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Making the Paris agreement: historical processes and the drivers of institutional design

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dc.contributor.author Allan, Jen Iris
dc.contributor.author Roger, Charles B.
dc.contributor.author Hale, Thomas
dc.contributor.author Bernstein, Steven
dc.contributor.author Tiberghien, Yves
dc.contributor.author Balme, Richard
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-26T10:51:15Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-26T10:51:15Z
dc.date.issued 2023
dc.identifier.citation Allan JI, Roger CB, Hale TN, Bernstein S, Tiberghien Y, Balme R. Making the Paris agreement: historical processes and the drivers of institutional design. Political Studies. 2023 Aug;71(3): 914-34. DOI: 10.1177/00323217211049294
dc.identifier.issn 0032-3217
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/49073
dc.description.abstract After a decade-long search, countries finally agreed on a new climate treaty in 2015. The Paris Agreement has attracted attention both for overcoming years of gridlock and for its novel features. Here, we build on accounts explaining why states reached agreement, arguing that a deeper understanding requires a focus on institutional design. Ultimately, it was this agreement, with its specific provisions, that proved acceptable to states rather than other possible outcomes. Our account is multi-causal and draws methodological inspiration from the public policy and causes of war literatures. Specifically, we distinguish between background, intermediate, and proximate conditions and identify how they relate to one another, jointly producing the ultimate outcome we observe. Our analysis focuses especially on the role of scientific knowledge, non-state actor mobilization, institutional legacies, bargaining, and coalition-building in the final push for agreement. This case-based approach helps to understand the origins of Paris, but also offers a unique, historically grounded way to examine questions of institutional design.
dc.description.sponsorship We are grateful for the research funding received from the Institute of Asian Research and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at UBC, the Environmental Governance Lab (EGL) at the University of Toronto, and the Research Support Scheme at Cardiff University.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof Political Studies. 2023 Aug;71(3): 914-34
dc.rights Allan JI, Roger C, Hale TN, Bernstein S, Tiberghien Y, Balme R, Making the Paris agreement: historical processes and the drivers of institutional design, Political Studies (Volume 71, Issue 3) pp. 914-934. Copyright © 2021 SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.1177/00323217211049294.
dc.title Making the Paris agreement: historical processes and the drivers of institutional design
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00323217211049294
dc.subject.keyword International law
dc.subject.keyword Climate change
dc.subject.keyword Global governance
dc.subject.keyword Paris agreement
dc.subject.keyword Institutional design
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