ABSTRACT
The governance of climate change occurs at multiple levels, from the global to the local. While much attention has been directed to the negotiation of two multilateral treaties, the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, it is increasingly clear that implementing the terms of these agreements will require nation-states to strengthen their domestic commitments to controlling greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, there is growing awareness that any global response to climate change must involve local action, since ‘the human activities that can lead to climate change are very local’ (Wilbanks and Kates 1999: 612). In this chapter, we examine efforts to mitigate climate change at the global, national and local levels, including an analysis of the CCP programme. We illuminate the ways in which these levels interact, illustrating the fact that global environmental governance is a complex, multilevel process. The final section of this chapter identifies issues and questions for analysis in the remainder of the book, as we consider the contribution of the CCP network to the governance of climate change.
