Beyond Politics

Good Law | Bad Law Podcast

Fri, 21 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Good Law | Bad Law #112 - Lawmakers May Not Hold the Key to Climate Change Aaron Freiwald, Managing Partner of Freiwald Law and host of the weekly podcast Good Law | Bad Law, is joined by Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan from Vanderbilt University to talk about the future of climate change. Listen Listen to the podcast at Good Law | Bad Law Description How can private industry make the quickest impact on climate change?

Beyond Politics Webinar at the Environmental Law Institute

Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

You can watch the webinar on YouTube and download the transcript Panelists Cassie Phillips, Director, Private Environmental Governance Initiative, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator Jonathan Gilligan, Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vanderbilt University and Co-Author, Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change Stephen Harper, Global Director, Environment and Energy Policy, Intel Corporation Jackie Roberts, Chief Sustainability Officer, The Carlyle Group Michael P.

Review in Environmental Forum

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Mixing Private Action and Climate Policy Distinguishing government from governance, identifying the separate yet complementary roles of the private and public spheres, say, in the realm of environmental management, and thinking seriously about the opportunities and barriers of an integrated or collaborative approach to confronting the challenges of the day—none of this would have made any sense to a citizen of the Roman Empire in the time of Augustus.

This Is Altitude Podcast

Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

This is Beyond Politics Two Vanderbilt professors are taking a creative approach to solving climate change. Our guests, Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan recently released a new book Beyond Politics, discussing the role private entities can play in reducing carbon emissions even without the US government taking action. They tell us how we can make a meaningful difference by changing our behavior at home. US households emit as many carbon emissions as all of the countries in South America combined.

Review by Dan Farber

Sun, 11 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Going Private: Climate Action by Businesses and Individuals This is a review of a new book by Michael Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan, Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change. They make a persuasive case that private initiatives in this area have been underestimated. The review seeks to build on their analysis in two ways. First, it examines what features of private action make it more or less a form of “governance,” and it suggests some ways the private sector could move further toward regulatory governance.

Review in Nature Climate Change

Tue, 27 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Time to Re-Think Solutions

For people working to address climate change, there is certainly no viable alternative to reading this book. Beyond Politics presses readers to think beyond their current conception of climate change solutions and, while laying out a reasoned private governance response accompanied by a realistic assessment of its limitations, provides the groundwork for future research and initiatives to reduce emissions.

Fair Marketeers Podcast

Wed, 10 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Michael P Vandenbergh is the David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair of Law at Vanderbilt University. He is also Director of the Climate Change Research Network and Co-director of the Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. Michael talks to us about his new book: Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change. Far from a rallying cry to Governments to act when they’ve spent years and decades ignoring the problem, Beyond Politics, as the title suggests, goes into how the private and household sectors can combine to make a huge impact in mitigating climate change.

David G. Victor

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

“A thoughtful and far-ranging new book. … Vandenbergh and Gilligan offer a sober and well-grounded reminder that real change depends on much more than formal government.”

Review in Science Magazine

Mon, 18 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Faced with government inaction, private firms emerge as major players in climate mitigation

In a thoughtful and far-ranging new book, Michael P. Vandenbergh and Jonathan M. Gilligan turn that view upside down. Both from Vanderbilt University—Vandenbergh a lawyer and Gilligan a professor of civil and environmental engineering—the authors help explain why firms from Coca-Cola to UPS are motivated to be leaders in cutting emissions.

Beyond Politics: Private industry needs to step up on climate change

Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

When the United States pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement, environmentalists were disappointed, but then businesses stepped up on their own to fight global warming. Two Vanderbilt experts say evidence shows that progress can continue to be made regardless of what the government is doing.

Kindle Edition Now Available

Tue, 21 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The Kindle edition now available from Amazon. The print edition is available for pre-order in paper and hardcover and should be released around December 28.

What Can Individuals Do to Respond to Climate Change?

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Whether purchasing a new vehicle or light bulb, deciding where to shop or bank, or making decisions at work, individuals nowadays have many options to reduce their carbon footprint. Good information is hard to find, though, and many of us do not know where to turn, whether our goal is to save money or reduce carbon emissions. If we include home electricity use, personal transportation, and other activities in the home, households account for roughly a third of all emissions in the US and a similar share in other countries.

Global Climate Change and U.S. Law

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:51:57 -0500

The Rise of Global Corporate Social Responsibility: Mining and the Spread of Global Norms

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:49:29 -0500

Can We Afford the Future? The Economics of a Warming World

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:37 -0500

Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:46:37 -0500

The Two Mile Time Machine

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:54:42 -0500

Carol M. Browner

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:31:38 -0500

Beyond Politics offers a timely, insightful roadmap for bypassing gridlock on climate change.

Introduction

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter introduces the concept of private climate governance and argues that private sector action provides a promising opportunity to reduce climate change risks, buying time while governments move slowly or even oppose climate mitigation.

