Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
International and domestic efforts to respond to the severe global challenge of climate change are on the rise and evolving. Despite the importance of action from multiple levels of government, public sector reforms to address climate change and to...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2022
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099040001252284476/P1725690d761df0fa08f5e0c9bd504c19ae http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36911 |
| Summary: | International and domestic efforts to
respond to the severe global challenge of climate change are
on the rise and evolving. Despite the importance of action
from multiple levels of government, public sector reforms to
address climate change and to promote decentralization and
or intergovernmental relations tend to be designed and
managed separately. Intergovernmental relations have
administrative, fiscal, and political dimensions. This paper
focuses on climate action at the subnational government
level through administrative decentralization and
intergovernmental collaboration. The Paris Agreement
acknowledges the climate change-decentralization connection,
noting a need for the engagement of all levels of government
and various actors. The bottom line is that the appropriate
mix of subnational climate actions will vary because climate
change needs and feasible responses, as well as
intergovernmental structures and the nature and degree of
decentralization, differ across countries. The paper is
organized as follows: section one gives introduction.
Sections two and three, respectively, provide concise
summaries of basic climate change issues and policies and
the principles and practices of decentralization and
intergovernmental relations. Section four covers the
intersection of climate change action and decentralization.
Section five reviews administrative decentralization for
climate change action. Section six presents illustrative
cases drawn from secondary materials to illustrate how
selected administrative functions are used in specific
situations and the types of interactions among them. Section
seven concludes with some synthetic observations and offers
general guidance on assessing the prospects for enhancing
and supporting subnational administrative action on climate change. |
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