Blog contribution: The Reluctant Internationalists

Hiroki Shin contributed to the blog series of the Reluctant Internationalists project run by Jessica Reinisch. In this essay, ‘The Paris Climate Agreement and the Year 1965: How Much Can We Achieve in 50 Years (Or Less)?‘ Shin considers the agreement reached at the Paris COP 21 climate conference on 12 December 2015, and points to a longer history of tensions between international and national attempts to control energy.