workshop on Carbon Reduction Commitment in USA
285
Heilongjiang
140
Heinrich-Böll-Foundation
China Climate Action Network
114
Conference of Regional Councils on Climate Change
296
In China
115
In USA
203
Renewable Energy Roadshow in USA
274
Work on Climate in Washington DC supported by BMZ
209
Heritage Foundation
201/202, 231, 239/240, 306
Holdren, John
236
Hong Kong
Business Sweden office in
90
Danish consulate in
135
Danish Innovation Centre in
136
German consulate in
145
Swedish consulate cleantech attacheé
123
The Climate Group office
284
UK CCE team at consulate
152
University of Hong Kong CCICED funding
118
Work on SymbioCity
126
Houghton, John
228
Hubei
Emissions trading
107
Low Carbon Zone
163
UK roadshows and database for greentech companies
157
ICLEI (International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives)
297
India
ALEC resolution
309
At CoPs
3
BMU atttachés in German embassy in New Delhi
66
Danish BRICS iniatitiave
134–136
Diplomats and East India Company
14
French ambassador in London on climate policy
337
German cultural year in India
151
High Representative for International Environmental Technology Cooperation
128
Indian embassy and ALEC
303
Military Advisory Council
218
Reframing UK climate diplomacy in a way that works for India
78
The Climate Group office
284
UK outreach to Indian embasy in Beijing
173
UK-California MoU
291
US ambassador
344
Indiana
232, 274, 278
Inhofe, Jim
341
Innovation Centre
61, 135/136
Institute for Energy Research
238
Institute for Environmental Security
219
Instituto Juan de Mariana
238, 239
International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)
AA strategy on ICAP and ETS linkage
292
Portuguese Presidency event
249
UK-Wisconsin MoU
295, 299, 314
International Miljöteknik (IMT)
127, 128, 129
Iowa
229, 232, 268, 309
Italy
121, 147, 172, 206n
Jackson, Lisa
236
Jackson, Matt
67
Japan
BMU secondee at German embassy in
66
British Nuclear Fuels secondee at UK embassy in
69
Climate attaché at Danish embassy in
84n
G5 ambassador meetings
173
German cultural year in
147, 151
Importer of Chinese emissions
121
More US states had representation in Japan than in Washington DC
267
Pledged to stop building new coal plants abroad
345
Tokyo regional government in ICAP
295
Unambitious INDC
337
Used by Obama as example for green economy
236
Jevon’s paradox
42, 43, 237
Jilin province
140, 158, 160, 162
Johnson, Boris
2, 341
Jones, Van
233–235
Kaine, Tim
294–296, 300/301, 313, 343
Kalmar
271
Kansas
232, 268, 300, 306
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan-Germany cultural year
151
REO
26n
Kennedy, Robert Jr
290
Kerry, John
Climate security
219
Hedegaard in contact with
88
Introduction
1
Kerry Graham Lieberman bill
283
Special Presidential Representative for Climate Change
344
Kerry-Boxer bill
219
Kerry-Graham-Lieberman bill
283
Koch brothers and Koch Industries
ALEC and AfP cooperation
308
ALEC task force member
305
Anti climate legislation lobbying in Wisconsin
300
Campaign arguing that German, Danish and Spanish economy negatively impacted by renewable energy
238–242, 245, 310
Funding climate denial organisations
202
Funding for Cris Christie
282
Funding for Pompeo
344
Funding of No Climate Tax pledge
299
Sponsoring of Cornwall Alliance
231
Tea Party movement
269, 276
Krupp, Fred
244
Kyoto Protocol
Denmark commitments
138
emissions in Annex B countries
120
evangelical Christians views on
230
Florida
293
Instituto Juan de Mariana founded to combat
239
negotiations for post-Kyoto protocol
2
Netherlands New Jersey
267
“Sons of Kyoto” ALEC campaign
308
Laclau
32–35, 38, 42
Labour unions
79, 146, 232
Land of Ideas
148/149
Lepage, Paul
311
Liaoning
140, 145–147
Lidegaard, Bo
86
Lisbon Treaty
20, 249/250
Local nationals [locally hired staff of embassies]
Conclusion
355
Danish embassy in Beijing
134
Germany in USA
273
Sweden in China
124, 126
UK in China
153
UK in USA
207, 211, 219–221, 229, 289
UK in USA and in China
119/120
Lomborg, Bjørn
86
Loudoun County
297
Low carbon cities
130/131, 133, 138.
