Abstract
International cooperation has played a major role in climate governance. With a particular focus on China, this study develops a comparative framework to understand three pathways to international cooperation on climate change: multilateralism, bilateralism and transnationalism. Drawing on cooperation theory, we compare the three pathways in terms of their leaders, organisations, bargaining process, agreement, and enforcement efforts, and analyse their comparative strengths and limitations. We suggest that, given the ever-increasing difficulties and uncertainty experienced in climate multilateralism, the government should pay more attention to developing climate bilateralism and transnationalism in order to leverage the benefits of international cooperation on climate governance.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 417-434 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Chinese Governance |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 8 Feb 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2021 |
Scopus Subject Areas
- Political Science and International Relations
- Sociology and Political Science
- Public Administration
User-Defined Keywords
- bilateralism
- Climate governance
- international cooperation
- multilateralism
- transnationalism
