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

Bulkeley, H.; Andonova, L.; Backstrand, K.; Betsill, M.; Compagnon, D.; Duffy, R.; Kolk, A.; Hoffman, M.; Levy, D.; Newell, P.; Milledge, T.; Paterson, M.; Pattberg, P.; VanDeveer, S.

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Authors

L. Andonova

K. Backstrand

M. Betsill

D. Compagnon

R. Duffy

A. Kolk

M. Hoffman

D. Levy

P. Newell

T. Milledge

M. Paterson

P. Pattberg

S. VanDeveer



Abstract

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.

Citation

Bulkeley, H., Andonova, L., Backstrand, K., Betsill, M., Compagnon, D., Duffy, R., …VanDeveer, S. (2012). Governing climate change transnationally: assessing the evidence from a database of sixty initiatives. Environment and planning. C, Government and policy, 30(4), 591-612. https://doi.org/10.1068/c11126

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2012
Deposit Date Oct 17, 2013
Publicly Available Date Apr 29, 2014
Journal Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy
Print ISSN 0263-774X
Electronic ISSN 1472-3425
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 30
Issue 4
Pages 591-612
DOI https://doi.org/10.1068/c11126
Keywords Climate change, Governance, Transnational, Private authority, Public, Legitimacy.

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Bulkeley, H. and Andonova, L. and Backstrand, K. and Betsill, M. and Compagnon, D. and Duffy, R. and Kolk, A. and Hoffman, M. and Levy, D. and Newell, P. and Milledge, T. and Paterson, M. and Pattberg, P. and VanDeveer, S., 2012. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Environment and planning C : government and policy, 30 (4). pp. 591-612, 2012, 10.1068/c11126





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