Add to ORKGMitigating global climate change is one of today's major global environmental problems and can only be achieved by substantial collaboration across countries. For this reason, scholars of international relations have become particularly interested in this topic. Their various conceptual, theoretical, and methodological approaches to global climate change contribute to better understanding both the achievements accomplished to date as well as the challenges ahead in accounting for the causes, consequences, and the responses to a pressing problem of international public policy. This article synthesizes much of the knowledge provided by scholars in the field of international studies. It will therefore help to assess the state of the art as wel...