Gilligan, Vandenbergh win Morrison Prize for climate change article

Thu, 09 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Research examining the role that private governance can play in bypassing government gridlock on climate change has earned a pair of Vanderbilt University professors this year’s $10,000 Morrison Prize, which recognizes the most impactful sustainability-related legal academic article published in North America during the previous year.

Michael P. Vandenbergh and Jonathan Gilligan were recognized for their paper, “Beyond Gridlock,” which was published in the Columbia Journal of Environmental Law. They will present the paper at the Third Annual Sustainability Conference of American Legal Educators, held in May at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. The Morrison Prize, which is administered through the O’Connor College of Law’s Program on Law and Sustainability, is named for its funder, Richard N. Morrison, co-founder of Arizona State’s Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

Michael P. Vandenbergh

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Vandenbergh is a leading scholar in environmental and energy law whose research explores the relationship between formal legal regulation and informal social regulation of individual and corporate behavior. His work with Vanderbilt’s Climate Change Research Network involves interdisciplinary teams that focus on the reduction of carbon emissions from the individual and household sector. His corporate work explores private environmental governance and the influence of social norms on firm behavior and the ways in which private contracting can enhance or undermine public governance.

What Are the Most Important Actions I Can Take?

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

When you are deciding which actions to take, think about which ones will have the greatest effect on carbon emissions (we call this “technical potential”) and which are easiest to do (we call this “behavioral plasticity”). Do not try to be perfect, but try to take those actions that score highest on these two metrics for you. This chart provides a list of several of the most promising types of actions, but these are just the tip of the iceberg.

AN Appeal to Reason: A Cool Look at Global Warming

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:10 -0500

Rethinking Private Authority: Agents and Entrepreneurs in Global Environmental Governance

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:49:37 -0500

Climate of Hope: How Cities, Businesses, and Citizens Can Save the Planet

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:49 -0500

The Global Carbon Cycle

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:46:56 -0500

The Long Thaw: How Humans Are Changing the Next 10,000 Years of Earth's Climate

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:54:42 -0500

William D. Ruckelshaus

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:28:52 -0500

The book offers a fresh, collaborative approach to the climate problem.

The Climate Challenge

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter explores the implications of the climate science for climate mitigation and explains why the potential for severe, irreversible effects argues for assigning urgency and priority to the pursuit of emissions reductions.

Jonathan M. Gilligan

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Professor Gilligan is a member of the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy & Environment and the Vanderbilt Initiative for Smart Cities Operations Research and he is a founding member of the Erdős Institute for Collaboration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. His research brings together interdisciplinary teams of social scientists, natural scientists, and engineers to study climate change and natural hazards. His projects include water conservation policies in American cities, developing better ways to educate and inform the public and government officials about flood hazards, identifying opportunities for rice farmers in Sri Lanka to cope with water scarcity, and studying problems of flooding and access to safe drinking water in coastal areas of Bangladesh.

Assess your personal carbon footprint

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

When you decide what to do to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, it can be very helpful to have a sense of what parts of your life produce the greatest emissions. If you are like most people, you don’t want to obsess over dozens emissiont. of different actions for reducing your emissions footprint, so you will want to focus on a handful of actions and you will want to make sure that each of those actions has a big impact.

The Institutions Curse

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:19 -0500

A Public Role for the Private Sector: Industry Self-Regulation in a Global Economy

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:49:49 -0500

Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reduce Global Warming

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:59 -0500

The Science and Politics of Global Warming

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:46:47 -0500

Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:56:13 -0500

John D. Graham, Ph.D.

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:35:58 -0500

Beyond Politics provides a fresh, much-needed perspective on how the private sector can bypass government gridlock on climate change.

The Public Governance Challenge

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter examines the features of the climate problem that make an adequate government response difficult.

Purchase Carbon Offsets

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

If you have taken steps to reduce your carbon footprint, but you still want to do more, one option is to buy carbon offsets. Offsets are often sold by the ton, and they essentially allow you to pay others to reduce to reduce their greenhouse gases. The money may go to fund capture of methane from a landfill that would otherwise have escaped into the atmosphere, or to protect a tropical forest that would otherwise have been destroyed, releasing greenhouse gases.

Business Persons: A Legal Theory of the Firm

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:29 -0500

Reality Check: The Nature and Performance of Voluntary Environmental Programs in the United States, Europe, and Japan

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:50:05 -0500

The Climate Casino

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:09 -0500

Introduction to Modern Climate Change

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:07 -0500

The Discovery of Global Warming

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 02:57:29 -0500

Joe Kaeser

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:38:07 -0500

Industry can help lead the effort to address climate change, and this book provides an important roadmap.

The Private Governance Option

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter explains why corporations and households have motivations to reduce carbon emissions and why advocacy groups have the ability to harness these motivations.

