Chapter 15: Non-State Actors

Recommended materials

UNFCCC SBI, Mechanisms for consultations with non-governmental organizations. Addendum: The participation of ngos in the Convention Process (11 June 1997), doc. FCCC/SBI/1997/14/Add.1

David Wei, “Linking Non-State Action with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change” (C2ES, October 2016)

Harro van Asselt, “The Role of Non-State Actors in Reviewing Ambition, Implementation, and Compliance under the Paris Agreement” (2016) 6:1-2 Climate Law 91

Supplementary materials

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Global Covenant of Mayors

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O Dilling & T Markus, “The Transnationalisation of Environmental Law”

“This article outlines a critical approach to the emerging discourse of transnational environmental law. It highlights how transboundary activities and organisational structures increasingly shape environmental law, and how legal discourse interprets these developments. In particular, the article unpacks the manifold transnational regulatory structures and explains their interactions with state-made environmental law. It also discusses the …

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Jolene Lin, “Governing Climate Change: Global Cities and Transnational Lawmaking”

www.cambridge.org/core/books/governing-climate-change/6C9C12380AEDD5E0A2383BDA4FE71C52#fndtn-contents

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Over 4,200 Amazon Workers Push for Climate Change Action, Including Cutting Some Ties to Big Oil

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What Local Climate Actions Would Have the Greatest Impact

"In light of even more dire news about our warming planet, leading thinkers tell us the one thing cities and states could do to cut emissions significantly—and fast." https://www.citylab.com/environment/2018/10/local-climate-actions-biggest-impact/572608/

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