1st Edition

The Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

212 Pages
by Routledge

Following the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the global politics of climate change depends more than ever on national climate policies and the actions of cities, businesses, and other non-state actors, as well as the transnational governance networks that link them. The Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance sheds new light on these critical trends by exploring how domestic... Read more

1. The Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance

Charles Roger, Thomas Hale, and Liliana Andonova

2. Join the Club: How the Domestic NGO Sector Induces Participation in the Covenant of Mayors Program

Nives Dolšak and Aseem Prakash

3. Transnational Climate Governance and the Global 500: Examining Private Actor Participation by Firm-Level Factors and Dynamics

Lily Hsueh

4. Transnational Climate Governance Networks and Domestic Regulatory Action

Xun Cao and Hugh Ward

5. Blurred Lines: Public-Private Interactions in Carbon Regulations

Jessica F. Green

6. Transnational Climate Governance Initiatives: Designed for Effective Climate Change Mitigation?

Katharina Michaelowa and Axel Michaelowa

7. Domestic Sources of Transnational Climate Governance

Miles Kahler

Biography

Liliana B. Andonova is Professor of International Relations at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland. Her research focuses on international institutions, transnational governance, public-private partnerships, European integration, and environmental cooperation. Andonova is the author of Governance Entrepreneurs: International Organizations and the Rise of Public-Private PartnershipsTransnational Politics of the Environment, and co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance.

Thomas N. Hale is Associate Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford, UK. His research seeks to explain how political institutions evolve—or not—to face the challenges of globalization. His books include Beyond Gridlock, Between Interests and Law: The Politics of Transnational Commercial Disputes and Transnational Climate Change Governance.

Charles B. Roger is a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, Canada. His research focuses on processes of informal and transnational governance, and global environmental politics. He is a co-author of Transnational Climate Change Governance and co-editor of Global Governance at Risk.