Description
This paper presents the findings from primary data on multilevel climate change mitigation initiatives – with a focus on new forms of governance in India and Germany. It analyses under what conditions and to what extent new forms of governance, such as partnerships between public, private and civil society actors – as enshrined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17 – contribute to achieving concrete SDG goals related to a low carbon society in the sectors of energy and transportation. The multilevel analysis (municipality, state, national and supranational level) focuses on the impact as well as legitimacy, transparency and accountability.
Achieving the triple bottom line of social, environmental and economic sustainable development constitutes a complex governance challenge – not least in times of populism, international trade disputes and the Covid pandemic. This research explores how governments draw on the co-creation of policies and initiatives to foster an innovative, competitive and inclusive low-carbon economy.
The analysis is based on semi-structured interviews conducted with key public, private and civil society actors in New Delhi, Mumbai, Berlin, and Frankfurt– the political and financial capitals of India and Germany as well as with core stakeholders on the European level in Brussels.
