Anderton, Karen and Setzer, Joana 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7705-7684
(2017)
Subnational climate entrepreneurship: innovative climate action in California and São Paulo.
Regional Environmental Change, 18 (5).
pp. 1273-1284.
ISSN 1436-3798
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Abstract
The distinct role of subnational governments such as states and provinces in addressing climate change has been increasingly acknowledged. But while most studies investigate the causes and consequences of particular governments’ actions and networking activities, this article argues that subnational governments can develop climate action as a collective entrepreneurial activity. Addressing many elements explored in this special issue, it focuses on the second question and identifies climate entrepreneurship in two subnational governments—the states of California (USA) and São Paulo (Brazil). Examining internal action, as well as interaction with local authorities, national governments and the international regime, entrepreneurial activities are identified in the invention, diffusion and evaluation of subnational climate policy in each case. The article draws from the recent scholarship on policy innovation, entrepreneurship and climate governance. It contributes to the literature by exploring entrepreneurial subnational government activity in addressing climate change and expanding the understanding of the effects of policy innovation at the subnational level.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | https://link.springer.com/journal/10113 |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors © CC BY 4.0 |
| Divisions: | Grantham Research Institute |
| Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2017 11:17 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2024 08:26 |
| Projects: | ES/K006576/1 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/81493 |
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