Advantages of a polycentric approach to climate change policy

Daniel H. Cole ()
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Daniel H. Cole: Maurer School of Law, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, and Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University

Nature Climate Change, 2015, vol. 5, issue 2, 114-118

Abstract: Lack of progress in global climate change negotiations has revamped interest in polycentric approaches – sub-global mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It is still unclear why these mechanisms might achieve better outcomes than global negotiations. This Perspective outlines themain advantages of polycentric approaches over a global one by reviewing significant theoretical, empirical, and experimental evidence.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2490

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