Climate Politics and the Impact of Think Tanks

How are think tanks shaping public debate and political decision-making on climate change? This question is particularly pressing in an era of anti-science sentiment, post-truth politics and increasingly polarised discussions about the adequate responses to a changing climate.

This revised and extended second edition revisits the shifting political landscapes of the U. S. and Germany from the rise of Trumpism to the AfD s growing influence to examine how environmental think tanks navigate changing knowledge regimes. Updated with new empirical material, expanded case studies and new chapters that cover transformative shifts in the US and Germany, it offers fresh insights into the role of expertise in climate politics at a time when facts themselves are up for debate.

Chapter 1: Introduction. - Chapter 2: Knowledge and Climate. - Chapter 3: What Think Tanks do: Towards a Conceptual Framework. - Chapter 4: Heated Debates and Cooler Heads: Think Tanks and Climate Politics in the United States. - Chapter 5: Empirical Evidence: The Case of Germany. - Chapter 6: German and US American Think Tanks in Comparison. - Chapter 7: Radical Centers and the radicalization of fringes: Roles of American and German Think Tanks and the mainstreaming of Anti-Mainstream positions. - Chapter 8: Conclusion.