Global Environmental Governance and (Sub-)national Transformation Strategies
This cluster studies interactions between the stakeholders and institutions of global environmental governance on the one hand and the transformative strategies of transnational, national and local stakeholders on the other. The focus in this context is on climate policy. With the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the international community has codified the goal of global carbon neutrality from 2050 onwards. At the same time, the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted under the agreement still fall far short of the aim of stabilising average global warming at between 1.5 and 2°C. And the effective implementation of the NDCs is by no means guaranteed either. Moreover, the Paris agreement also requires effective adaptation to climate change. In addition to the multilateral process, a process of transnationalisation can be observed in climate policy as a result of subnational and non-governmental climate initiatives. Finally, mitigation and adaptation measures can entail co-benefits as well as trade-offs for implementing the 2030 Agenda.
Against this backdrop, the cluster examines: (1) options for raising the level of ambition of global climate governance; (2) implementation of the NDCs; (3) the transnationalisation of climate governance in the Global South in particular, and (4) interactions between climate actions and the 2030 Agenda.
Team
Aleksandrova, Mariya
Deneault, Andrew
Dombrowsky, Ines
Mathis, Okka Lou
Rodriguez, Jean-Carlo
Srigiri, Srinivasa Reddy
Associated:
Adaawen, Stephen
Boran, Idil
Chan, Sander
Dzebo, Adis
Iacobuta, Gabriela
Schraven, Benjamin
Publications
Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance
Chan, Sander / Gabriela Iacobuta / Ramona Hägele (2020)
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 25-50, online
Gaps and opportunities for synergies in international environmental law on climate and biodiversity to promote the Sustainable Development Goals
Rantala, Salla / Gabriela Iacobuta / Stefania Minestrini / Julika Tribukait (2020)
in: Honkonen, Tuula / Seita Romppanen (Hrsg.), 2019 International Environmental Law-making and Diplomacy Review, Joensuu, Finland: University of Eastern Finland, 58-99
Impeded migration as adaptation: COVID-19 and its implications for translocal strategies of environmental risk management
Stange, Gunnar / Harald Sterly / Patrick Sakdapolrak / Marion Borderon / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Andreola Serraglio / Mariya Aleksandrova (2020)
published on Environmental Migration Portal, 22.10.2020, Online
AU-EU partnership to promote sustainable energy transitions
Högl, Maximilian / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
in: South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Policy Briefing (209), Online
With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action toward climate-friendly sustainable development
Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2020)
in: Global Solutions Journal (2020/5), 115-121
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact
Hale, Thomas .N. / Sander Chan / Angel Hsu / Andrew Clapper / Cynthia Elliott / Pedro Faria / Takeshi Kuramochi / Shannon McDaniel / Milimer Morgado / Mark Roelfsema / Mayra Santaella / Neelam Singh / Ian Tout / Chris Weber / Amy Weinfurter / Oscar Widerberg (2020)
in: Climate Policy, 1-15 (online first)
Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives
Lui, Swithin et al. (2020)
in: Climate Policy, 25 August 2020, 1-19
Introduction: Agency in earth system governance
Betsill, Michele M. / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak / Calum Brown / Sander Chan / Okechukwu Enechi / Ronald B. Mitchell / Ina Möller / James J. Patterson / Michelle Scobie / Sandra van der Hel / Oscar E. Widerberg (2020)
in: Michele M. Betsill / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak (eds.), Agency in earth system governance, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 3-24
Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement
Mark Roelfsema / Heleen L. van Soest / Mathijs Harmsen / Detlef P. van Vuuren / Christoph Bertram / Michel den Elzen / Niklas Höhne / Iacobuta, Gabriela [...] (2020)
in: Nature Communications 11(2096) (Online)
Increasing policy coherence between NDCs and SDGs: a national perspective
Shawoo, Zoha / Adis Dzebo / Ramona Hägele / Gabriela Iacobuta / Sander Chan / Cassilde Muhoza / Philip Osano / Marie Francisco / Åsa Persson / Björn-Ola Linner / Marjanneke J. Vijge (2020)
Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI policy brief)
