Governing climate change polycentrically : setting the scene -- International governance : polycentric governing by and beyond the UNFCCC -- National governance: the state's role in steering polycentric action -- Transnational governance : charting new directions post-paris -- City and subnational governance : high ambitions : innovative instruments and polycentric collaborations? -- Experimentation : the politics of innovation and learning in polycentric governance -- Entrepreneurship : a key driver of polycentric governance? -- Leadership and pioneership: exploring their role in polycentric governance -- Diffusion : an outcome of and an opportunity for polycentric activity? -- Linkages : understanding their role in polycentric governance -- Orchestration : strategic ordering in polycentric governance -- Policy surveillance : its role in monitoring, reporting, evaluating and learning -- Harnessing the market : trading in carbon allowances -- Decarbonisation : the politics of transformation -- Transferring technologies : the polycentric governance of clean energy technology -- Governing experimental responses : negative emissions technologies and solar climate engineering -- Adaptation : the neglected dimension of polycentric climate governance? -- Equity and justice in polycentric climate governance -- Legitimacy and accountability in polycentric climate governance -- Governing climate change : the promise and limits of polycentric governance

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Climate change governance is in a state of enormous flux. New and more dynamic forms of governing are appearing around the international climate regime centred on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They appear to be emerging spontaneously from the bottom up, producing a more dispersed pattern of governing, which Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom famously described as 'polycentric'. This book brings together contributions from some of the world's foremost experts to provide the first systematic test of the ability of polycentric thinking to explain and enhance societal attempts to govern climate change. It is ideal for researchers in public policy, international relations, environmental science, environmental management, politics, law and public administration. It will also be useful on advanced courses in climate policy and governance, and for practitioners seeking incisive summaries of developments in particular sub-areas and sectors. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core