Conclusion

Abstract

Abstract The conclusion summarizes responses to the two main research questions of the book, evaluates alternative explanation, considers implications of the research findings, and offers recommendations for future research into climate change and development cooperation. While there are certainly limitations to their generalizability, they do demonstrate the importance of development policy paradigms and state development interests for climate policy effectiveness that might be expected to resonate with the experience of other countries where the economy is highly reliant on agriculture and rural peasants still important. Based on the findings of the research presented in the book, the chapter proposes a new approach to engaging developing countries on climate change mitigation that combines elements of previous global environmental norms: liberal developmental environmentalism.