Tobin, P., Duit, A., Kelly, N. et al. (1 more author) (2024) Exploring the role of businesses in polycentric climate governance with large-N data sets. Global Environmental Politics, 24 (3). pp. 168-190. ISSN 1526-3800
Abstract
Much existing empirical research on polycentric climate governance (PCG) systems examines small-N examples. In response, we aim to advance studies of PCG by exploring, and reflecting on, the use of large-N data sets for analyzing PCG. We use Python (a programming language) to create a novel data set from the United Nations’ Global Climate Action Portal. This method allows us to quantify key variables for 12,568 businesses located in Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries: the number of businesses’ climate commitments, their progress toward meeting those commitments, and businesses’ memberships in “more polycentric” networks via transnational climate initiatives (TCIs). Our analysis of these data reveals that greater interconnectedness may strengthen climate policy performance, since businesses with memberships in TCIs more commonly achieved their commitments. Additional research using these data, and/or similar methods, could be conducted on climate governance and on other areas of international environmental governance, such as mining and oil production.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Keywords: | businesses; climate change; companies; Global Climate Action Portal; polycentric climate governance; transnational climate initiatives; UNFCCC |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2025 10:19 |
Last Modified: | 31 Jan 2025 10:19 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MIT Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1162/glep_a_00757 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:222423 |