Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action

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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Main Authors: Smoke, Paul, Cook, Mitchell
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2022
Subjects:
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS
DECENTRALIZATION
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
REGULATION
GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
CARBON EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SOLAR ENERGY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099040001252284476/P1725690d761df0fa08f5e0c9bd504c19ae
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spelling okr-10986-369112022-09-20T00:08:32Z Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action Smoke, Paul Cook, Mitchell CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS DECENTRALIZATION SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE REGULATION GOVERNMENT COORDINATION CARBON EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS SOLAR ENERGY ELECTRIC VEHICLE DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICE 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. 2022-02-02T18:24:08Z 2022-02-02T18:24:08Z 2022-01-24 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099040001252284476/P1725690d761df0fa08f5e0c9bd504c19ae http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36911 English Climate Governance Papers; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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topic CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS
DECENTRALIZATION
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
REGULATION
GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
CARBON EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SOLAR ENERGY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICE
spellingShingle CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
INTERGOVERNMENTAL SYSTEMS
DECENTRALIZATION
SUBNATIONAL GOVERNANCE
REGULATION
GOVERNMENT COORDINATION
CARBON EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
SOLAR ENERGY
ELECTRIC VEHICLE
DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE INFORMATION SERVICE
Smoke, Paul
Cook, Mitchell
Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
relation Climate Governance Papers;
description 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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Cook, Mitchell
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title Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
title_short Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
title_full Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
title_fullStr Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
title_full_unstemmed Administrative Decentralization and Climate Change : Concepts, Experience, and Action
title_sort administrative decentralization and climate change : concepts, experience, and action
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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