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Looking Forward –
Effective Climate Change Governance
in South Asia
Climate Change Law and Governance in South Asia
BRICs Law and Policy Dialogue on Climate Change,
Sustainable Energy & Biodiversity
India International Center Annex, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi
21 August 2010
Patricia Moore, Head, Regional Environmental Law Programme,
Asia
INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE
Governance
Many things to many people…
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Interaction
Governor/Sovereign/State
and
the Governed
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Interaction
Rules – laws and other norms
Institutions
Processes
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Interaction
Powers
and
Responsibilities
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Make decisions
Implement decisions
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Who has the power to make a
decision?
How is the decision made?
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Who has the responsibility to
implement a decision?
How is the decision
implemented?
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How?
Accountability
Participation
Transparency
Rule of law/predictability
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Governance
is the interaction of
rules, institutions, processes, and
principles
through which a society
exercises powers and responsibilities
to make and implement decisions
[concerning adaptation/mitigation to climate
change].
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Effective
governance
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Governance-based adaptation
Governance-based mitigation
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Environmental and social
safeguards
Rights of non-State stakeholders
Cost sharing
Benefit sharing & distribution
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Thank you
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