Governing Climate Change Transnationally: Assessing the Evidence from a Database of Sixty Initiatives

Harriet Bulkeley, Liliana Andonova, Karin Bäckstrand, Michele Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Rosaleen Duffy, Ans Kolk, Matthew Hoffmann, David Levy, Peter Newell, Tori Milledge, Matthew Paterson, Philipp Pattberg and Stacy VanDeveer
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Harriet Bulkeley: Department of Geography, University of Durham, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, England
Liliana Andonova: The Graduate University, Rue de Lausanne 132, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland
Karin Bäckstrand: Department of Political Science, Lund University, Box 52, SE-22100, Lund, Sweden
Michele Betsill: Department of Political Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Daniel Compagnon: Sciences Po Bordeaux, 11 Allée ausone, Domaine Universitaire, 33607 PESSAC Cedex, France
Rosaleen Duffy: School of Social Sciences, Arthur Lewis Building 4.026, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, England
Ans Kolk: Strategy and Marketing, University of Amsterdam Business School, Plantage Muidergracht 12, 1018 TV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Matthew Hoffmann: School of Social Sciences, University of Toronto, Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4, Canada
Peter Newell: Tyndall Centre, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England
Matthew Paterson: School of Political Sciences, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Philipp Pattberg: Department of Political Science, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelenaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stacy VanDeveer: Department of Political Science, 321 Horton Social Science Center, 20 Academic Way, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA

Environment and Planning C, 2012, vol. 30, issue 4, 591-612

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.

Keywords: climate change; governance; transnational; private authority; public; legitimacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1068/c11126

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