ABSTRACT
Fossil fuels are at the heart of the climate problem. They account for over 80" of global energy consumption, constitute the main source (~69") of global greenhouse gas emissions and are responsible for about 78" of emission increases in the first decade of this new century. This chapter discusses four framings that target fossil fuel production, trade and use, as well as the discourse coalitions that promote them. It describes this analysis to negotiations under the Climate Convention, to examine processes that make the climate regime relatively impermeable to energy questions. The exclusion of energy issues from climate governance results not only from the power of dominant framings and organisational path dependence. It also stems from deliberate strategies by key actors in the climate regime that have actively sought to prevent discussion of energy governance issues in climate talks. The chapter also reflects on modes of "climatisation" and "declimatisation" of fossil fuels.
