A Catalyst for Cooperation

The Inter- Agency Standing Committee and the Humanitarian Response to Climate Change

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ID7785547
AuthorsNina Hall (0000-0002-6318-9029, corresponding author), Nina W T Hall
Year2016
Volume22
Issue3
Pages369-388
Publication date2016-08-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGlobal Governance A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1075-2846 • E-ISSN: 1942-6720
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1163/19426720-02203005
OpenAlexW2519268505
LanguageEN
Citations received4

Climate change is predicted to lead to an increasing frequency of natural disasters and humanitarian emergencies, yet scholars have not examined how the humanitarian community is responding to this issue. This article examines its initial engagement with the climate change regime and finds it was remarkably coordinated. Humanitarian agencies coauthored submissions to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the leaders of major humanitarian organizations spoke on co-organized panels on the humanitarian perils of climate change. In fact, the overarching trend was cooperation, not competition, among humanitarian agencies. This is an intriguing finding as it runs counter to the dominant account of a humanitarian marketplace in which actors are constantly competing for resources. Instead, this article suggests that the Inter-Agency Standing Committee played a significant role in mobilizing and coordinating humanitarian organizations' initial efforts. It highlights how and to what extent institutiona

Climate change · Convention · Humanitarian aid · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Law · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Ecology

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