ecocities
Baoding
160, 162 [taken as inspiration by Chinese government for 13 low carbon zones], 166
Jilin city
158 [UK project in] 160 [as first UK low carbon pilot zone] 162 [taken as inspiration by Chinese government]
Loudoun County
297 [German embassy project on community energy plan]
Low Carbon Pilot Zone/low carbon zones
160, 163, 166
Shenzhen
133
Low Carbon Economy
China and USA as focus states for UK narrative
233
Conference of Redcers
284
Klimafonds
63
Lord Stern role in narrative
78
Survey of mayors in China
138
Tsinghua Laboratory
113
UK diplomatic network in China narrative
157–168
Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund
80/81, 155, 160
Low Carbon Transition Unit
85
Luodian
132
Mabey, Nick
158, 171
Maine
311
Manchin, Joe
345
Manitoba
268
Marly
336
Martin, Trayvon
311/312
Marx, Karl
33, 43
Massachusetts
280–282, 315, 340, 354
UK consulate in Boston
61, 280, 282
May, Theresa
72, 341
McAuliffe, Terry
301/302
McDonnell, Bob
301
Measurements of Earth Data for Environmental Analysis (MEDEA)
218
Mellon Family
202, 230
Merkel, Angela
65, 147, 172
Metabolic Rift (Marx, Foster)
43
Mexico
84n, 173, 309, 344
Michigan
Aftermath
299/300, 354
ALEC legislation
308, 310, 311
Blue Green Alliance
232
Cooperation with Sweden
270
Transatlantic Climate Bridge study visits
232, 274
UK and Sweden cooperation with Michigan
314
UK diplomats speak on climate change at evangelical services
229
UK-Michigan MoU
269, 290, 295
United States Climate Alliance
340
Microdiplomacy
16, 272
Midwestern Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord (MGGRA)
Abandoned
300, 302, 314, 354
ALEC work against
310/311
Established
268
UK advisor on
279
Wisconsin and Michigan signing
295
Miliband, David
67, 294
Miliband, Ed
1, 3, 173, 244
Minnesota
Blue Green Alliance
232
Democrats
300
MGGRA
272
Midwestern Governors’ Association’s Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Summit Platform
268
Morisetti and CLEAN/NCEL
303
Transatlantic Climate Bridge study visits
232
Mobilisation networks
Embassies and other actors in US
202, 208, 224/225
Embassies as part of
200
Explication
17
Fossil fuel companies and
305
In China
105
The Climate Group
293
Mohamed Cartoons
86
Monday Morning (Danish think tank)
87
Montana
ALEC legislation
309
UK CCS project
286
United States Climate Alliance
340
Moore Capito, Shelley
345
Morefield, Will
311
Morisetti, Neil
CLEAN/NCEL
303
Conclusion
358
Creation of post to late
227, 251
Effect on UK embassy in Washington DC
221/222
Introduction
78
Work with Military Advisory Council
218–220
Mouffe, Chantal
32/33, 35
Murdoch, Rupert
291
Multinational Corporations (MNCs)
.
