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North American climate governance, or how states and provinces can lead the way: Lessons from implementation of the Western Climate Initiative

Other titre : The Implementation of the Western Climate Initiative: How North American states and provinces lead international climate negotiations

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2017
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Chaloux, Annie
Subject
Western Climate Initiative
 
Canada
 
United States
 
Cap-and-trade
 
Carbon market
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Abstract
Abstract: Today, the Western Climate Initiative is internationally recognized as a success story in global climate negotiations. However, between the first expression of the idea of a cap-and-trade system in 2007 and the launch of carbon trading in 2013, the number of participating Canadian provinces and US states fell from 11 to 2, and important hurdles risked derailing the project completely. The trajectory of this innovative cross-boundary policy holds important lessons around the prospects and pitfalls of green paradiplomacy in the North American context. This paper examines the impetus for subnational efforts to combat climate change in the face of federal inaction, and, through detailed examination of the WCI, looks at jurisdictional, administrative, legal, political, social and economic factors that complicate the implementation of these initiatives. The analysis enables a better understanding of prospects for the establishment of norms, rules and institutions among North American federated states that can provide durable environmental regimes.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11143/17030
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