Varieties of Climate Governance: Germany Case Study

States have built their climate institutions in a diversity of ways, rooted in their traditions of governance. Our collective thinking in responding to climate change lacks an understanding of the effects created by these institutions; they incentivize certain forms of politics and diminish others. This research project aims to understand the institutional architectures that create effective climate policy. The multinational project consists of case studies from seven countries with unique governance approaches in an effort to distill what sort of policies are effective at managing climate change. Through inclusion of evidence from several countries, we aim to consolidate a normative foundation of the best ways to structure these institutions and facilitate international policy diffusion. The project is timed to inform the “National Policies and Institutions” chapter of IPCC AR6 (to be released in 2021). This part of the project, managed by Professor Christian Flachsland at the Hertie School of Governance, examines the case study of Germany.

Faculty Supervisor:

Matthew Hoffmann

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Partner:

Hertie School of Governance

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Sustainability & the Environment

University:

University of Toronto

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