Decentralized Governance and Climate Change

Edited by Jorge Martinez-Vazquez (), Paul Smoke and Serdar Yilmaz

in Books from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This book sheds light on the underexamined roles of subnational governments (SNGs) in mitigating and responding to climate change issues. Drawing on scientific, institutional, fiscal and political perspectives, it provides novel insights into the governance of the crucial intersection between decentralization and climate action, with a particular focus on developing countries.

Keywords: Climate Change Policy; Decentralized Climate Finance And Governance; Subnational Government Climate Action; Intergovernmental Climate Cooperation; Local Climate Change Partnerships; International Development Assistance For Climate Change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035356379
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Decentralized governance and climate change: basics, opportunities, and challenges

Paul Smoke, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Serdar Yilmaz

Ch 2 Redesigning fiscal decentralization to combat climate change

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez

Ch 3 Managing administrative decentralization for subnational climate action

Paul Smoke and Mitchell Cook

Ch 4 Multilevel governance of climate change and ecological transition

Sean Dougherty and Andoni Montes Nebreda

Ch 5 Climate adaptation: why local governments cannot do it alone

Simon Touboul, Dávid Munka and Catherine Gamper

Ch 6 Decentralized governance and climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean

María Dolores Almeida, Huáscar Eguino, Juan Luis Gómez Reino and Axel Radics

Ch 7 Leveraging decentralization for climate action in Africa

Onur Erdem and Maud Frangi

Ch 8 The role of decentralized governance in climate change action in East Asia

Alma Kanani, Muhammad Khudadad Chattha and Min Zhao

Ch 9 Decentralized governance and climate change in Brazil

Carolina L. Vaira, Rose Mirian Hofmann and Isabella Vallejo

Ch 10 The role of subnational governments in China's decarbonization program

Roy Bahl

Ch 11 Climate change and India's federalism

Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and and Farah Zahir

Ch 12 Building subnational resilience in Nepal

Rachana Shrestha

Ch 13 Subnational climate change governance in South Africa

Albertus Schoeman

Ch 14 Local solutions: financing climate action through land value capture

Patrick Welch, Enrique R. Silva, Martim O. Smolka and Amy Cotter

Ch 15 Market-based climate financing instruments for subnational governments

Farah Imrana Hussain

Ch 16 Fiscal tools for subnational ecosystem and climate action

Serdar Yilmaz and Farah Zahir

Ch 17 Climate change and intergovernmental fiscal relations: policy reform options

Luiz de Mello and Teresa Ter-Minassian

Ch 18 Looking forward: strategically advancing subnational government climate action

Paul Smoke, Jorge Martinez-Vazquez and Serdar Yilmaz

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