Beyond the public and private divide: remapping transnational climate governance in the 21st century
Author
Summary, in English
This article provides a first step towards a better theoretical and empirical knowledge of the emerging arena of transnational climate governance. The need for such a re-conceptualization emerges from the increasing relevance of non-state and transnational approaches towards climate change mitigation at a time when the intergovernmental negotiation process has to overcome substantial stalemate and the international arena becomes increasingly fragmented. Based on a brief discussion of the increasing trend towards transnationalization and functional segmentation of the global climate governance arena, we argue that a remapping of climate governance is necessary and needs to take into account different spheres of authority beyond the public and international. Hence, we provide a brief analysis of how the public/private divide has been conceptualized in Political Science and International Relations. Subsequently, we analyse the emerging transnational climate governance arena. Analytically, we distinguish between different manifestations of transnational climate governance on a continuum ranging from delegated and shared public-private authority to fully non-state and private responses to the climate problem. We suggest that our remapping exercise presented in this article can be a useful starting point for future research on the role and relevance of transnational approaches to the global climate crisis.
Department/s
Publishing year
2008
Language
English
Pages
367-388
Publication/Series
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
Volume
8
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Springer
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- Transnational global climate
- Climate change
- Public-private governance
- politics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1573-1553