Climate Policy Journal

🚨 Delighted to announce our TOP 10 viewed papers published July 2023 - Dec 2024! Congratulations to all the authors 👏 Great range of topics: finance, agriculture, justice, adaptation, democracy, CBAM, shipping, adaptation, China governance... Check out the top 10 below, or at https://lnkd.in/euX9R9NE ⤵️ 🥇 The Green Climate Fund and private sector climate finance in the Global South. Thomas Kalinowski (Ewha Womans University) 🥈 Exploring the democracy-climate nexus: a review of correlations between democracy and climate policy performance. Daniel Lindvall & Mikael Karlsson (Uppsala University) 🥉 Climate policy at the Bank of England: the possibilities and limits of green central banking. Monica DiLeo (The University of Queensland) #4: A systematic scoping review and content analysis of policy recommendations for climate-resilient agriculture. Gordana Manevska-Tasevska, Uchook Duangbootsee, Ivan Bimbilovski, Piyathida Thathong & Thanh Mai Ha (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)) #5: Synergies between the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the Paris Agreement: the role of policy milestones, monitoring frameworks and safeguards. Charlotte Streck (Climate Focus) #6: Shipping in the EU emissions trading system: implications for mitigation, costs and modal split. Jonas Floden, Lars Zetterberg, Anastasia Christodoulou, Rasmus Parsmo, Erik Fridell, Julia Hansson, Johan Rootzén & Johan Woxenius (University of Gothenburg, IVL) #7: China’s climate governance from 2009 to 2019: motivations, instruments, actors, and geopolitics. Xiaoran L., Philipp Pattberg & Oscar Widerberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)) #8: The EU carbon border adjustment mechanism: implications on Brazilian energy intensive industries. Sigit Perdana, Marc Vielle, Thais Diniz Oliveira (EPFL) #9: Understanding the climate change adaptation policy landscape in South Africa. Vhalinavho Khavhagali, Dr. Diana Reckien, Robbert Biesbroek, Brian Khanyisa Mantlana & Karin Pfeffer (University of Twente) #10: An Indigenous climate justice policy analysis tool. Rhys Jones, Papaarangi Reid & Alex Macmillan (The University of Auckland)

🚨 NEW ISSUE: Issue 1 is out now, with the latest on carbon dioxide removal, China's low-carbon city pilot policy, fossil fuel phase out, embedded emissions accounting frameworks, the EU's sustainable finance disclosure regulation, cross-border climate change impacts & much more 🌊 🖋️ Featuring insights from Edison Macusi, Dindo O. Diampon, Erna MAcusi, Florian Egli, Nielja Knecht, Fride Solheim Sigurdsson, Sebastian Sewerin, Matteo Roggero, Jan Fjornes, Klaus Eisenack, Akm Nuruzzaman, Sonia Graham, Jon Barnett, Paula Kivimaa, Mikael Hildén, Timothy R. Carter, Claire Mosoni, Samuli Pitzén, Marja Helena Sivonen, Ian Cochran, Craig Mackenzie, Matthew Brander, Felix Schenuit, Elina Brutschin, Oliver Geden, Fei Guo, Aniruddh Mohan, PhD, Ana Carolina Oliveira, Sonakshi Saluja, Roberto Schaeffer, Keywan Riahi, Lee White, Emma Aisbett, Oscar Pearce, Wenting Cheng, Llewelyn Hughes, Dr. Thang Nam Do, Anton Ming-zhi GAO, Jorrit Gosens, Sung-Young Kim, Thomas Longden, Jiazhan Gao, Guihong Hua, Baofeng Huo, AbidAli Randhawa, Zilian Li Check it out below ⬇️

‼️ OPEN ACCESS: Sven Alsheimer, Elisabeth Dütschke and Joachim Schleich (Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI) find that German municipalities are more likely to institutionalise climate change mitigation if they: 👉 Frequently exchange climate-related information with other municipalities, civil society actors, and companies 👉 Have higher shares of votes for the Green party 👉 Are more urbanized The authors recommend: ☑️ Strengthening municipal authorities’ capacities in less urbanized municipalities ☑️ More participatory and polycentric approaches involving multiple actors in municipal decision-making processes Read more ⬇️

Very happy to see this published! It was a pleasure to support this research led by Zoha Shawoo and Katherine Browne, and together with Anisha Nazareth. Tagging here some adaptation colleagues that might find this relevant: Blanche Butera Inès Bakhtaoui (E) Lisa (F) Schipper Richard Klein Georgia Savvidou Adaptation Fund Global Center on Adaptation Carina Bachofen Romain Weikmans GFLAC Grupo de Financiamiento Climático para Latinoamérica y el Caribe Catherine Simonet Elizabeth Carabine Adis Dzebo Aditya V. Bahadur

Great to see this work out in the world! Most analysis of equity in international climate finance focuses on the global level (which countries get what). We argue we must also look at distribution within countries and communities, especially for adaptation where the most vulnerable also tend to be politically marginalized. At these levels, it is not just a question of "who gets what," but what recipients do with the funding and whether it enables them to pursue climate adaptation they find meaningful and worthwhile. We will be building on this analytical approach in Namibia and the Eastern Caribbean this year, with partners University of Namibia and Caribbean Natural Resources Institute (CANARI). Stay tuned!

Distributive equity is a question of who gets what. In international #AdaptationFinance, those who are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are in most need of the financial support to adapt. However, most analysis of whether and how adaptation finance reaches the vulnerable has occurred at the global scale. In a new article in Climate Policy Journal, SEI authors propose a framework for assessing #DistributiveEquity of adaptation finance at the national and sub-national levels. Read more in this article by Zoha Shawoo, Katherine Browne, Nella Canales and Anisha Nazareth ⤵️

‼️ OPEN ACCESS: Designing and implementing adaptation finance to account for the root causes of vulnerability is critical for advancing distributive equity. Zoha Shawoo, Katherine Browne, Nella Canales and Anisha Nazareth (SEI — Stockholm Environment Institute) identify need to consider: 🔹National and sub-national levels of distributive equity, so that the most vulnerable groups within vulnerable countries are targeted 🔹Utilization and implementation of adaptation finance, not just allocation ➡️ Adaptation finance providers should prioritize measures that enhance access to resources, support social protection schemes, enhance the capabilities and opportunities of groups, and protect human rights Read more ⤵️

‼️ OPEN ACCESS: Distribution of economic and non-economic benefits between states, particularly between developed and developing states, is a key consideration for the future design of an equitable marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) regime. Neil Craik (University of Waterloo) sets out the legal case for equitable inter-state benefit-sharing for mCDR ⤵️

🇨🇳 Market-based environmental regulations can be key tools to promote energy market integration, find Shaozhou Qi, Wenna Zhang, Kai Li, Xinqiang Li and Zhipeng Gui (Wuhan University). China's carbon emission trading pilot policy effectively: 1️⃣ Intensified competition in the energy market 2️⃣ Reduced government intervention 3️⃣ Promoted development of innovation in clean energy technology ❗ Effects are stronger in regions with lower levels of development and more abundant clean energy resources ❗ Stricter environmental standards and improved information disclosure enhance effect Read more ⤵️