Neoliberal Environmentalism, Climate Interventionism and the Trade-Climate Nexus

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 14; no. 23; p. 15804
• Main Author: Dent, Christopher M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2022
• Subjects: Climate change; Climatic changes; Commerce; Economic aspects; Economic growth; Environmental aspects; Environmental movement; Environmental policy; Environmentalism; Free markets; Global economy; Interventionism; Liberalism; Neoliberalism; Privatization; Property rights; Text analysis; Trade policy; United Kingdom; United States > US

Trade has become an increasingly core part and defining feature of our globalising world economy, and so by default has become integrally linked to climate change and action. Trade has not only rapidly expanded over recent decades but also driven contemporary economic development and growth, especia...