TY - JOUR
T1 - Reinvigorating International Climate Policy
T2 - A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Nonstate Action
AU - Chan, Sander
AU - van Asselt, Harro
AU - Hale, Thomas
AU - Abbott, Kenneth
AU - Beisheim, Marianne
AU - Hoffmann, Matthew
AU - Guy, Brendan
AU - Höhne, Niklas
AU - Hsu, Angel
AU - Pattberg, Philipp
AU - Pauw, Pieter
AU - Ramstein, Céline
AU - Widerberg, Oscar
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 University of Durham and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - As countries negotiate a new climate agreement for the United Nations climate conference in December 2015, a groundswell of climate actions is emerging as cities, regions, businesses and civil society groups act on mitigation and adaptation, independently, with each other and with national governments and international organizations. The Paris conference provides a historic opportunity to establish a framework to catalyse, support, and steer these initiatives. Without such a framework, ‘bottom-up’ climate governance runs the risk of failing to deliver meaningful results. Social science research highlights the need for a comprehensive approach that promotes ambition, experimentation and accountability, and avoids unnecessary overlaps. This article specifies functions and design principles for a new, comprehensive framework for sub- and nonstate climate actions that could provide effective coordination.
AB - As countries negotiate a new climate agreement for the United Nations climate conference in December 2015, a groundswell of climate actions is emerging as cities, regions, businesses and civil society groups act on mitigation and adaptation, independently, with each other and with national governments and international organizations. The Paris conference provides a historic opportunity to establish a framework to catalyse, support, and steer these initiatives. Without such a framework, ‘bottom-up’ climate governance runs the risk of failing to deliver meaningful results. Social science research highlights the need for a comprehensive approach that promotes ambition, experimentation and accountability, and avoids unnecessary overlaps. This article specifies functions and design principles for a new, comprehensive framework for sub- and nonstate climate actions that could provide effective coordination.
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U2 - 10.1111/1758-5899.12294
DO - 10.1111/1758-5899.12294
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84947976556
SN - 1758-5880
VL - 6
SP - 466
EP - 473
JO - Global Policy
JF - Global Policy
IS - 4
ER -