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The Growing Recognition of Transnational Climate Governance Initiatives in the un Climate Regime: Implications for Legal Scholarship

The Growing Recognition of Transnational Climate Governance Initiatives in the un Climate Regime:... The un climate regime has served as the focal point for interstate cooperation on climate change in the political and legal domains for the last twenty-six years. However, since the lead-up to the Paris Agreement, the regime’s interstate elements have been complemented by an evolving transnational sphere of governance in which sub-national and non-state actors engage in voluntary cross-border initiatives. These initiatives serve two key functions: first, they facilitate and implement climate action at the sub-national level and in the private sector, and second, they promote transnational normative frameworks which require members to take active steps to address climate change. This article describes how the un climate regime has developed to recognize transnational climate governance initiatives, and it reflects on the implications of this development for legal scholarship on international climate change law. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Climate Law Brill

The Growing Recognition of Transnational Climate Governance Initiatives in the un Climate Regime: Implications for Legal Scholarship

Mai, Laura
Climate Law , Volume 8 (3-4): 12 – Oct 31, 2018
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The un climate regime has served as the focal point for interstate cooperation on climate change in the political and legal domains for the last twenty-six years. However, since the lead-up to the Paris Agreement, the regime’s interstate elements have been complemented by an evolving transnational sphere of governance in which sub-national and non-state actors engage in voluntary cross-border initiatives. These initiatives serve two key functions: first, they facilitate and implement climate action at the sub-national level and in the private sector, and second, they promote transnational normative frameworks which require members to take active steps to address climate change. This article describes how the un climate regime has developed to recognize transnational climate governance initiatives, and it reflects on the implications of this development for legal scholarship on international climate change law.

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Climate Law – Brill

Published: Oct 31, 2018

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