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International Climate Policy in the Post Paris Era
I Nordic Economic Policy Review, 2019 Abstract The aim of this article is to assess the efficacy of the Paris Agreement to generate policies and incentivize actions that can contribute to halt climate cha
Katarina Engberg
I hold a Ph D in Peace and Conflict Research from Uppsala University and a Master in Public Administration, MPA, from Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. I have been a Fellow and researc
Karin Bäckstrand: The Role of Non-state Actors in Global Climate Governance after COP22 in Marrakech
Professor in Environmental Social Science, Stockholm University ABSTRACTWhat is the roles of non-state actors, such as civil society, business, indigenous movements and cities, in global climate and th Conference of the Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen to COP22 in Marrakech, where Marrakech Global Climate Action was launched involving voluntary climate action commitments from more than 12 000 companies, investors, cities and regions, and civil society actors. Over this timeframe, we have seen a form of ‘hybrid multilateralism’ emerge, in which UN climate diplomacy blurs state and non-state participation in complex and intriguing ways with implications for the authority, legitimacy, and effectiveness of climate governance. This speaks, in different ways, to the transformed landscape of climate cooperation with a strengthened interface of multilateral climate diplomacy and non-state climate action and the potential roles, modes, and effects of non-state actors in the post-Paris period.
Aid and child health: A disaggregated analysis of the effects of aid on impaired growth
World Development, vol. 182 Abstract Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help reduce stunting or impaired growth among childre
Potential Institutions for Future Generations: What Do Current Generations Think?
Results from a Six-Country Public Opinion Survey 32 s. Summary Policymakers, civil society organizations, and academics are proposing the establishment of new institutions for better representing the rig
