Transformative Policy Pathways to Decarbonization
– Overview – This SSHRC-funded research project, being undertaken by an international research team headed up by Matt Hoffmann and Steven Bernstein, seeks to analyze both the obstacles to decarbonization and the conditions under which policy pathways to decarbonization are being and can be constructed. The carbon system or carbon lock-in does not arise from […]
The 100 Resilient Cities Initiative: A Natural Experiment in the Politics of Creating a Sustainable World
– Overview – This SSHRC funded project is led by Matt Hoffmann, Chris Gore, Michele Betsill, and Sara Hughes. This project will examine the emergence, implementation, and wind down of the 100 Resilient Cities initiative in order to better understand and help enhance the potential for transnational initiatives and cities to catalyze transformation towards sustainability […]
Accountability in Global Environmental Governance
– Overview – This project is led by Teresa Kramarz, associate professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and Professor Susan Park (University of Sydney). The system of global environmental governance (GEG) has been characterized by fragmentation and duplication of efforts, dispersed political authority and weak regulatory influence. This project seeks […]
Global Institutional (In)Coherence and Sustainable Development Governance
– Overview – This SSHRC-funded project is led by Steven Bernstein and Erin Hannah from King’s University College at Western University. It aims to identify and explain the problem of institutional and policy incoherence in global sustainable development governance, the repeated attempts to build macro-level coherence over the last 30 years, and their consequences for policies and institutional arrangements […]
The Governance and Legitimacy of Carbon Markets
– Overview – This SSHRC-funded project is headed up by Matthew Paterson at the University of Ottawa. Steven Bernstein and Matt Hoffmann are co-investigators. The project seeks to understand how the idea of carbon markets emerged and came to dominate the global response to climate change. We are exploring the network of individuals that participated […]