13Nov 2014

Special issue on innovations in climate policy

ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, Vol 23, No 5: SPECIAL ISSUE: ‘Innovations in Climate Policy’ A special issue comprising ten new papers (four of them Gold ‘Open Access’) explore the governance of climate change from a fresh perspective

Governance gaps are arising from the struggle to seal the deal on a comprehensive new international agreement. But failure at the international level should not, the authors argue, be confused with a lack of innovation at national and sub-national levels. Policy innovation in these domains should, however, be analysed holistically, in terms of invention, diffusion and evaluation. The challenges that arise from doing so are systematically explored against studies of policy innovation dynamics in relation to feed in tariffs, emissions trading and adaptation partnerships etc.

Innovations in climate policy, Andrew Jordan and Dave Huitema OPEN ACCESS

Instrument constituencies and the supply side of policy innovation, Jan-Peter Voß and Arno Simons OPEN ACCESS

Policy invention as evolutionary tinkering and codification, David Jacobs

Climate policy innovation: a sociotechnical transitions perspective Paul Upham et al.

Energy policies in the American states, Daniel C. Matisoff and Jason Edwards

Innovation in adaptation policy, Anja Bauer and Reinhard Steurer

Evaluation, assessment, and policy innovation, Mikael Hildén

The innovativeness of national policy portfolios, André Schaffrin et al.

Climate policy innovation: an evaluation perspective, Mikael Hildén et al. OPEN ACCESS

Conclusions and new directions, Andrew Jordan and Dave Huitema OPEN ACCESS