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    Master Thesis
    The International Politics of Climate Change: Bargainingand Negotiation Processes From Kyoto To Paris
    (Kadir Has Üniversitesi, 2019) Eken, Melike; Ediger, Şevket Volkan; Ediger, Volkan S.
    Climate change is actually a natural phenomenon that occurs throughout history. In time, the climate can change do warmer or cooler in specific periods. But essentially with the industrial revolution, the human-induced activities trigger the climate change and the global temperature increase than the normal course of business. So, the fossil fuels which are used in vast scale among other energy sources cause to raise carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to the atmosphere. The high degree of CO2 emissions are related to the greenhouse effect in the atmosphere and this effect harms ecosystems and life of both human beings and non-human beings precisely. In that point, the foundation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is an essential institution to regulate climate change governance. It establishes several negotiations and two binding treaties: the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. In order to understand signing success of both agreements and their problematic implementation process, it will be used two theories of international relations discipline (IR): neoliberalism and critical theory. Complex-interdependence matters in neoliberalism to understand the actors' policies for signing these accords. On the other hand, the emancipation issue of critical theory will explain the commitment issue of the Parties in the implementation process of accords. It will be expected that this study reveals that the multilateral relationship of the states refers to complex-interdependence, and it triggers to sign the accords. Also, it will be aimed to understand that the problematic side of accords is related to the emancipation of climate change as only an environmental issue from economic and political interests. In order to observe the evolution, the timeline of the Conference of Parties (COPs) in the process will be put in place with the IR concept of audience cost.