Intergovernmental Institutions

Mitchell, Ronald B.; Underdal, Arild; Andresen, Steinar; Dieperink, Carel

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“…These variables correspond to the three levels of analysis in global governance research-nodes, links and networks-and the bodies of literature around them [12]. The first body of literature focuses on individual institutions, exploring the conditions under which international institutions are effective and able to achieve their intended effects [21][22][23][24][25][26][27], including institutional design features [28][29][30][31][32]. The second body of literature examines the interlinkages and interactions between institutions in dyads, exploring the structure and dynamics of relationships and their implications for institutional effectiveness [7,8,[33][34][35][36][37][38].…”

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“…To operationalize this framework, we build a heuristic model specifically designed for the system of multilateral environmental agreements. The model is built on previous attempts to quantify institutional effectiveness and interactions [29,[45][46][47][48][49] as well as extensive research conducted over a span of three decades on international environmental institutions [25]. The first variable, institutional capacity, is modelled as a function of resources and institutional design features [31,50], including mechanisms for dispute resolution and compliance [5,31,45,51,52].…”

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The latent net effectiveness of institutional complexes: a heuristic model

Adipudi,

Kim

2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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International institutions strive to achieve their own objectives while operating within a complex network of interdependencies. These interdependencies create an extensive web of relationships that serve as potential pathways for broader institutional impacts. The actions taken by individual institutions, their mutual influences, and the pattern of connectivity collectively shape the overall performance of institutional complexes. Understanding the performance of these complexes is crucial, yet we currently lack a methodology to assess it. To address this gap, we have developed a conceptual framework that integrates three distinct areas of study on three different scales: institutional effectiveness, institutional interlinkages, and institutional networks. This framework enables us to consider what we call the latent net effectiveness, or collective problem-solving potential, of a group of interconnected institutions. To put this framework into practice, we have devised a heuristic model, drawing from the extensive literature on international environmental institutions. As an illustrative example, we have applied this model to a network of 378 multilateral environmental agreements with 810 known issue linkages. Our work underscores the relevance of considering the system-level properties of institutional complexes and emphasizes the need for timely network-based governance and policy interventions to enhance the overall effectiveness of institutional complexes. This article is part of the theme issue ‘A complexity science approach to law and governance'.

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The latent net effectiveness of institutional complexes: a heuristic model

Adipudi,

Kim

2024

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A.

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“…First, does this framework have utility for a wide range of international institutions and organisations? Much of the existing literature on legitimacy has focused on international organisations, and individual ones at that, rather than a broader set of international institutions, to include formal treaties and bodies, as well as informal governance mechanisms and norms (Mitchell et al 2020). This is a particularly relevant challenge for transnational governance as non-state actors and informal mechanisms are of especially high importance (Orsini et al 2020).…”

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Emergence, effectiveness and legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance

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Interest in climate adaptation has increased substantially over time – from a minor policy field to be considered on par with climate mitigation. Meanwhile, the world we live in has become increasingly interdependent across borders. Consequently, climate impacts are transmitted from one place to another, meaning that adaptation to climate change risks and impacts will need to be coordinated in a way that connects places and people. Moreover, the impacts of climate change hit the most vulnerable people the hardest. As extreme weather events hit more often and become more severe, accounts of them are strikingly similar in that the poorest and most vulnerable people and communities are the ones most affected by the impacts. Climate change exacerbates existing inequalities, including those related to gender, income, age and ethnicity. Consequently, in an interconnected world, a central challenge for adaptation governance is to assign authority for affairs which have cross-border ramifications. This doctoral dissertation explores the emergence or transnational adaptation governance and how it is changing traditional adaptation approaches. In political science, transnational governance, emphasising the role of non-state actors in international relations, seeks to apprehend how transboundary issues can be best captured in policy and decision-making. The norm of adaptation as a global challenge has been recognised in the Paris Agreement and this dissertation analyses the interaction between state and non-state actors across national borders and its effectiveness, legitimacy and distributional consequences. Adaptation, due to its cross-sectoral nature offers an ample empirical field for furthering transnational governance research. This dissertation is the first attempt to operationalise transnational adaptation governance as a distinct phenomenon. It focuses on three specific cases: adaptation finance, transnational adaptation initiatives and as a governance response to transboundary climate risk. By doing so, it covers the breadth of transnational governance related to adaptation. It finds that, in contrast to mitigation, the role of state actors and international organisations as orchestrators continues to be important, particularly with regards to effectiveness. The dissertation also shows how new actors – particularly private sector actors – increasingly govern adaptation transnationally. This has led to a contestation of legitimacy as actors grapple with previously unidentified risks or areas of shared interest. While the broadening of adaptation has increased the effectiveness potential, the legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance is not grounded in fairness and justice, which are key components for successful adaptation outcomes.

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Intergovernmental Institutions

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The latent net effectiveness of institutional complexes: a heuristic model

The latent net effectiveness of institutional complexes: a heuristic model

Emergence, effectiveness and legitimacy of transnational adaptation governance

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