TY - JOUR
T1 - National Climate Institutions are a Necessary Complement to Targets and Policies
AU - K. Dubash, Navroz
AU - Pillai, Aditya
AU - Flachsland, Christian
AU - Harrison, Kathryn
AU - Hochstetler, Kathryn
AU - Lockwood, Matthew
AU - MacNeil, Robert
AU - Mildenberger, Matto
AU - Paterson, Matthew
AU - Fei, Teng
AU - Tyler, Emily
PY - 2021/11/4
Y1 - 2021/11/4
N2 - National climate institutions are a missing element in climate mitigation discussions. Yet institutions translate ambition to current action, guide policy development and implementation, and mediate political interests that can obstruct mitigation efforts. The landscape of relevant institutions is usefully categorized around ‘purpose-built’ institutions, ‘layering’ of responsibilities on existing institutions, and unintentional effects of ‘latent’ institutions. Institutions are relevant for solving three climate governance challenges: coordination across policy domains and interests, mediating conflict and building consensus, and strategy development. However, countries do not have a free hand in designing climate institutions; institutions are shaped by national context into four distinct varieties of climate governance. We suggest how countries can sequence the formation of climate institutions given the constraints of national politics and existing national political institutions.
AB - National climate institutions are a missing element in climate mitigation discussions. Yet institutions translate ambition to current action, guide policy development and implementation, and mediate political interests that can obstruct mitigation efforts. The landscape of relevant institutions is usefully categorized around ‘purpose-built’ institutions, ‘layering’ of responsibilities on existing institutions, and unintentional effects of ‘latent’ institutions. Institutions are relevant for solving three climate governance challenges: coordination across policy domains and interests, mediating conflict and building consensus, and strategy development. However, countries do not have a free hand in designing climate institutions; institutions are shaped by national context into four distinct varieties of climate governance. We suggest how countries can sequence the formation of climate institutions given the constraints of national politics and existing national political institutions.
UR - https://cprindia.org/journalarticles/national-climate-institutions-complement-targets-and-policies/
U2 - 10.1126/science.abm1157
DO - 10.1126/science.abm1157
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-8075
VL - 374
JO - Science
JF - Science
IS - 6568
ER -