Taming the big green elephant. Setting the motion for transformation towards sustainability
Hernandez, Ariel Macaspac (2020)
Wiesbaden: Springer VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
The implications of the UN’s ruling on 'climate refugees'
Aleksandrova, Mariya / Benjamin Schraven / Diogo Serraglio (2020)
The Current Column of 24 February 2020
Harnessing EU external cooperation to boost ambitious and coherent climate action
Iacobuta, Gabriela / Mariella Di Ciommo / Niels Keijzer / Hanne Knaepen / Lola Valllejo / Steffen Bauer (2019)
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group
An agenda for Europe in the world
Bauer, Steffen / Julian Bergmann / Clara Brandi / Mark Furness / Christine Hackenesch / Niels Keijzer / Gabriela Iacobuta / Julia Leininger / Benjamin Schraven et al. (2019)
Brussels: European Think Tanks Group
The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: voluntary contributions towards thematic policy coherence
Janetschek, Hanna / Clara Brandi / Adis Dzebo / Bernd Hackmann (2019)
in: Climate Policy 20(4), 430-442
Principles and considerations for mainstreaming climate change risk into national social protection frameworks in developing countries
Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
in: Climate and Development Vol. 12(6), 511-520
Social protection as a tool to address slow onset climate events: emerging issues for research and policy
Aleksandrova, Mariya (2019)
Discussion Paper 16/2019
Slow onset climate risks require a strong governance mechanism
Aleksandrova, Mariya/ Idil Boran (2019)
The Current Column of 14 October 2019
Promises and risks of nonstate action in climate and sustainability governance
Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Harro van Asselt / Gabriela Iacobuta / Navam Niles / Katharine Rietig / Michelle Scobie / Jennifer S. Bansard / Deborah Delgado Pugley / Laurence L. Delina / Friederike Eichhorn / Paula Ellinger / Okechukwu Enechi / Thomas Hale / Lukas Hermwille / Thomas Hickmann / Matthias Honegger / Andrea Hurtado Epstein / Stephanie La Hoz Theuer / Robert Mizo / Yixian Sun / Patrick Toussaint / Geoffrey Wambugu (2019)
published on Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change 03 January 2019
Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
Hsu, Angel / John Brandt / Oscar Widerberg / Sander Chan / Amy Weinfurter (2019)
in: Climate Policy, 1-15 (online first)
With or without you: how the G20 could advance global action towards climate-friendly sustainable development
Bauer, Steffen / Axel Berger / Gabriela Iacobuta (2019)
DIE Briefing Paper 10/2019
The Sustainable Development Goals viewed through a climate lens
Dzebo, Adis / Hannah Janetschek / Clara Brandi / Gabriela Iacobuta (2018)
Stockholm: Environment Institute Stockholm (SEI Policy Brief December 2018)
Deforestation and the Paris climate agreement: an assessment of REDD+ in the national climate action plans
Hein, Jonas / Alejandro Guarin / Ezra Frommé / Pieter Pauw (2018)
in: Forest Policy and Economics 90 (May), 7-11
National climate change mitigation legislation, strategy and targets: a global update
Iacobuta, Gabriela / Navroz K. Dubash / Prabhat Upadhyaya / Mekdelawit Deribe / Niklas Höhne (2018)
in: Climate Policy 18 (9), 1114-1132
Beyond headline mitigation numbers: we need more transparent and comparable NDCs to achieve the Paris Agreement on climate change
Pauw, Pieter / Richard J. T. Klein / Kennedy Mbeva / Adis Dzebo / Davide Cassanmagnago / Anna Rudloff (2017)
in: Climatic Change (online first 19 December 2017), 1-7
Non-economic losses from climate change: opportunities for policy-oriented research
Serdeczny, Olivia / Steffen Bauer / Saleemul Huq (2017)
published on Climate and Development 09 Sep 2017
Why equity is fundamental in climate change policy research
Klinsky, Sonja / Timmons Roberts / Saleemul Huq / Chukwumerije Okereke / Peter Newell / Peter Dauvergne / Karen O’Brien / Heike Schroeder / Petra Tschakert / Jennifer Clapp / Margaret Keck / Frank Biermann / Diana Liverman / Joyeeta Gupta / Atiq Rahman / Dirk Messner / David Pellow / Steffen Bauer (2016)
published on Global Environmental Change doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.08.002
Projects
RethinkBlue (Rethinking the Blue Economy: Socio-Ecological Impacts and Opportunities)
ClimEQ
Klimalog: Climate-resilient and nature-compatible sustainable development through socially just transformation (Klimalog III)
BIOdiversity and ecosystem protection driven by Environmental JUSTice (BIO-JUST)
‘Contested mobility‘: Migration policy in countries of the global South between local needs, national interests and global agendas
