THE IMPACT OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE US ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ITS REPERCUSSION FOR THE PARIS AGREEMENT

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  • Luiz Carlos Maia Universidade Potiguar
  • Ellen Monielle Universidade Potiguar
  • Júlia Rensi Universidade Potiguar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2318-9452.2021v8n16.55378

Abstract

The US entrance into the Paris Agreement in 2015, facilitated by the Barack Obama’s government, was a milestone for the country’s environmental history. Yet, with the 2016 presidential elections and the arrival of Donald Trump in power, there was a sudden change in the process of approaching environmental issues and, consequently, the withdrawal of the US from the Paris Climate Agreement. Herewith, this article aims to analyze, in a constructivist perspective, the impacts of the presidential elections and their consequent party change in the repercussions for the Climate Agreement. Thus, it consists of a qualitative research, with content analysis based on speeches from both parties and analysis of official documents and papers. Hence, it became apparent that the securitization process and the denial of scientific studies played an important role in the decision-making and environmental policies conferred by the Trump administration, contradicting all the environmental aspects of policies based on the Obama era. Finally, it is brought to light that the impacts of changes in power and the reverberation of speeches that occurred with the 2016 elections in the US, were decisive factors for the exit from the Paris Agreement.

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Author Biographies

Ellen Monielle, Universidade Potiguar

Graduanda em Relações Internacionais.

Júlia Rensi, Universidade Potiguar

Professora de Relações Internacionais na Universidade Potiguar (UnP). Mestre em Relações Internacionais pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Graduada em Relações Internacionais com Láurea Acadêmica pela Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB). Desenvolve pesquisas relacionadas aos temas Governança da Internet, Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento e Estudos de Gênero.

Published

2021-07-16

How to Cite

Carlos Maia, L., Monielle do Vale Silva, E., & Silva Rensi, J. (2021). THE IMPACT OF THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN THE US ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND ITS REPERCUSSION FOR THE PARIS AGREEMENT. Journal of Scientific Initiation on International Relations, 8(16), 77–91. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2318-9452.2021v8n16.55378

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