Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach
Carbon neutrality has increasingly become a crucial agenda within global climate governance. Meanwhile, recent observations show that the governance architecture for carbon neutrality is transforming to polycentricity. However, there is still a lack of systematic investigation on carbon neutrality g...
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| author | Xian-Chun Tan Ling-Si Kong Bai-He Gu An Zeng Miao-Miao Niu |
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| description | Carbon neutrality has increasingly become a crucial agenda within global climate governance. Meanwhile, recent observations show that the governance architecture for carbon neutrality is transforming to polycentricity. However, there is still a lack of systematic investigation on carbon neutrality governance under the polycentric approach. Against this background, this study attempts to investigate the emergence and structure of polycentric climate governance, and to figure out to what extent the evolving polycentric system can contribute to the climate change governance towards carbon neutrality. The results show that efforts made by actors at transnational and subnational levels within the polycentric system can greatly complement the deficits of carbon neutrality governance by international regime and state government in many different domains. Besides, the identified issues, that are critical to carbon neutrality including climate legislation, adaptation, technology deployment and data authenticity and transparency, can be addressed in a more effective way through the coordination among multiple actors at multiple levels. Finally, further research should be conducted to address the dynamic linkages between international regimes as well as the issues related to small and medium-sized cities, and develop a comprehensive evaluation and accounting system for the risks and benefits of polycentric climate governance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cc20feb3792a46388da55c73f1973be52022-12-21T21:10:01ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Advances in Climate Change Research1674-92782022-04-01132159168Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approachXian-Chun Tan0Ling-Si Kong1Bai-He Gu2An Zeng3Miao-Miao Niu4Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaInstitutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaInstitutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; Corresponding author.Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaInstitutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China; School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaCarbon neutrality has increasingly become a crucial agenda within global climate governance. Meanwhile, recent observations show that the governance architecture for carbon neutrality is transforming to polycentricity. However, there is still a lack of systematic investigation on carbon neutrality governance under the polycentric approach. Against this background, this study attempts to investigate the emergence and structure of polycentric climate governance, and to figure out to what extent the evolving polycentric system can contribute to the climate change governance towards carbon neutrality. The results show that efforts made by actors at transnational and subnational levels within the polycentric system can greatly complement the deficits of carbon neutrality governance by international regime and state government in many different domains. Besides, the identified issues, that are critical to carbon neutrality including climate legislation, adaptation, technology deployment and data authenticity and transparency, can be addressed in a more effective way through the coordination among multiple actors at multiple levels. Finally, further research should be conducted to address the dynamic linkages between international regimes as well as the issues related to small and medium-sized cities, and develop a comprehensive evaluation and accounting system for the risks and benefits of polycentric climate governance.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674927822000119Climate governancePolycentricityCarbon neutrality |
| spellingShingle | Xian-Chun Tan Ling-Si Kong Bai-He Gu An Zeng Miao-Miao Niu Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach Advances in Climate Change Research Climate governance Polycentricity Carbon neutrality |
| title | Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| title_full | Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| title_fullStr | Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| title_short | Research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| title_sort | research on the carbon neutrality governance under a polycentric approach |
| topic | Climate governance Polycentricity Carbon neutrality |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674927822000119 |
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