Dear all, I would like to draw your attention to a new special issue on climate policy innovation:
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, Vol 23, No 5: SPECIAL ISSUE: ‘Innovations in Climate Policy’ http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/fenp20/23/5#.VFtNffmsV8G A special issue comprising ten new papers (four of them Gold ‘Open Access’) explore the governance of climate change from a fresh perspective. Governance gaps are arising from the continuing inability to seal a comprehensive new international agreement. Contrary to the emerging consensus, this special issue contends that states are and will continue to be key players in delivering the kinds of innovations in policy and governance that might address these gaps. Failure at the international level should not, in other words, be confused with a lack of innovation at national and sub-national levels. At the conceptual level, the papers explore three very different and often quite separate understandings of policy innovation: invention, diffusion and evaluation. The challenges that arise from employing these perspectives to diagnose the gaps are systematically explored against empirical examples of policy and governance innovation in relation to feed in tariffs, emissions trading and adaptation partnerships. After critically reviewing the findings of the contributions from these three perspectives, the editors explore new directions for definitional, conceptual-theoretical and empirical work to inform a much fuller and richer understanding of the governance possibilities at different sites and scales of governing. Best regards, Jonas Jonas Schoenefeld Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park Norwich NR4 7TJ United Kingdom Email Disclaimer Notice Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the University of East Anglia. Whilst all efforts are made to safeguard emails, the University cannot guarantee that attachments are virus free or compatible with your systems, and does not accept liability in respect of viruses or computer problems experienced. Contracts cannot be concluded with us nor service effected by email. Thank you for your co-operation. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
