Topic: The " Wicked Problems " highlighted by Levin et al. (2012)
Organized within the framework of the IPPA, this workshop is part of the international comparative project APIICC and brings together researchers from the project working in nine national contexts to discuss initial findings on climate governance, institutional innovation, and public policies in the face of climate-related "super-wicked problems." It will also contribute to clarifying contemporary debates surrounding institutional innovation in the service of polycentric climate governance. Finally, the workshop opens the discussion to six external contributions from researchers working on similar themes related to climate governance and public policy instruments.
9
Countries analyzed
19
Procedural instruments analyzed at the national and local levels
+6
Theoretical contributions
19
Papers under discussion
Thematic areas
- Emerging forms of innovation in climate governance.
- Procedural instruments and coordination mechanisms.
- The processes of implementing public policies.
- The actors of institutional innovation.
While climate change is a physical phenomenon, it also represents a major political challenge.
The debates during the last COP show that expectations are very high regarding policies supporting climate adaptation and mitigation. Since the late 2000s, national and local climate plans and their policy instruments have proliferated worldwide (Peters & Tosun, 2021; Lesnikowski, 2017; Massey et al., 2014; Milhorance et al., 2022; UNFCCC NDC Registry). However, these policies are often considered too modest to effectively address climate change. More importantly, climate risks are frequently amplified by governance failures, including:
- Policy implementation gaps (Dupuis & Knoepfel, 2014; Giles et al., 2021)
- Lack of coordination
- Weak integration of public policies
- Slow implementation processes linked to incremental institutional changes (Mushtaq, 2018; Levin et al., 2012)
- The weight of bureaucratic traditions and public policy styles that lock in previous choices and limit structural transformations (Peters, 2021; Groen et al., 2022; Rosenbloom, 2018).
In this context, the “climate super wicked problem” becomes a “tragedy” because “time is running out” (Levin et al., 2012).
| Session | Presentation Title | Presenters |
| Session 1: Institutional Innovation and Procedural Instruments for Climate Policy Process Coordination at the International and National Levels | ||
| Discussing: Osmany Porto de Oliveira | ||
| Approaches to Institutional Innovation for Climate Change Governance | Gilles Massardier, Osmany Porto de Oliveira | |
| Institutional Alliance and Policy Network for Advancing Regional Environmental Governance | Naglaa Fathy El Dessouky | |
| Session 2: Institutional Innovation and Procedural Instruments for Community- and Science-Based Climate Policy Processes | ||
| Discussing: Osmany Porto de Oliveira | ||
| Complementary Governance Architecture in Brazilian Agro-Climate Policy | Dalila Ramalho, Mathews Lopes, Livia Kalil | |
| The National Land Allocation Commission (CNAT): A Non-Financial Procedural Instrument for Improving Climate Governance in Gabon's Agricultural Sector | Viala Mbazogo Mendene | |
| Climate Governance and Agricultural Adaptation in Senegal: Analysis of Financial and Non-Financial Procedural Instruments | Pope Bilal Diakhate, Moussa Sall | |
| Session 3: Institutional Innovation and Climate Policy | ||
| Discussant: B. Guy Peters | ||
| Policy Experimentation for Climate Transitions in ASEAN Economies: A Policy Mixes Approach (Virtual) | Sreeja Nair | |
| Caring, Empathy, and the Commons: Relational Pathways to Climate Action | Raul Lejano | |
| An Innovative Procedural Instrument for De-sectoralizing Forest and Cocoa Issues in Côte d'Ivoire: The Cocoa & Forests Initiative at the Heart of Institutional and Financial Struggles | Rozenn Nakanabo Diallo, Marie Hrabanski | |
| The French HCC as an Innovative Procedural Instrument: The Transfer of a Public Policy Instrument between Science and Politics | Marie Hrabanski | |
| Session 4 Institutional Innovation for Climate Finance: The Case of Green Taxonomy | ||
| Discussant: Charlotte Halpern | ||
| Innovation by Imitation as an Assembly Mechanism in Procedural Instruments of Climate Governance: The Construction of the Mexican Sustainable Taxonomy | Karol Cortes, Vicente Ugalde Saldaña | |
| Institutional Innovation through a Green Taxonomy: The Case of Georgia's Banking Sector | Ninaka Berdzenishvili, Nikoloz Katchakhidze | |
| Institutional Innovation for Climate Change in the United Kingdom from a Procedural Instrument Perspective: The Examples of the Green Taxonomy and the Climate Change Committee | Anatole Georjon, Rami Ben Yohmes, Ninaka Berdzenishvili | |
| Financial Procedural Instruments in Climate Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Municipal and National Experiences in Brazil | Hannah Lemos Correia e Silva, Eduardo de Lima Caldas, Marina Galiano | |
| Session 5: Institutional Innovation and Procedural Instruments for Climate Policy Process Coordination at the Local and National Levels | ||
| Discussant: Gilles Massardier | ||
| The Territorial Cooperation Contract as a Procedural Instrument of Climate Governance: Polycentric Dynamics and Institutional Authority in a French Case Study | Romain Pasquier, Maxime Pailler, Romain Villion | |
| Intersectoral Climate Consultation as a Procedural Innovation: An Analysis of How Climate Action Mechanisms Are Coordinated in Gaspésie (Québec) | Antoine Police, Yann Fournis | |
| Community-Informed and Community-Driven Technological Innovation for Sustainable Transition | Parna Kazerani | |
