Excerpt: Durable national institutions for climate governance
“There is a lot of talk about the fact that country pledges don’t add up to emissions reductions required by science. We should be talking as much, or more, about the absence of governance mechanisms that translate visions into policies.
Durable national institutions are a missing piece in our collective response to climate mitigation and adaptation. They are needed to lay out a strategic vision and set targets, coordinate implementation across sectors, and mediate politics. But approaches to climate governance have to suit national context; when countries get ahead of their climate politics, the policies, goals, or systems that result can become unstable or unachievable.”
– Navroz K. Dubash (Professor, Centre for Policy Research, India)
This excerpt is from an article by James Temple published in MIT Technology Review on February 24, 2021. ‘We asked Bill Gates, a Nobel laureate, and others to name the most effective way to combat climate change’ is featured in The Progress Issue (March/April 2021) of the MIT Technology Review.
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