see Corporate actors
Multistakeholder diplomacy
CNREC as example of
141
Declining sovereignty theory
44
DuC as example of
149, 152
Explanation
16/17
Hajer compared to Laclau and Bomberg
42
UK embassy in China
159
Van Jones’ Green Growth Alliance
233
Nairobi
66, 84n
Nanjing
61, 147, 172
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
234
National Association of Manufacturers
201
National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC)
105/106, 109, 136, 356
National Development & Reform Commission – Energy Research Institute (NDRC – ERI)
CCICED
116, 118
Criticism of Low Carbon City, ecocity concept
129
Danish embassy climate roundtables
143
Danish Renewable Energy Development programme
139
Partner of European embassies
113, 114, 356
Special Programme Fund projects
154, 160, 162
National Energy Commission (China)
109
National Energy Administration (China)
109, 139/140
National Advisory Committee on Climate Change (NACCC)
105, 113, 158
National Leading Working Group on Addressing Climate Change
105, 109
National Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
115, 143, 202
Nebraska
199
Netherlands
267/268
New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan
268
New Hampshire
ALEC law against RGGI
310, 354
Community climate plan
297
Conservative MPs visit to
280, 315
New Jersey
ALEC, AfP lobbying
310
Blue Green Alliance
232
environmental cooperation with the Netherlands
267/268
RGGI
282, 302, 310
United States Climate Alliance
340
New Mexico
ALEC legislation
309
ExxonMobil lobbyists
213
study visits
214
United States Climate Alliance
340
New Public Management
60, 61, 83, 356
Newsom, Gavin
293
New Zealand
Funding for US think tank
203
ICAP
295
Like-minded group on climate change
173
Nichols, Mary
65
Nixon, Richard
35/36, 308
NoAA
197
Northam, Ralph
302
North Carolina
285, 313, 340
Norway
EU Core Group on climate change
169
funding for CCICED
117
funding for NDRC-ERI project
162
funding for US think tank
203
Like-minded group on climate change
173
nuclear energy
British Nuclear Fuels lobbyist in embassy
69
China at CoP15
173
coordination meetings in Washington DC
247
French and German embassy in Washington DC clash on
224
French embassy in Beijing
172
Polish embassy organises events on
250
Sweden as low carbon due to nuclear energy
121, 271
UKTI identifies nuclear energy in China as HVO
167
Nur Bakri
111
Obama, Barack
300/301, 335, 338
Ohio
232
Oil and Gas
.
American Petroleum Institute
.
individual oil companies
.
Oil crisis
.
ALEC
.
Coal and Fracking for fossil fuel interests
AB32
293
ALEC
304
campaign financing
200, 218
capturing of political process
202/203
Climate Leaders Summit
284
Cornwall Alliance funding
230/231, 357
energy security and imported oil
223/224, 226
funding against climate legislation
236
Gromyko on diplomacy in this field
41
lobbyists
211, 213
NDRC sets price on oil
110
offshore oil drilling in Virginia
301
oil background of UK ministers
286
Prop 87
234
Texas oil companies
286, 289
UK consulate in Guangzhou project
156
voting pattern of states with oil and gas
199, 213
Oil crisis (1970s)
44, 73, 138, 271
Oil, gas and coal companies:
British Petroleum (BP)
.
see BP
Chevron
230, 305
ConocoPhilipps
243/244
Danish Oil & National Gas (DONG) energy
87, 117
Dominion
281
ExxonMobil, Mobil Oil
.
see ExxonMobil
Marathon Oil
305
Shell
68, 72, 117/118, 203, 231, 243, 283/284, 286/287, 298, 305, 312/313, 341
Sibneft
286
Sinopec
112, 118
Sun Oil
202
Texaco
286
Ontario
297
Oregon
268, 309, 340
Osborne, George
307
Paris Accord/Paris Agreement
4
Bolewski view on Trump leaving
342
China and
106, 108
Emissions reduction offers for
337/338
incorrect data
346
Murray Energy having written Trump Paris agreement exit
341
plans to abolish UK climate attachés by Conservatives after
82
Trump leaving
340
Passive revolution
40
Pawlenty, Tim
300
Pennsylvania
Blue Green Alliance
232
Germany cooperation, German American Dialogue on Renewable Energy (GADORE)
272
Pentagon
Donald Rumself and ALEC
304
Embassies and
203, 251, 358
National Defense University
280
Regional Environmental Offices
25
State Department being sidestepped
12
Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security
217/218
PEPFAR
229, 315
Perry, Rick
climate denial
286
Murray Energy lobbyists
341
protesting against UK study visits by consulate
287
Pershing, Jonathan
203/204
Poland, Polish embassy
170, 224
Political myths (Wright/Nyberg)
38
Polylateral diplomacy
16
Pompeo, Mike
344
Pooley, Eric
235
Post-ecologism
41
Post-politics
32
Project Syndicate
87
Prop 87
234
Protodiplomacy
16
Public diplomacy
By MPs
280
Climate diplomacy
355, 359
Definition and explanation
16–18
DuC
152
Effectiveness assessments of
24–26
EU coordination meetings
248
Hegemony
29
Klimafonds
63, 151
NGOs employed for
208
Study tours as
214
US ambassador in Sweden ‘One Big Thing’
270
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh
86, 137
Reagan, Ronald
60
Recycling
DuC
149
ecocities
131
greentech, cleantech
122
Sweden in China
175
Vinnova
92
Regional emissions reduction accords
.
