TY - JOUR
T1 - Beyond the intergovernmental regime: Recent trends in global carbon governance
AU - Biermann, F.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This article reviews recent developments in global carbon governance. The focus is on three emerging trends that result from stalemates in intergovernmental negotiations, but may also further complicate decision-making. First, uncertainties and complexities in global carbon governance have given rise to a stronger role of actors beyond the nation state. Second, this new emergence of multiple-actor governance, along with spatial and functional interdependencies, has stimulated the emergence of new mechanisms of global carbon governance, namely transnational regimes, transnational public policy networks and transnational markets. Third, the overall complexity of global carbon governance, along with the stakes involved and resulting negotiation stalemates, has led to a fragmentation of the policy system with multiple spheres of authority that requires new types of interplay management. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
AB - This article reviews recent developments in global carbon governance. The focus is on three emerging trends that result from stalemates in intergovernmental negotiations, but may also further complicate decision-making. First, uncertainties and complexities in global carbon governance have given rise to a stronger role of actors beyond the nation state. Second, this new emergence of multiple-actor governance, along with spatial and functional interdependencies, has stimulated the emergence of new mechanisms of global carbon governance, namely transnational regimes, transnational public policy networks and transnational markets. Third, the overall complexity of global carbon governance, along with the stakes involved and resulting negotiation stalemates, has led to a fragmentation of the policy system with multiple spheres of authority that requires new types of interplay management. © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
U2 - 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cosust.2010.05.002
M3 - Article
SN - 1877-3435
VL - 2
SP - 284
EP - 288
JO - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
JF - Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
IS - 4
ER -