Overview
- Examines the potential for cities, states, and regions to take decisive action on climate change at the local level
- Focuses on the multilevel interactions with higher governance echelons in the USA and France
- Explores the key role of municipalities and sub-state entities in sha** the climate policy agenda
Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)
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“This compelling study on climate change governance is a must-read for academics, policy makers and the general public. The book offers original new research from a broad range of case studies at multiple echelons in both the US and France. Barichella convincingly demonstrates that multilevel governance matters. Climate policy coordination between cities, states, regions and national governments is critical if we are to keep global temperatures below the 2°C Paris Agreement threshold by the end of the century.” (Dr. Patrick Schembri, Associate professor – Economics (Sustainable Dev | Climate Change | Energy Transition), Research Center CEARC | Institute for Sustainable Energy Paris-Saclay (Scientific Coordinator for Social Sciences & Humanities - Sustainable Development))
“Dr. Arnault Barichella’s rich treatise constitutes an important advance on the timely topic of combatting climate change. It provides an exemplary and detailed guide to the means by which cities,states and regions can mobilise and take timely action to mitigate and protect against climate change at the local level. Its comparative review of three metropoles - Paris, New York and Boston, is appropriately contextualised by a detailed analysis of the underlying regulatory framework and legal culture within which each of those locations operates. This is a valuable resource for individuals and organisations seeking to take meaningful action to protect the environment from the impacts of humankind.” (Dr. Matthew Gillett, Ph.D., FHEA Senior Lecturer, University of Essex Law School, United Nations Special Mandate Holder - Vice-Chair of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Co-editor of The Hartford Guidelines on Speech Crimes in International Criminal Law (PJI, 2017), Author of Prosecuting Environmental Harm before the International Criminal Court (CUP, 2022))
“Arnault Barichella brings a note of hope, at a time when the dire consequences of climate change can be felt everywhere. Combining a thorough study of climate change policies at all levels and in-depth interviews with experts and public officials in three large municipalities, Paris, New York and Boston, he brilliantly shows how local actors, especially cities, can save the planet. The book to read.” (Dr. Nonna Mayer, Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po Paris/CNRS)
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Book Title: Can Cities, States and Regions Save Our Planet?
Book Subtitle: Transatlantic Perspectives on Multilevel Climate Governance
Authors: Arnault Barichella
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33936-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33935-6Published: 20 June 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-33938-7Published: 21 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-33936-3Published: 19 June 2023
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIII, 439
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Geography, general, Climate, general, Environmental Management