Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact
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10.1080/14693062.2020.1828796
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发表时间：
2020-10-08
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7.1
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Widerberg, Oscar
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作者：
Hale, Thomas N.;Chan, Sander;Widerberg, Oscar
城市、州和地区、企业、投资者以及其他国家以下和非国家行为体在全球和国家应对气候变化方面的重要性日益增加，这提出了一个关键问题：这种气候行动在多大程度上产生了效果？本文介绍了一个概念框架，研究人员和从业人员可以使用作为模板，以评估次国家和非国家行为者的气候行动的进展，实施和影响。该框架用于审查现有的研究，这些研究跟踪了2014年至2019年中期此类气候行动的进展，实施和成就。虽然研究人员在评估次国家和非国家气候行动的范围和未来潜力方面取得了重要进展，但我们发现，在温室气体减排领域之外，在事后取得成果、间接影响和气候行动方面存在知识差距。虽然我们越来越了解次级和非国家行为体气候行动的规模、范围和潜力，但我们缺乏关于所取得成果及其更广泛影响的严格证据。关于进展和影响的更多信息对于子国家和非国家气候行动的可信度至关重要。决策者需要了解哪些方法有效，哪些无效，从而促进最佳做法的传播，并为今后采取更有力的行动创造条件。拟议的概念框架可以量身定制，并适用于以减缓、适应和其他气候行动领域为目标的广泛举措。通过提供一个模板来确定进展跟踪和评估的关键要素，该框架可以帮助研究和从业者群体围绕了解气候行动的整体影响所需的数据和指标进行协调。
The rising importance of cities, states and regions, firms, investors, and other subnational and non-state actors in global and national responses to climate change raises a critical question: to what extent does this climate action deliver results? This article introduces a conceptual framework that researchers and practitioners can use as a template to assess the progress, implementation, and impact of climate action by sub- and non-state actors. This framework is used to review existing studies that track progress, implementation, and achievement of such climate action between 2014 and mid-2019. While researchers have made important advances in assessing the scope and future potential of sub- and non-state climate action, we find knowledge gaps around ex-post achievement of results, indirect impacts, and climate action beyond the realm of greenhouse gas reductions. Key policy insights While we increasingly understand the scale, scope, and potential of climate action by sub- and non-state actors, we lack rigorous evidence regarding the results achieved and their broader impacts. More information on progress and impact is essential for the credibility of sub- and non-state climate action. Policymakers need to understand which approaches are working and which are not, promoting the diffusion of best practice and creating conditions for stronger action in the future. The proposed conceptual framework can be tailored and applied to a wide range of initiatives that target mitigation, adaptation, and other spheres of climate action. By providing a template to identify key elements of progress tracking and evaluation, the framework can help align both research and practitioner communities around the data and metrics required to understand the overall impact of climate action.