see RGGI, MGGRA, WCI
Regional Environmental Offices (REOs)
25/26, 198
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
ALEC
308, 310/ 311
Effectiveness
303
Florida
298
Founding
268
ICAP and
295
UK consultancy to
279–282
Virginia
302
Reilly, Jim
232/233
Religious framings
.
see Creationcare
Remainder (of hegemonic struggle)
35, 158
Renewables Academcy (RenAc)
67
Renewable energy
.
see solar energy
.
see wind energy
.
see Vestas
Renewable Energy Development Programme (CNRED, Denmark)
140/141
Republicans
ALEC
304, 311
Anti climate policy parts of platform
276
Blocking ambassador nominations
344
Changes and continuities with changes from Republican to Democrat leadership
1
Climate denial
225/226, 301, 302, 314/315
Congressional fact-finding trips
214/215
Embassies trying to influence Republicans
6, 210, 216, 217–231, 356/357
Energy security instead of climate change
223
Evangelicals and
228–231
Framing for Republicans
222
Houston hearing
290
Joe Manchin
345
John Warner
219
Lindsey Graham
227
Lindsey Graham and Morrisetti
221
Oil lobbying
213
Outrage documentary
298
Reaction to securitisation of climate change
217/218
Republican and Democratic voting patterns in fossil fuel states
199
Rick Scott and Ron DeSantis
299
Rick Snyder
300
Schwarzenegger
290, 293
Troy Fraser
287
UK MPs lobbying Republicans
280/281, 310
Resolution against EU funding of NGOs
306
Renewable Portfolio Standards, RPS
136, 331
Roadshows
Denmark in China
145
Germany in China
147–152
Germany in USA
272–274
Sweden in China
128
UK in China
157, 162
UK in USA
285
Röhr, Wolfgang
148
Romney, Mitt
281/282, 335
Rubio, Marco
298
Ruffalo, Mark
223
Rumsfeld, Donald
304
Russia
ClimateGate
357
Germany-Russia cultural year
151
PRC-Russia cultural year
147
RWI
241
State-Owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission (SASAC) – China
112
Saudi Arabia –
Climate denial in
226
ClimateGate
357
Scaife Family Foundation
230
Schwarzenegger, Arnold
279, 290–294, 305
Schelling conjecture
18/19
Science & Innovation Network
61, 73, 153
Seeligmann, Peter
228
Shangdong
161
Shanghai
Danish consulate
135
Expo
147, 150
German consulate
145
Innovation Centre
136
Pilot ETS project
106
Study visit of officials
128
Swedish consulate
123, 126
Swedish eco-city
132
Taicang
148
UK consulate and work on climate change and energy
152–154
WWF low carbon project
160
Sheinwald, Nigel
269
Shenyang – hosting BMW – Shenyang as car production city
146/147
Shimkus, John
230
Sida
89, 118, 123, 125
Sido-Danish wind programme
139
Siemens
.
see „Companies“
Sierra Club
228, 232
Signifier
Climate diplomacy
359
floating signifier/empty signifier
34
Green Growth
163, 166
Green Jobs
234, 236, 302
Hajer vs. Laclau
42
Hegemonic powers creating different chain of equivalence
34
Laclau explanation and examples for
33
Low Carbon City
131
Low Carbon Economy as remainder
158/159
Sustainability as empty signifier
38, 39
The remainder
35
Sink, Adelaide
294
Small Plant Closure Programme
137
Snowden, Edward
335
Snyder, Rick
299, 230
Socialist diplomacy
40
Solar energy and solar energy companies
ALEC and
313
Baoding
166
Blinken on China’s solar industry
344
BP withdraws from sector
284
CNREC
140
Danfoss
87, 139
EU-US working group
205
Germany solar panel sector
142
Jobs in
233, 353
Republican and Independent views on
226
Requirement PV panels for energy transition
44
RWE
241
Solar energy in China at the time
136
Solar Energy Industries Association and ALEC
311
Spanish and German economy narrative
236–238
South Africa
ALEC, Pfizer, ExxonMobil and apartheid South Africa
304
CENTEC office
126
Danish climate attaché in Pretoria
84n
South African embassies before CoP15
173
South China Climate Change Network
156
South Carolina
225, 285
South Dakota
232
South Korea
Danish Innovation Centre in
136
GDP falsification of Chinese provinces akin to two thirds of Korea’s GDP
106
Green Growth Partnership with Denmark
82
Pledged to stop building coal plants abroad
345
South Korean embassy in Washington DC and ALEC
303
Spain
CoP25
3
Cultural year with China
147
Gamesa
237
Spanish economy narrative
236, 238–241
Special Programme Funds (SPFs)
Introduction to
80
Law Carbon Economy
160, 163
Overview of projects funded in China
