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Governance by Diffusion: Transnational Municipal Networks and the Spread of Local Climate Strategies in Europe

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  • Lukas Hakelberg

    (Lukas Hakelberg is a doctoral student at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy.)

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Cities have become crucial actors for the global governance of climate change. Their increased activity in this field is reflected by the rising number of adoptions of local climate strategies in an original sample of 274 European cities from 1992 to 2009. Using event history analysis, I find that this spread is promoted by transnational municipal networks (TMNs) successfully deploying strategies for governance by diffusion, their impact exceeding that of most alternative explanatory factors cited in the literature. Given their capacity to foster the spread of climate policy innovations among cities, TMNs can thus be expected to play a decisive role in a climate governance system that is becoming increasingly fragmented, polycentric, and transnational. © 2014 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Lukas Hakelberg, 2014. "Governance by Diffusion: Transnational Municipal Networks and the Spread of Local Climate Strategies in Europe," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 14(1), pages 107-129, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:14:y:2014:i:1:p:107-129
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    Keywords

    transnational municipal networks; climate strategies; Europe;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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