CFP: Global Climate Governance and Transition to a Low Carbon Economy

The Brazilian journal Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional (RBPI) announces a special issue devoted to Global Climate Governance and Transition to a Low Carbon Economy. This edition, edited by Eduardo Viola, Full Professor of the Institute of International Relations of the University of Brasília, will evaluate the state of global climate governance, including the impasses of the multilateral negotiations, the potentialities of the G20 as an alternative arena of negotiations and the efforts of major powers in making a transition to a low carbon economy. Submissions are invited that focus on the following thematic axes: multilateral negotiations, the G20 and other plurilateral arenas, the international interface between climate/energy policy and trade/financial policy, national energy/forest/climate policies and politics of major powers, bilateral/plurilateral partnerships among major powers. All submissions should be original and unpublished, must be in the range of 50,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes), must be written in English (it is necessary to be fully correct English for non natives of the language), including an abstract of less then 70 words (and 3 key-words in English). Follow the Chicago System. The deadline for submissions is July 31, 2012. Submissions may be made online.