Rethinking Authority in Global Climate Governance: How transnational climate initiatives relate to the international cli
Thomas Hickmann, "Rethinking Authority in Global Climate Governance: How transnational climate initiatives relate to the international cli"
English | ISBN: 1138936057 | 2015 | 214 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1138936057 | 2015 | 214 pages | PDF | 2 MB
In the past few years, numerous authors have highlighted the emergence of transnational climate initiatives, such as city networks, private certification schemes, and business self-regulation in the policy domain of climate change. While these transnational governance arrangements can surely contribute to solving the problem of climate change, their development by different types of sub- and non-state actors does not imply a weakening of the intergovernmental level. On the contrary, many transnational climate initiatives use the international climate regime as a point of reference and have adopted various rules and procedures from international agreements.
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