Governing the Climate-Energy Nexus: Institutional Complexity and Its Challenges to Effectiveness and Legitimacy

Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Governing the Climate-Energy Nexus
	1.1 Rationale behind This Book
	1.2 Objectives and Contribution: Analyzing the Climate-Energy Nexus
	1.3 Three Case Studies: Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, and Carbon Pricing
	1.4 Structure of the Book
	1.5 References
Part I Mapping the Climate-Energy Nexus
	2 Analytical Framework: Assessing Coherence, Management, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness
		2.1 Introduction: Approaching the Climate-Energy Nexus
		2.2 Conceptual Framework
		2.3 Evaluative Themes
		2.4 Conclusions
		2.5 References
	3 Mapping the Institutional Complex of the Climate-Energy Nexus
		3.1 Introduction
		3.2 Methodology
		3.3 Three Subfields of the Climate-Energy Nexus: Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, and Carbon Pricing
		3.4 Analyzing the Institutional Complex (Macro Level)
		3.5 Analyzing the Subfields: Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, and Carbon Pricing (Meso Level)
		3.6 Conclusions
		3.7 References
		3.8 Annex I: Database of Institutions in the Climate-Energy Nexus
		3.9 Annex II: Descriptions of Institutions in the Climate-Energy Nexus
Part II Coherence and Management in the Climate-Energy Nexus
	4 Renewable Energy: A Loosely Coupled System or a Well-Connected Web of Institutions?
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 Renewable Energy: Providing Sustainable Energy for All
		4.3 Meso-Level Coherence
		4.4 Micro-Level Coherence
		4.5 Micro-Level Management
		4.6 Conclusions
		4.7 References
	5 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Interactions between International Cooperative Institutions. The More, the Merrier?
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Fossil Fuel Subsidies: The Rationales for Reform
		5.3 Meso-Level Coherence
		5.4 Micro-Level Coherence
		5.5 Micro-Level Management
		5.6 Conclusions
		5.7 References
	6 Carbon Pricing: Overlaps and Formal Collaboration
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 Carbon Pricing: An Economic Solution to an Environmental Problem
		6.3 Meso-Level Coherence
		6.4 Micro-Level Coherence
		6.5 Micro-Level Management
		6.6 Conclusions
		6.7 References
Part III Legitimacy and Effectiveness in the Climate-Energy Nexus
	7 Disentangling Legitimacy: Comparing Stakeholder Assessments of Five Key Climate and Energy Governance Institutions
		7.1 Introduction
		7.2 Theory and Concepts
		7.3 The Five Cases: Similarities and Differences in Institutional Qualities
		7.4 Theory-Based Expectations of Legitimacy Assessments
		7.5 Data and Methods
		7.6 Results
		7.7 Conclusions
		7.8 References
	8 The Performance of the Climate-Energy Nexus: Assessing the Effectiveness of the Institutional Complexes on Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, and Carbon Pricing
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Conceptualizing Effectiveness
		8.3 Assessments of Effectiveness for the Renewable Energy Subfield
		8.4 Assessments of Effectiveness for the Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform Subfield
		8.5 Assessments of Effectiveness for the Carbon Pricing Subfield
		8.6 Conclusions
		8.7 References
	9 Conclusions: Coherence, Management, Legitimacy, and Effectiveness in the Climate-Energy Nexus
		9.1 Findings
		9.2 Explanations
		9.3 Recommendations
		9.4 Outlook
		9.5 References
Index