Greenhouse Governance Addressing Climate Change in America

Public deliberation over climate change has traditionally been dominated by the natural and physical sciences. Is the planet warming? To what degree, and is mankind responsible? How big a problem is this, really? But concurrent with these debates is the question of what should be done. Indeed, what can be done? Issues of governance, including the political feasibility of certain policies and their capacity for implementation, have received short shrift in the conversation. But they absolutely must be addressed as we respond to this unprecedented challenge. Greenhouse Governance brings a much-needed public policy mindset to discussion of climate change in America.

Barry G. Rabe is professor of public policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and professor of the environment in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. He is also a nonresident scholar in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution and a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.