Abstract
Given recognition of human causation of planetary-scale climate change, this chapter proposes four imperatives which together enable the testing of governance approaches regarding their address of climate change. After elaborating each imperative in turn, they are used to evaluate how climate change-oriented governance has performed in several Australian contexts, including renewable energy, water policy reform and management of synthetic greenhouse gases. What is foregrounded through analysis is that these imperatives must come to drive governance and policy across levels and across domains, whether directly framed as targeting climate change or not, along with the importance of polycentric and decentralised approaches. This is particularly true when national leadership is inadequate because of the strong intersectionality and impact of leadership, experimentation and anticipation in climate change-oriented governance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Transformative and Accountable Climate Governance |
| Editors | Beth Edmondson, Stuart Levy |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 1-18 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319974002 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319973999 |
| Publication status | Published - 2018 |
