ABSTRACT
The case-studies in this book illustrate that the governance of climate change is a complex, multilevel process. Traditional analytical divisions between international and domestic politics, local, national and global scales, as well as state and non-state actors, no longer apply. Our analysis demonstrates that the politics of climate change are not merely a matter of international negotiation and national policy development, but are also taking place locally. However, the local governance of climate change is not conducted at a discrete scale, but is constructed by relations of power and influence between subnational and national state and non-state actors, and through multilevel, transnational networks. In this chapter, we evaluate the CCP campaign as one example of a multilevel, transnational network. We focus on how the CCP network has been created and maintained, and how processes of policy learning and change are taking place. We then turn to a consideration of the relationship between networks, governance and the state. We argue that although the CCP programme epitomizes the multilevel nature of climate change governance, this does not equate to a diminishing role for the state in shaping how the issue of climate change is interpreted, contested and acted upon. Finally, we revisit debates about the nature of global environmental governance and assess the implications of our findings for future research on the politics of global and local sustainability.
