Abstract Following the Paris Agreement, states and non-state actors have pledged countless
commitments to mitigate climate change. Yet, translating these words into tangible action …

International regimes contain norm bundles with several distinct norms that jointly define
what is expected from parties. As states engage with these regime-inherent norms, they …

This chapter introduces an idea that is gaining increasing prominence in discussions of the
Anthropocene: the idea of the pluriverse. We argue that the very condition of the …

Abstract Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) is one of
the most advanced global climate governance arrangements and we show that it contributes …

Several scholars have pointed to the increasing salience of cities in the global endeavour to
reduce dangerous climate change to 1.5° C. However, we still lack systematic comparative …

In the negotiations on a new international agreement under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), states had also been negotiating normative …

The objective of the paper is to shed some light on one aspect of REDD+ that so far has only
indirectly been at the centre of the debate, the interplay between public institutions and …

The Anthropocene, marked by significant anthropogenic impacts on a global scale,
demands a completely new paradigm regarding the human-Earth alliance. It would not …

Focusing on forest policy and urban climate politics in Brazil and Indonesia, the primary
objective of this chapter is to identify domestic pioneers and leaders who, compared to other …

The volume assesses the interactions between climate leaders, pioneers and followers,
across multilevel and/or polycentric climate governance contexts. Examining the state and …