Climate Change and the Oil Industry

Common Problem, Varying Strategies

Jon Birger Skjaerseth, Jon Skjaerseth, Tora Skodvin , Caroline Wilding

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Manchester University Press
31 January 2010

Petroleum & oil industries; Global warming

Series: Issues in Environmental Politics

Multinational corporations are not merely the problem in environmental concerns, but could also be part of the solution. The oil industry and climate change provide the clearest example of how the two are linked; what is less well-known is how the industry is responding to these concerns.

This volume, available for the first time in paperback, presents a detailed study of the climate strategies of ExxonMobil, Shell and Statoil. With an innovative analytical approach, the authors explain variations at three decision-making levels: within the companies themselves, in the national home-bases of the companies, and at an international level. The analysis generates policy-relevant knowledge about whether and how corporate resistance to a viable climate policy can be overcome.

The analytical approach developed by the authors is also applicable to other areas of environmental degradation where multinational corporations play a central role. The book is invaluable to students, researchers and practitioners interested in national and international environmental politics and business environmental management. -- .

By: Jon Birger Skjaerseth, Jon Skjaerseth, Tora Skodvin
Index by: Caroline Wilding, Caroline Wilding
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780719065590
ISBN 10: 0719065593
Series: Issues in Environmental Politics
Pages: 260
Publication Date: 31 January 2010
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jon Birger Skjaerseth is Senior Research fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. Tora Skodvin is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Oslo