Global Public Policy and Governance - Call for Papers: Global Environmental Governance
Call for papers: Global Environmental Governance (this opens in a new tab)
Guest Editors
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira, FGV University, Brazil
Haoqi Qian, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University, China
Submission deadline for full papers: 31 March, 2022
Submission Instructions
Before submitting your manuscript, please ensure you have carefully read the submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab). The complete manuscript should be submitted through the submission system. (this opens in a new tab) To ensure that you submit to the correct thematic series please select the appropriate thematic series in the drop-down menu upon submission. In addition, indicate within your cover letter that you wish your manuscript to be considered as part of "Global Environmental Governance". All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review and accepted articles will be published within the journal as a collection.
Reviewers should follow Springer Nature’s and the journals more detailed Peer-Review Policy (this opens in a new tab).
Aims and Scope
There is a rising consensus about the increasing interconnectedness of countries, nations and societies. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement are examples that countries recognize their interconnected interests and goals. This is particularly evident in global environmental issues, as they require global policy making. Since the first global conference focusing on environment held in Stockholm in 1972, the world has been experiencing various environmental problems as well as related economic and social impacts. The emergence of global environmental issues, such as climate change, marine pollution and biodiversity loss, has created new challenges for governance and requires political support for and innovation in global public policies.
Many of the drivers of decision making are now global, melding with domestic interests yet questioning the “sacred” right of national sovereignty. New global environmental governance frameworks and policy mechanisms are needed to coordinate the local and global public interests. However, we face quite a few obstacles to fulfil these attempts since a successful global solution involves many actors and factors. For example, countries may be reluctant to bear significant costs to avoid pollution that affect their neighbors. There is also an asymmetry to power in decision making. Small island states are among those most vulnerable to climate change, despite having insignificant emissions, but they have limited influence in international climate negotiations.
This special issue aims to gather contributions that analyze the governance of global environmental issues at local, national and international levels, with a particular focus on multilevel governance and innovative public policies. We invite submissions that introduce novel ideas and evidence-based policy recommendations to improve global environmental governance. Interdisciplinary research papers on relevant topics that combine different theoretical and methodological approaches are particularly welcomed.
Papers may include the following topics, but not limited to:
- Theories of global environmental governance
- Crises and opportunities for global environmental governance
- Global environmental policy-making
- Coordination and integration of local and global environmental policies
- Role of international organizations and non-State actors
- Evaluation of current global environmental agreements
- Compliance and enforcement of international environmental agreements
- Comparative studies of global environmental governance
- Network analysis of global environmental regimes
Proposed Timeline
First full paper drafts due
March 31, 2022
Comments from reviewers expected by
May 31, 2022
Workshop in Shanghai
May 2022 (TBC)
Final full papers accepted by
December 15, 2022
Publication of the special issue
First half of 2023
All submissions are subject to peer review. Accepted articles will be published online first. The issue is planned to be published in the first half of 2023.
We have plans to hold a hybrid format workshop with the authors that have abstracts accepted. The workshop will take place in Shanghai (China) in May 2022. More information will be provided in the end of 2021.
Extended abstracts should contain the title of the paper, research question(s), methodology and the main (expected) findings and conclusions. Abstracts should be submitted to: jose.puppim@fgv.br (this opens in a new tab) and qianhaoqi@fudan.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab) (include Special Issue on Environmental Governance in the subject).
Further Information
Questions may be addressed by email to any of the guest editors: jose.puppim@fgv.br (this opens in a new tab) or qianhaoqi@fudan.edu.cn (this opens in a new tab).