DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1248343
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84995705661
论文题名: Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions
作者: Chan S ; , Falkner R ; , Goldberg M ; , van Asselt H
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2018
卷: 18, 期: 1 起始页码: 24
结束页码: 35
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate policy
; non-state actors
; Paris Agreement
; transnational governance
; UNFCCC
Scopus关键词: action plan
; developing world
; environmental impact
; environmental policy
; global warming
; governance approach
; performance assessment
; policy implementation
; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: At COP21 in Paris, governments reiterated the importance of ‘non-Party’ contributions, placing big bets that the efforts of cities, regions, investors, companies, and other social groups will help keep average global warming limited to well under 2°C. However, there is little systematic knowledge concerning the performance of non-state and subnational efforts. We established a database of 52 climate actions launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit in New York to assess output performance–that is, the production of relevant outputs–to understand whether they are likely to deliver social and environmental impacts. Moreover, we assess to which extent climate actions are implemented across developed and developing countries. We find that climate actions are starting to deliver, and output performance after one year is higher than one might expect from previous experiences with similar actions. However, differences exist between action areas: resilience actions have yet to produce specific outputs, whereas energy and industry actions perform above average. Furthermore, imbalances between developing and developed countries persist. While many actions target low-income and lower-middle-income economies, the implementation gap in these countries remains greater. More efforts are necessary to mobilize and implement actions that benefit the world’s most vulnerable people. Policy relevance Climate actions by non-state and subnational actors are an important complement to the multilateral climate regime and the associated contributions made by national governments. Although such actions hold much potential, we still know very little about how they could deliver in practice. This article addresses this knowledge gap, by showing how 52 climate actions announced at the UN Climate Summit in 2014 have performed thus far. Based on our analysis, we argue that the post-Paris action agenda for non-state and subnational climate action should (1) find more effective ways to incentivize private sector actors to engage in transnational climate governance through actions that seek to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote climate resilience in a tangible manner; (2) identify factors underlying effectiveness, to take appropriate measures to support underperforming climate actions; and (3) address the large implementation gap of climate actions in developing countries. © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80219
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作者单位: German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, Germany; Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom; University of Eastern Finland Law School, Joensuu, Finland; Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Oxford, United Kingdom; BioLite, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Recommended Citation:
Chan S,, Falkner R,, Goldberg M,et al. Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions[J]. Climate Policy,2018-01-01,18(1)