155–158, 168
Speth, James Gustave
202
Stand Your Ground law
311/312
State Council – Environmental Protection Commission (SC-EPC)
116
State Department
Contact on climate and energy with EU embassies
203/204, 208, 356
List of EU embassies and expertise
174
On EPA
206
Role in climate policy
198/199
States’ foreign policy
267/268
Under Trump
343/344
State Environmental Protection Administration (China)
109/111, 116
State Policy Network (SPN)
310/311
Steiner, Achim
116
Steinmeier, Frank-Walter
67, 148/149
Stern Report
ALEC counternarrative
309
Low Carbon economy storyline
78, 233, 159
Texas
287
Stern, Todd
199, 204, 247, 250
Structural diplomacy
20
Study visits, study tour, delegation visits, fact-finding tours
Conservative MPs visit to US
280, 315
Danish example visits for Chinese officials
141
Germany
27
Study visits for German embassy for US Congressmembers
208
Transatlantic Climate Bridge study visits
232, 274
Visit Governor Granholm to Sweden
270
Visits to Sweden for Chinese officials
126, 128
Visits to UK for Chinese officials
156
Visits to UK for US politicians
214–216, 274, 285, 287, 294/295, 297
Stuttgart
148, 297
Sutley, Nancy
235
SweCo
126, 131–133, 356
Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (S-EPA)
Introduction to
90
Swedish embassy in China
118, 123/124, 129
SymbioCity
132
Swedish embassy in China
.
CENTEC, Growth Analysis and SymbioCity
CENTEC
118
Colocation
61, 117
Main section on Swedish embassy in China
123–133
Role
170
Swedish embassy in Washington DC
.
Growth Analysis
Climate attachés
250
ClimatePilots project
7, 271
Colocation
61
Dispute on framing
224, 235
White House
207
Swedish Foreign Ministry (UD)
89/90, 124
Swedish Ministry of Environment
90/91, 123/124, 127.
S-EPA
Switzerland
C2ES funding
203
IES funding
219
MFA evaluation
24
Symbiocity
125/126, 128/129, 132/133, 175
Taicang
148
Tamminen, Terry
290, 294
Tangshan
128, 131/132
Taxpayers Alliance
306
Techplomacy
82
Team Sweden
127
Tea Party
269, 276, 298
Tennessee
274–276
Texas
ALEC
305
CCS
315
politicians and oil lobbying
213
Ted Cruz
344
Texas oil companies
286, 289
Troy Fraser
287, 311
UK in Texas
286–290
The Climate Group
As key for business climate narrative
293, 353, 356
Backstory
283/284, 315
CCS project in China
156
Copenhagen Climate Council
87
Embassies working with in China
114/115
Florida summit on climate change
294
Texas conference on climate change
287
Tony Blair attends conference at BP offices
292
UK climate diplomacy in US
233, 266
UK financed projects on low carbon economy
159–161
Thölken, Hinrich
67, 77 [German Climate Representative, AA]
Tianjin
335
Tillerson, Rex
342/343
Todd Whitman, Christine
268
Trade Council (Denmark)
83, 84, 135
Trade Council (Sweden)
89/90, 127, 132
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
204, 232, 266, 271–277, 295
Transport
Blue Green Alliance active on
232
Cash for clunkers programme
237
Conference on Regional Councils on Climate Change
297
DuC on
149
Ecocities ignoring at times
175
SymbioCity
126
The Climate Group
284
transport emissions not counted
164
UK consulate in Guangzhou lead on
154
Trump, Donald
Abolished Special Envoy for Climate Change
204, 287/288
Capturing of climate and energy policy by fossil fuel interests
313
Chose Rick Perry as Energy Secretary
300
Climate and energy policy under, State Department under
339–344
Funding of astroturf protests against windpower in front of UK consulate in New York
201
Leaving Paris Accord
4
Parallels to George W. Bush
1
Tsinghua University
British embassy, GIZ and WRI supporting work on climate
114
Established Institute on Low Carbon Economy
159
Europe-China Clean Energy Centre
172
Funding from SPFs, including on CCS
155/156
National Advisory Committee on Climate Change member from
113
Participant of Danish embassy roundtables on emission trading in China
144
Qi Ye quote on solar panel manufacturing
166
Quote by NACCC member
158
Tubiana, Laurence
336
UKTI
155, 167/168
UN Centre on Transnational Corporations
38
Union of Concerned Scientists
202
United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), Rio conference (Earth Summit, 1992)
36–38, 67
United States Climate Alliance (USCA)
340
United States Department of Defense
.
