Book review : Combatting climate change in the Pacific : the role of regional organizations

Abstract

This book is a comprehensive introduction to the regional politics of climate change in the Pacific region. Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs) are highly vulnerable to climate change. As a result, climate change has featured prominently in regional politics, finance and development agendas. As the co-authors Williams and McDuie-Ra point out, the issue has attracted significant scholarly attention, but studies on the Pacific tend to neglect the role of transnational and regional processes. The book aims to fill this gap, by exploring the construction and governance of climate change in the context of regional and global climate politics.