Climate cooperation & domestic bargaining
Conditional cooperation, domestic politics & climate diplomacy
After You
Their climate promise changed. What happens next?
One government makes a climate promise. Workers, firms, and coastal residents in another country have different stakes. Advise the government, predict its next move, and follow records that complicate your first explanation.
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What you can explore
- Distinguish conditional international cooperation from domestic incentives and bargaining.
- Predict an actor's response and identify evidence that could distinguish competing explanations.
- Revise a recommendation while accounting for distributional effects and unresolved uncertainty.
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What the model leaves open
Vela, Luma, and the records are fictional. The published studies address specific research settings and illuminate possible mechanisms.
AFTERWARD, THINK ABOUT
Who gains and who bears the cost if Luma makes a stronger commitment?
Teaching this activity Debrief, assessment & assignment draft
Bring it back to the room
- Who gains and who bears the cost if Luma makes a stronger commitment?
- Which observation would show that another country's pledge changed a domestic decision?
- What evidence would help distinguish reciprocity from a shift in domestic politics?
What to assess
Look for a defensible causal account, a meaningful rival, accurate dated evidence, and a specific way to test the explanation in the new case.
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Syllabus description & discussion prompts
Syllabus description
One government makes a climate promise. Workers, firms, and coastal residents in another country have different stakes. Advise the government, predict its next move, and follow records that complicate your first explanation. Students produce a class pdf with advice, three forecasts, selected records, a causal explanation, and a research transfer.
Questions for a discussion board or class debrief
- Who gains and who bears the cost if Luma makes a stronger commitment?
- Which observation would show that another country's pledge changed a domestic decision?
- What evidence would help distinguish reciprocity from a shift in domestic politics?