Governing climate change transnationally: assessing the evidence from a database of sixty initiatives

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.

Andonova, Liliana (author)
Bäckstrand, KarinLund University,Lunds universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Political Science,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences(Swepub:lu)svet-kba (author)
Betsill, Michele (author)
Compagnon, Daniel (author)
Duffy, Rosaleen (author)
Kolk, Ans (author)
Hoffmann, Matthew (author)
Levy, David (author)
Newell, Peter (author)
Milledge, Tori (author)
Paterson, Matthew (author)
Pattberg, Philipp (author)
VanDeveer, Stacy (author)
Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSamhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar (creator_code:org_t)

In:Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy: SAGE Publications30:4, s. 591-6121472-34250263-774X

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