New book available: The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization

2024/12/05

Jens Marquardt, together with his co-editors Karin Bäckstrand (Stockholm University), Naghmeh Nasiritousi (Linköping University), and Oscar Widerberg (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) published a new book on “The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization” at Cambridge University Press.

The book is also available open access and can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009301558.

The edited volume examines how, and under what conditions, states – in collaboration with non-state actors – can govern a societal transformation toward large-scale decarbonization in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. It advances an innovative analytical framework on how the state governs through collaborative climate governance to foster cooperation, deliberation, and consensus between state and non-state actors. The book focuses on Sweden, which aims to become a fossil-free state.

The empirical chapters analyze Sweden's progress toward net-zero emissions, its role in international climate governance, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected climate networks. Providing valuable policy insights for other countries endeavoring to decarbonize, this book is a useful reference for graduate students and researchers in climate governance, political science, and international relations.

It is one of a series of publications associated with the Earth System Governance Project: www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance