Governing the climate-energy nexus : institutional complexity and its challenges to effectiveness and legitimacy /

"Combating climate change and transitioning to fossil-free energy are two central and interdependent challenges facing humanity today. Governing the nexus of these challenges is complex, and includes multiple intergovernmental and transnational institutions. This book analyses the governance in...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	Cambridge University Press
Other Authors:	Zelli, Fariborz (Editor), Backstrand, Karin (Editor), Nasiritousi, Naghmeh (Editor), Skovgaard, Jakob, 1977- (Editor), Widerberg, Oscar (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, United Kingom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Subjects:	Global environmental change > Government policy. Fossil fuels > Government policy. Renewable energy sources > Government policy. Changement global (Environnement) > Politique gouvernementale. Combustibles fossiles > Politique gouvernementale. Énergies renouvelables > Politique gouvernementale. Fossil fuels > Government policy Global environmental change > Government policy Renewable energy sources > Government policy climate change energy environmental governance environmental policy Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Foreword / Klaus Hammes
1. Introduction ; governing the climate-energy nexus / Fariborz Zelli, Karin Bäckstrand, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Jakob Skovgaard, and Oscar Widerberg
Part I. Mapping the climate-energy nexus. 2. Analytical framework : assessing coherence, management, legitimacy, and effectiveness / Fariborz Zelli, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Karin Bäckstrand, Philipp Pattberg, Lisa Sanderink, Jakob Skovgaard, Harro Van Asselt, and Oscar Widerberg ; 3. Mapping the institutional complex of the climate-energy nexus / Lisa Sanderink, Philipp Pattberg, and Oscar Widerberg
Part II. Coherence and management in the climate-energy nexus. 4. Renewable energy : a loosely coupled system or a well-connected web of institutions? / Lisa Sanderink ; 5. Fossil fuel subsidy reform : interactions between international cooperative institutions : the more, the merrier? / Cleo Verkuijl and Harro Van Asselt ; 6. Carbon pricing : overlaps and formal collaboration / Jakob Skovgaard and Jana Canavan
Part III. Legitimacy and effectiveness in the climate-energy nexus. 7. Disentangling legitimacy : comparing stakeholder assessments of five key climate and energy governance institutions / Naghmeh Nasiritousi and Soetkin Verhaegen ; 8. The performace of the climate-energy nexus : assessing the effectiveness of the institutional complexes on renewable energy, fossil fuel subsidy reform, and carbon pricing / Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink, Jakob Skovgaard, Harro van Asselt, Cleo Verkuijl, and Oscar Widerberg ; 9. Conclusions : coherence, management, legitimacy, and effectiveness in the climate-energy nexus / Fariborz Zelli, Karin Bäckstrand, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Jakob Skovgaard, and Oscar Widerberg.