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Canadian-U.S. Cooperation: Regional Climate Change Action in the Northeast

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... The paper uses a simple indicator of influence: did the network change the national government's climate agenda, policies, or programs insofar as those changes resulted in direct, consistent support, and/or partnership with municipalities? This indicator is informed by recent scholarship that characterizes the influence and effectiveness of networks and other research on climate change in North America, which suggests that collectively and in theory, subnational governments (particularly provinces and states) have the potential to have policy influence and to induce policy change (Selin & VanDeveer, 2006). It follows that the paper evaluates municipal climate action in Canada against a series of indicators that literature suggests ought to be present if a network is to have policy influence. ...
... The paper uses a simple indicator of influence: did the network change the national government's climate agenda, policies, or programs insofar as those changes resulted in direct, consistent support, and/or partnership with municipalities? This indicator is informed by recent scholarship that characterizes the influence and effectiveness of networks and other research on climate change in North America, which suggests that collectively and in theory, subnational governments (particularly provinces and states) have the potential to have policy influence and to induce policy change (Selin & VanDeveer, 2006). It follows that the paper evaluates municipal climate action in Canada against a series of indicators that literature suggests ought to be present if a network is to have policy influence. ...
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