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Far less is known about if and how CCCM opposition manifested in the Global South. This chapter synthesizes evidence from my own archival research and draws on scholarly literature, non-governmental organizations, and investigative journalists’ work to begin understanding this history. First, it explores the arguably better well-documented knowledge of coordinating a series of think tanks that expanded and diffused countermovement opposition across different countries. Following, the chapter describes some of the actions taken by countermovement organizations in response to international treaties from the late 2000s, mainly drawing attention to transformations in global governance whereby countries in the non-Annex category under the UNFCCC responded to the challenges presented by development dependent on fossil fuels or heavily polluting industries, in the face of growing climate risk.
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The university’s associated foundation received funding from the Pierre Foundation.
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Paul Reiter appeared in the documentary the Great Global Warming Swindle along with other climate contrarians. Citation. https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Great_Global_Warming_Swindle. Accessed 29 November 2022.
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The Center for the defense of free enterprise was one of the founding organizations of the CCCM. Citation. Climate Investigations (n.d.) Competitive Enterprise Institute NYT Ad Signatories Got $10 Million from Exxon. Davies (2016) https://climateinvestigations.org/nyt_ad_signatories_got_10_million_from_exxon/. Accessed 1 Dec 2022.
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McKie, R.E. (2023). Manifestations of the Climate Change Counter Movement in the Global South. In: The Climate Change Counter Movement. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33592-1_6
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