Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book build a radial concept piece by piece, taking governance as a starting point, and then presenting new schemes of governance interaction among actors that go beyond the State or the International Institutions. The book responds to the previous questions by analyzing alternatives to global climate governance and challenging the premise that, for global problems, the world needs global solutions. The book proposes that, for accomplishing reductions in greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions, it is necessary to find some other actor with authority for internalizing global problems as policies. The book analyzes the new institutional arrangements to reterritorialize the provision of global public goods on a transregional basis through emerging carbon markets in North America. The book proposes that local governments (LGs) can be the main actors of this regionalization process.