Abstract
Despite growing interest in China's response to climate change, few studies address what is happening at the sub-national level. Hong Kong has implemented several mitigation and adaptation climate-related initiatives. An analytical framework combining multi-level governance with the concepts of institutionalisation and legitimisation is applied to Hong Kong's climate initiatives. Hong Kong's ability to devise a climate change strategy that is institutionalised and legitimated is found to be constrained by a range of climate policy-specific and broader socio-economic and political factors. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 791-810 |
| Journal | Environmental Politics |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2012 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 13 Climate Action
Research Keywords
- climate change
- Hong Kong
- institutionalisation
- legitimisation
- multi-level governance
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