Private industry, better messaging can help overcome damage from Paris withdrawal

Fri, 02 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

President Donald Trump’s announcement on Thursday that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement phases out U.S. commitments to achieve carbon reduction targets and make financial contributions to slow climate change. It was a move environmentalists found disappointing, at best. But Vanderbilt University law and earth science professors contend initiatives that reduce carbon emissions from corporations and households can fill some of the gap. They point to the example of Walmart, which reduced carbon emissions worldwide by more than 20 million metric tons by focusing on efficiency in its global supply chain.

Use Your Influence

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

What makes our “private governance” approach new and different from other ways of thinking about private-sector actions is in transforming isolated voluntary actions by one individual or organization into governance: having influence over the decisions and actions of other people and organizations. When you do something to reduce your own carbon footprint, that action can affect what others do. If you find that you save money or otherwise improve your life, you may tell your friends, neighbors, and co-workers, and when they hear about how well the action worked for you, they may try it themselves.

Catastrophe: Risk and Response

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:36 -0500

Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:50:17 -0500

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:19 -0500

Global Warming: The Complete Briefing

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:17 -0500

Steven Harper

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:38:12 -0500

Vandenbergh and Gilligan provide an optimistic view of the climate problem, showing how the private sector can bypass government gridlock over the next decade. This book will appeal to scholars, business and advocacy group managers, policymakers, and anyone interested in a new approach to climate change.

Government action isn't enough for climate change: The private sector can cut billions of tons of carbon

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

With President Trump’s announcement to pull the United States out of the Paris Agreement, many other countries around the world—and cities and states within the U.S.—are stepping up their commitments to address climate change.

But one thing is clear: Even if all the remaining participating nations do their part, governments alone can’t substantially reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.

The Corporate Sector

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter identifies numerous corporate climate initiatives underway around the world and explains how new initiatives could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by an additional half-billion tons over the next decade.

Globalizing India

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:58 -0500

Worst Case Scenarios

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:52 -0500

The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:50:43 -0500

The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You about Climate Change

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:30 -0500

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:47:27 -0500

Jackie Roberts

Thu, 27 Jul 2017 16:38:17 -0500

In Beyond Politics, Professors Vandenbergh and Gilligan powerfully demonstrate how private sector action on climate change has moved from theory to real and promising impact in the marketplace of today. Drawing on law, policy, and social science, their book provides an optimistic roadmap showing how the private sector, leveraging customer-supplier relationships as part of the solution, can bypass government gridlock and reduce carbon emissions by a billion tons annually.

The Household Sector

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter identifies the wide range of private initiatives that target household carbon emissions and explains how expanding existing initiatives and developing new ones could reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions reductions by roughly a half billion tons over the next decade.

The Managerial Sources of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Spread of Global Standards,

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:52:44 -0500

Climate Change Justice

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:39 -0500

Cross-Cutting Initiatives

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter discusses two private climate mitigation initiatives that could shift climate science beliefs and support for climate mitigation.

G. Tracy Mehan III

Tue, 01 May 2018 00:00:00 +0000

“Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change is an imposing work of academic scholarship…. But [the] engaging, accessible writing style makes the slog a pleasant one for the diligent reader. Vandenbergh and Gilligan make a sincere, passionate, even eloquent case to both conservative and liberal skeptics, the former skeptical as to climate policy in general and big government in particular, the latter concerned about undermining the case of strong governmental action on climate.

Corporate Social Responsibility in a Globalizing World

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:51:28 -0500

Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:51:13 -0500

The Economics of Climate Change

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:48 -0500

Objections

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter examines three objections to private climate governance.

Public Forces and Private Politics in American Big Business

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:51:47 -0500

Global Warming Gridlock: Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:48:56 -0500

Extensions

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This chapter argues that understanding the role of private initiatives can unlock many new opportunities.

Climate Shock: The Economic Consequences of a Hotter Planet

Fri, 28 Jul 2017 19:49:10 -0500

Conclusions

Wed, 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The conclusion argues that the book demonstrates the emerging importance of private climate initiatives, develops a plausible theory of why private actors are motivated to reduce emissions, and makes a persuasive case that annual greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by a billion tons or more within the next decade.

Suggest new actions

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Suggest new actions or ideas that we should consider in our research. Send your ideas to suggestions@beyondpoliticsbook.com.

Excerpt from Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change

Sat, 09 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Who recently announced a goal of reducing 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions? We have posed that question to dozens of audiences at public events and in university classrooms, and the answers we get invariably assume that government is the actor. In some cases, the answers are cities like Seattle and New York. In other cases, the answers point to states and provinces like Rhode Island and British Columbia, or countries ranging from China to small island states.

Abstract

Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Politics: The Private Governance Response to Climate Change Private sector action provides one of the most promising opportunities to reduce the risks of climate change, buying time while governments move slowly or even oppose climate mitigation. This book starts with the insight that much of the resistance to climate mitigation is grounded in concern about the role of government. It then draws on law, policy, social science and climate science to demonstrate how private initiatives are already bypassing government inaction in the United States and around the globe.

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