International Relations and Climate Change

Abstract

Climate change and biodiversity collapse have severe consequences for the future of international relations and diplomacy. As there is a need to build a transformational governance to cope with their impact, multilateralism must be reinforced as well as the science-policy interfaces (SPI). Some stick to the status quo, for economic lucrativeness, as bilateralism could lead to protectionist and nationalist positions. After describing the role of the COPs, the author presents some practices of bilateral cooperation on climate change and biodiversity protection. He shows the importance of establishing indicators based on ISO standards. He describes scenarios that could emerge for the future. Only a scenario based on convivence (i.e., “the art of living together in mutual respect for otherness”) by environmental multilateral and bilateral projects could conduct to reinforce mitigation and adaptation to climate change and reduce biodiversity loss.