see Pentagon
United States Climate Action Partnership (USCAP)
Corporate myths and
342
Duke Energy
313
Introduction
197
UK embassy and
243–245, 357
USCA and
340
Vestas
China business
137, 175
China wind power conference
142
Green growth lobbying
87
Mobilisation network
356
Top 10 wind companies
237
Vietnam
23, 126, 135, 151
Vinnova
explanation
91/92
financed cleantech attaché in China
126
more prominent than CENTEC in MoUs
129
Virginia
.
Tim Kaine
ALEC and Virginia
311
Backlash and aftermath
300–302
Climate cooperation with other regions
297
Conclusion
313/314
EU supports Virginia NGO
306
Germany-Virginia MoU, Germany-Virginia work on climate
269, 295, 297
John Warner
219
Loudoun County
297
offshore oil drilling in Virginia
301
Rick Boucher
215
Sweden in Virginia
271
Tea Party
276
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
272, 274
UK-Virginia MoU
269, 294/295
Virginia Climate Change Commission
296
Volkswagen
.
see “Cars”
Volvo
.
see “Cars”
Walker, Scott
299/300
Warner, John
219
Waste management
Caofeidian
132
DuC
149
Solar panel production
166
Symbiocity
126
Waxman-Markey bill, American Clean Energy & Security Act (ACES)
CEPP and ACES derailing comparison
345
Climate change being discussed in EU coordination meetings
248
Introduction and embassy interaction
197/198
Omission of climate change in name
235
Phil Gingrey against
239
UK embassy overestimates
243/244, 357
UK embassy work on
213, 278
Western Climate Initiative (WCI)
ALEC attack against
308–310
Comparison to RGGI
281
Founding
268
ICAP
295
Implosion
302, 314, 354
UK consultancy
279
Westerwelle, Guido
64, 69
West Virginia
199, 308, 345
White House CEQ (Council on Environmental Quality)
198/199, 202/203
Whitmer, Gretchen
300
Wikileaks
7, 173
Wilson Center
202
Wind energy
.
Vestas
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)
311
Danish wind energy advisory
272
Koch counterattack to Danish example narrative
240/241
offshore wind energy
167
Sino-Danish wind energy programme
140
UK embassy emphasis
211
wind energy companies
142 (Titan wind) 237 (Enercon, Siemens, Vestas, Gamesa)
Winterkorn, Martin
64
Wisconsin
Aftermath
354
Bryan Steil
225
Center for Media and Democracy
312
Evangelicals
228
Transatlantic Climate Bridge
232, 274
UK MoU with
269, 295, 299/300, 314
USCA
340
Woodwell, George
202
World Bank China Renewable Energy Scale-up Programme
140
WRI
Consultancy for Swedish embassy in China
125
Danish embassy roundtables
143
Embassies funding
210, 279
Embassy partner in the US
202
Florida’s Climate Action Plan
296n
Funding CCICED
118
German embassy climate breakfasts
209
Promoting the Low Carbon Economy concept in China
160
Special Programme Fund projects
155
Supporting CASS in China
114/115
Todd Stern
204
Tom Burke
68
United States Climate Alliance Impact Partnership
340
US Climate Action Partnership member
243
WU Bangguo
162
Wuhan
145, 147, 149, 167
WWF
CCICED
117/118
Danish embassy climate roundtable in Beiijing
143
In China
115
Low carbon zones in China
160, 162
Nick Mabey and Tom Burke
68
SPF project
157
SPFs
155
Study on Denmark’s consumption-based CO2 emissions
138
The Climate Group launch
284
Wynn, Todd
312