The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization

The Interplay between State and Non-State Actors in Sweden

Karin Bäckstrand, Jens Marquardt, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Oscar Widerberg

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781009301589
• Subtopic: Environment & Energy Policy
• Index: Politics & International Relations

This book 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 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. For more publications, see www.cambridge.org/earth-system-governance. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• 1 Introduction: State and Non-state Relations in Governing toward Decarbonization
• 2 The Interplay between the State and Non-state Actors in the Governance of Decarbonization: An Analytical Framework
• 3 Sweden’s Emissions and Climate Policy in an International Context
• 4 Politics and Governance of Sweden’s Transformation toward a Fossil-Free Welfare State
• 5 Climate Networks to the Rescue? Exploring Stakeholder Perceptions of the Effectiveness of Collaborative Climate Governance
• 6 All Aboard? Inclusiveness in Collaborative Governance among Swedish Municipalities
• 7 Zeroing In on Cities: The Politics of Aspiration and Delay in Net-Zero Emission Targets of Swedish Municipalities
• 8 In the Shadow of an Oil Refinery: Narrating Just Transitions in the City of Lysekil
• 9 Turning a Crisis into an Opportunity? How Swedish Climate Networks Navigate through Crisis
• 10 The State and Collaborative Climate Governance: Prospects and Limitations
• Index