TY - RPRT U1 - Forschungsbericht A1 - Oberthür, Sebastian A1 - Hermwille, Lukas A1 - Khandekar, Gauri A1 - Obergassel, Wolfgang A1 - Rayner, Tim A1 - Wyns, Tomas A1 - Mersmann, Florian A1 - Jones, Damon A1 - Kretschmer, Bianca A1 - Melkie, Mahlet T1 - Key concepts, core challenges and governance functions of international climate governance : deliverable 4.1 ; COP21 - results and implications for pathways and policies for low emissions European societies N2 - Combating climate change requires a fundamental simultaneous transformation of various sectoral systems that are key to the functioning of our economies and societies, such as energy, industry, transport, housing, and agriculture. This report by the COP21 RIPPLES project examines sector-specific challenges to decarbonisation and what contribution international governance could make to overcoming these challenges. Taking a sectoral perspective, the report identifies the key governance challenges that exist internationally towards the deep transformations required, and specifies the resulting key governance functions to be fulfilled by means of international cooperation/international institutions. To this end, the report first clarifies a number of key concepts, including international (climate) governance, international and transnational institutions, institutional complexes and poly-centricity. It then derives a number of functions that international institutions can fulfil from the relevant literature: providing guidance and signals, setting rules, providing transparency and accountability, providing capacity building, technology and finance, and facilitating knowledge and learning. This is the basis for an investigation into the key governance challenges and the potential of international governance in 14 key sectoral systems. Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-72039 UN - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-72039 SP - 129 S1 - 129 PB - Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations CY - Paris PB - Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations CY - Paris ER -