Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 708 Pr abh at U pad hy ay a Na tio na l A pp ro pri ate ne ss o f I nte rn ati on al C lim ate P olic y F ra m ew ork s i n I nd ia , B ra zil a nd S ou th A fric a 20 17
National Appropriateness
of International Climate
Policy Frameworks
in India, Brazil, and
South Africa
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Linköping Studies in Arts and Science No. 708, 2017
TEMA – Department of Thematic Studies, Environmental Change Linköping University
SE-581 83 Linköping, Sweden
www.liu.se
Pr abh at U pad hy ay a Na tio na l A pp ro pri ate ne ss o f I nte rn ati on al C lim ate P olic y F ra m ew ork s i n I nd ia , B ra zil a nd S ou th A fric a 20 17How does the international climate policy frameworks influence the domestic institutional responses to climate mitigation in emerging economies? And how, in turn, do domestic institutions and politics in emerging economies influence the fate of international climate policy frameworks? The thesis provides answers to these questions by studying domestic engagements with Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in three emerging economies – India, Brazil and South Africa. The thesis specifically studies how these engagements were influenced by the domestic institutional context provided by national climate policy, norms, and institutional capacity in the three countries. Drawing upon the variations in the engagements with nationally appropriate mitigation actions, made visible by use of the policy cycle as a heuristic device, the thesis informs the implementation of another nascent, yet prevalent, international climate policy framework – Nationally Determined Contributions.
