Governing Climate Change
Polycentricity in Action?

World's foremost experts explain how polycentric thinking can enhance societal attempts to govern climate change, for researchers, practitioners, advanced students. This title is also available as Open Access.

Andrew Jordan (Edited by), Dave Huitema (Edited by), Harro van Asselt (Edited by), Johanna Forster (Edited by)

9781108418126, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 3 May 2018

440 pages, 13 b/w illus. 9 tables
25 x 17.7 x 2.8 cm, 0.89 kg

'The volume has established an excellent foundation on which future studies of polycentric governance can build, and the cracks and gaps that appear should prove to be useful harvesting ground for authors …' Fee Stehle, Global Environmental Politics

Climate change governance is in a state of enormous flux. New and more dynamic forms of governing are appearing around the international climate regime centred on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They appear to be emerging spontaneously from the bottom up, producing a more dispersed pattern of governing, which Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom famously described as 'polycentric'. This book brings together contributions from some of the world's foremost experts to provide the first systematic test of the ability of polycentric thinking to explain and enhance societal attempts to govern climate change. It is ideal for researchers in public policy, international relations, environmental science, environmental management, politics, law and public administration. It will also be useful on advanced courses in climate policy and governance, and for practitioners seeking incisive summaries of developments in particular sub-areas and sectors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Part I. Context: 1. Governing climate change polycentrically: setting the scene Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Jonas Schoenefeld, Harro van Asselt and Johanna Forster
Part II. Actors and Domains of Governance: 2. International governance: polycentric governing by and beyond the UNFCCC Harro van Asselt and Fariborz Zelli
3. National governance: the state's role in steering polycentric action Joana Setzer and Michal Nachmany
4. Transnational governance: charting new directions post-Paris Harriet Bulkeley, Michele Betsill, Daniel Compagnon, Thomas Hale, Matthew Hoffmann, Peter Newell and Matthew Paterson
5. City and subnational governance: high ambitions, innovative instruments and polycentric collaborations? Jeroen van der Heijden
Part III. Polycentric Governance Processes: 6. Experimentation: the politics of innovation and learning in polycentric governance Jan-Peter Voß and Fabian Schroth
7. Entrepreneurship: a key driver of polycentric governance? Elin Lerum Boasson
8. Leadership and pioneership: exploring their role in polycentric governance Duncan Liefferink and Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel
9. Diffusion: an outcome of and an opportunity for polycentric activity? Jale Tosun
10. Linkages: understanding their role in polycentric governance Philipp Pattberg, Sander Chan, Lisa Sanderink and Oscar Widerberg
11. Orchestration: strategic ordering in polycentric governance Kenneth W. Abbott
12. Policy surveillance: its role in monitoring, reporting, evaluating and learning Joseph E. Aldy
Part IV. Substantive Governance Challenges: 13. Harnessing the market: trading in carbon allowances Katja Biedenkopf and Jørgen Wettestad
14. Decarbonisation: the politics of transformation Steven Bernstein and Matthew Hoffmann
15. Transferring technologies: the polycentric governance of clean energy technology Liliana B. Andonova, Paula Castro and Kathryn Chelminski
16. Governing experimental responses: negative emissions technologies and solar climate engineering Jesse Reynolds
17. Adaptation: the neglected dimension of polycentric climate governance? Robbert Biesbroek and Alexandra Lesnikowski
18. Equity and justice in polycentric climate governance Chukwumerije Okereke
19. Legitimacy and accountability in polycentric climate governance Karin Bäckstrand, Fariborz Zelli and Philip Schleifer
Part V. Synthesis and Conclusions: 20. Governing climate change: the promise and limits of polycentric governance Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema, Harro van Asselt and Johanna Forster
Index.

Subject Areas: Social impact of environmental issues [RNT], Pollution & threats to the environment [RNP], The environment [RN], Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning [R], Environment law [LNKJ], Energy & natural resources law [LNCR], International organisations & institutions [LBBU], Environmental economics [KCN], International relations [JPS]