This book demonstrates that overall stronger democratic principles and democratic qualities tend to correlate with improved climate performance. Beginning by outlining a general concept of democratic efficacy, the book provides an empirical analysis of the influence of the quality of democracy on climate change performance.

Frederic Hanusch is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany.

Chapter 1. Introduction

Part I The Bases for the Analyses

Chapter 2. The unknown influence of democratic qualities on climate performance

Chapter 3. The concept and the operationalization of democratic efficacy

Part II. An Empirical Analysis of the Democracy-Climate Nexus

Chapter 4. Analysis I: more leads to more -positive statistical trends

Chapter 5. Analysis II: Canada's Kyoto Protocol process, 1995-2012 - a case study perspective

Chapter 6. 1995-1997: Chrétien makes use of the prerogative

Chapter 7. 1998-2002: futile consultations

Chapter 8. 2003-2005: undemocratic unpredictability

Chapter 9. 2006-2012: democratic weakening and climate change as a shield issue

Chapter 10. Discussion analysis II: linkages between democratic quality and climate performance

Part III. Synergy

Chapter 11. Overall discussion

Chapter 12. Conclusion

Afterword