Title: Governance of large-scale environmental problems: the case of climate change

Authors: Qie Sun, Ronald Wennersten, Nils Brandt

Addresses: Department of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 34, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden. ' Department of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 34, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden. ' Department of Industrial Ecology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Teknikringen 34, SE-10044, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract: This paper focuses on the management of Climate Change Mitigation (CCM), seeking a working institution capable of addressing its cross-scale and multi-level challenges. Currently, two most studied forms of institution are co-management and transnational networks, of which a common point is that they both attempt to build up cooperative networks. While cooperative networks have a general form of viability, this paper develops an Interactions Check Table (ICT) to illustrate those interactions between stakeholders in those two forms of cooperative networks. On the basis of the ICT analysis, this paper makes suggestions for improving cooperative networks as a working institution.

Keywords: CCM; climate change mitigation; co-management; transnational networks; cooperative networks; climate change governance; environmental problems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2010.033720

International Journal of Global Warming, 2010 Vol.2 No.2, pp.162 - 178

Published online: 29 Jun 2010 *

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