Governing Climate Change Transnationally

Assessing the Evidence from a Database of Sixty Initiatives

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ID23337296
AuthorsHarriet Bulkeley (0000-0001-9912-5687, Durham University, corresponding author), Liliana B Andonova (0000-0002-4771-7936, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, corresponding author), Liliana Andonova (The Graduate University, Rue de Lausanne 132, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland), Karin Bäckstrand (0000-0002-8608-8888, Lund University, corresponding author), Michele Betsill (Colorado State University), Michele M Betsill (0000-0001-7090-904X, Colorado State University, corresponding author), Daniel Compagnon (0000-0001-5815-0384, Sciences Po Bordeaux, 11 Allée ausone, Domaine Universitaire, 33607 PESSAC Cedex, France, corresponding author), Rosaleen Duffy (School of Social Sciences, Arthur Lewis Building 4.026, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England), Rosaleen V Duffy (0000-0002-6779-7240, University of Manchester, corresponding author), Ans Kolk (0000-0001-5345-2965, Strategy and Marketing, University of Amsterdam Business School, Plantage Muidergracht 12, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Matthew Hoffmann (0000-0002-9325-4186, University of Toronto, corresponding author), Dena Levy (0000-0001-9285-9610, University of Massachusetts Boston, corresponding author), David Levy (0000-0002-4044-8438, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125-3393, USA), Peter Newell (0000-0002-5371-7668, Tyndall Centre, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England, corresponding author), Tori Milledge (corresponding author), Marisa Paterson (0000-0002-0007-2229, University of Ottawa, corresponding author), Matthew Paterson (University of Ottawa), Philipp Pattberg (0000-0003-1136-7791, Department of Political Science, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelenaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author), Stacy D Vandeveer (0000-0001-5941-8020, University of New Hampshire, corresponding author), Stacy VanDeveer (University of New Hampshire)
Year2012
Volume30
Issue4
Pages591-612
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning C Government and Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-774X • E-ISSN: 1472-3425
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1068/c11126
OpenAlexW2145162648
LanguageEN
Citations received110
References cited40

With this paper we present an analysis of sixty transnational governance initiatives and assess the implications for our understanding of the roles of public and private actors, the legitimacy of governance ‘beyond’ the state, and the North–South dimensions of governing climate change. In the first part of the paper we examine the notion of transnational governance and its applicability in the climate change arena, reflecting on the history and emergence of transnational governance initiatives in this issue area and key areas of debate. In the second part of the paper we present the findings from the database and its analysis. Focusing on three core issues, the roles of public and private actors in governing transnationally, the functions that such initiatives perform, and the ways in which accountability for governing global environmental issues might be achieved, we suggest that significant distinctions are emerging in the universe of transnational climate governance which may have considerable implications for the governing of global environmental issues. In conclusion, we reflect on these findings and the subsequent consequences for the governance of climate change.

Business · Climate change · Database · Political science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Geology · International Development and Aid · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

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