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Climate Change Governance

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dc.contributor.authorMeadowcroft, James
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:10:34Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:10:34Z
dc.date.issued2009-05-01
dc.description.abstractClimate change governance poses difficult challenges for contemporary political/administrative systems. These systems evolved to handle other sorts of problems and must now be adapted to handle emerging issues of climate change mitigation and adaptation. This paper examines long-term climate governance, particularly in relation to overcoming "institutional inertia" that hampers the development of an effective and timely response. It argues that when the influence of groups that fear adverse consequences of mitigation policies is combined with scientific uncertainty, the complexity of reaching global agreements, and long time frames, the natural tendency is for governments to delay action, to seek to avoid antagonizing influential groups, and to adopt less ambitious climate programs. Conflicts of power and interest are inevitable in relation to climate change policy. To address climate change means altering the way things are being done today - especially in terms of production and consumption practices in key sectors such as energy, agriculture, and transportation. But some of the most powerful groups in society have done well from existing arrangements, and they are cautious about disturbing the status quo. Climate change governance requires governments to take an active role in bringing about shifts in interest perceptions so that stable societal majorities in favor of deploying an active mitigation and adaptation policy regime can be maintained. Measures to help effect such change include: building coalitions for change, buying off opponents, establishing new centers of economic power, creating new institutional actors, adjusting legal rights and responsibilities, and changing ideas and accepted norms and expectations.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090519144015
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4941
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4135
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4941
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCELERATOR
dc.subjectACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectAIR QUALITY
dc.subjectANNUAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectASSESSMENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subjectBINDING EMISSION REDUCTION COMMITMENTS
dc.subjectBIOMASS
dc.subjectBIOSPHERE
dc.subjectCAP AND TRADE SYSTEMS
dc.subjectCARBON ABATEMENT
dc.subjectCARBON ALLOWANCES
dc.subjectCARBON BUDGETS
dc.subjectCARBON CAPTURE
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON ECONOMY
dc.subjectCARBON EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCARBON ENERGY
dc.subjectCARBON FOOTPRINT
dc.subjectCARBON OFFSETS
dc.subjectCARBON TAXES
dc.subjectCARBON TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectCLEAN AIR
dc.subjectCLIMATE ADAPTATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ACT
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ACTIVITIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE AREA
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE RISKS
dc.subjectCLIMATE EFFECTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE IMPACTS
dc.subjectCLIMATE IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectCLIMATE MITIGATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE PATTERNS
dc.subjectCLIMATE POLICIES
dc.subjectCLIMATE POLICY
dc.subjectCLIMATE PROTECTION
dc.subjectCLIMATE REGIME
dc.subjectCLIMATE RISKS
dc.subjectCLIMATE SYSTEM
dc.subjectCLIMATE WARMING
dc.subjectCLIMATES
dc.subjectCOAL USE
dc.subjectCOMBUSTION
dc.subjectCOMMON GOOD
dc.subjectCONCENTRATION TARGET
dc.subjectCONSUMER PROTECTION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION PATTERNS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEFORESTATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPED COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectDISTRICT HEATING
dc.subjectDOMESTIC EMISSIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC BENEFITS
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC COSTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC FACTORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESOURCES
dc.subjectECONOMIC SECTORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC VALUE
dc.subjectECOSYSTEM
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY GAINS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SUPPLY
dc.subjectEMISSION REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS ABATEMENT
dc.subjectEMISSIONS CAPS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS CONTROLS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS GROWTH
dc.subjectEMISSIONS LEVELS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS PATHWAYS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS REDUCTIONS
dc.subjectEMISSIONS TARGETS
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES
dc.subjectENERGY POLICY
dc.subjectENERGY PRODUCTION
dc.subjectENERGY SECURITY
dc.subjectENERGY SOURCES
dc.subjectENERGY SYSTEM
dc.subjectENERGY TAXES
dc.subjectENERGY USE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectEQUITY CONSIDERATIONS
dc.subjectEQUITY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectEXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subjectFINANCIAL COMMITMENTS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL CRISIS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL FLOWS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL RESOURCES
dc.subjectFOREST SECTOR
dc.subjectFORESTRY SECTOR
dc.subjectFORESTS
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectFUEL SWITCHING
dc.subjectGLOBAL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectGLOBAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGLOBAL TEMPERATURES
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASSES
dc.subjectGROWTH OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectIMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT
dc.subjectINSURANCE INDUSTRY
dc.subjectINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL CARBON MARKETS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADING
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectJOBS
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLOCAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectLOCAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectLOW CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subjectMANAGING CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PLAN
dc.subjectNUCLEAR POWER
dc.subjectOIL PRICE
dc.subjectOZONE LAYER
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY APPROACH
dc.subjectPOLICY DECISIONS
dc.subjectPOLICY INSTRUMENTS
dc.subjectPOLICY MAKERS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESPONSE
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectPORTFOLIO
dc.subjectPRECIPITATION
dc.subjectPRODUCERS
dc.subjectREGIONAL CLIMATE
dc.subjectRENEWABLE ENERGY
dc.subjectRESOURCE MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectRESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectSCENARIOS
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING
dc.subjectSEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subjectSTAGFLATION
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSUSTAINABLE USE
dc.subjectTAX REVENUES
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE INCREASES
dc.subjectTIMBER
dc.subjectTRANSPORT SECTOR
dc.subjectUNCERTAINTIES
dc.subjectURBAN AIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectWEATHER CONDITIONS
dc.subjectWIND POWER
dc.titleClimate Change Governanceen
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