Climate change policies of Germany, China, The United States and Turkey: a comparative analysis

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This thesis explores the climate change policies of Germany, China, the United States and Turkey and subsequently provide a comparative perspective on climate change policies before and after the Paris Agreement. The core research question is how policies on global climate change were shaped before and after the Paris Agreement, regarding their triggering points during the process of shaping recent environmental regimes. Regarding this question, the main argument of this thesis is that even climate change policies of countries could be categorized into cooperative and obstructive policies, this thesis argues that climate change policies of countries reflect domestic, economy, the environment, and energy priorities of countries, as well as, their external relations with major players in global climate change regimes. This thesis provides an analysis compromising of seven main chapters. Following the Introduction chapter, the second chapter will covers an analysis of global climate change regime. In the subsequent chapters, the policies of Germany, China, US and Turkey are explored separately in order to provide a comparative analysis. The subsequent chapter will demonstrate a conclusion chapter from explorations. The subsequent chapter will demonstrate a conclusion chapter from explorations.

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Climatic changes, Climatic changes, Climatic changes, Climatic changes, Climatic changes

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/27447

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E. Okutan, “Climate change policies of Germany, China, The United States and Turkey: a comparative analysis,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2018.