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1 Aligning and Linking SDGs and NDCs I
Climate change efforts and the SDGs: trajectories and interconnections for Caribbean SIDS - Michelle Scobie
Low-carbon transition under Agenda2030: Climate-development trade-offs and synergies - Gabriela Iacobuta and Niklas Höhne
SDGs and Paris Agreement- Terms of Reference for the Global Energy Transformation? Lukas Hermwille
Arguments and options for increased alignment in the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda at national level - Sven Harmeling
2 Climate Compatible Development at Local Levels
Critical Reflections on Local Level Climate Compatible Development Policies/Practice from Ghana - Mathias Edetor, Murat Okumah and Rajesh Kumar
Climate policy integration in rapidly urbanizing developing countries: Insights from medium-sized Kenyan cities - Steffen Bauer and Eva Dick
Climate change risk management: an analysis of opportunities for collaboration between cities and companies in Latin America- Juliana Lopes and Andreia Banhe
Transforming our cities is key for sustainable development – why we need partnerships with local actors for achieving global development goals - Daniel Günther
3 Building Local and National Capacities
Leveraging the power of mutual learning networks and lesson drawing among state and non-state actors to implement the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals - Dr. Katharine Rietig
Building blocks for local climate action – potentials of vertical integration - Lisa Strauch, Anne Dahmen
4 Aligning and Linking SDGs and NDCs II
Examining the alignment between the intended nationally determined contributions and sustainable development goals - Eliza Northrop, Hana Biru, Sylvia Lima, Mathilde Bouye, and Ranping Song
Sustainable development and climate action: thoughts on an integrated approach to SDG and NDC implementation - Andrea Hurtado Epstein and Stephanie La Hoz Theuer
Introducing the NDC Partnership - Romeo Bertolini
5 Financing Sustainable, Low-Carbon and Resilient Development
Private Governance in Developing Countries: What Are the Drivers of Voluntary Carbon Offset Programs? - Liliana Andonova and Yixian Sun
Virtual Currencies Innovation applied for Climate Change Mitigation by the People - Leopoldo Molina
Kenya Climate Finance: An investigative case study of Adaptation and Mitigation Synergy in Agribusiness - Elvine Kwamboka Mayaka
6 Realizing Inclusive Transformation at All Levels
Making the SDG national report climate-smart and climate-ambitious - Sven Harmeling and Ruth Fuller
New Alliances in Global Sustainability Governance: International Environmental Bureaucracies and Non-State Actors- Dr. Thomas Hickmann and Joshua Elsässer
Anchoring inclusiveness: Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action and bridging asymmetries in non-Party stakeholder engagement - Idil Boran
The experience of mainstreaming climate change adaptation at sub-national level in Lombardy, Italy: lessons learnt, instruments and possible pathways for the implementation of the SDGs agenda at the local level - Pregnolato, M.; Fraschini, F.; Lapi, M., Cozzi, L.; Ballarin Denti, A.
7 Governance for Adaptation and Resilience
Protection of urban poor from ecosystem disservices for attaining sustainable development goals: status and determinants in a coastal metropolis in Bangladesh - Nuzhat Fatema and Md Mustafa Saroar
From vulnerability assessments to adaptation planning: science-based co-development approaches in SIDS and LDCs - Tabea Lissner, Delphine Deryng, Sarah D’haen, Michiel Schaeffer
Mapping of transnational governance of climate change adaptation - Adis Dzebo
Expanding climate insurance to 400 million additional poor and vulnerable people: The InsuResilience initiative on climate risk insurance -Simon Hagemann
8 Non-State and Sub-national Engagement in Developing Countries I
The Global Climate Action Agenda: Effective orchestration to bolster transnational adaptation? - Dr Sander Chan and Wanja Amling
On-the-Field Experiences of State, Non-State and Subnational Actors in Promoting Climate Resilient Agriculture in Ghana - Olawale Emmanuel Olayide
Rights, Justice, and REDD+: Lessons from Climate Advocacy and Early Implementation in the Amazon Basin - Deborah Delgado Pugley
Non-state actors’ contributions in meeting mitigation and access challenges in rural Thailand - Laurence Delina
9 Climate Change and Sustainability: Synergies and Trade-offs
Interconnections between the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Climate Agreement – Putting the Spotlight on Trade Elements in the NDCs - Clara Brandi
Linking the climate and ocean agendas: a reflection on coastal carbon - Jennifer Bansard
Transnationalization of hydropower in transboundary basins – Contributing to the Paris agreement at the expense of 2030 Agenda? - Ines Dombrowsky
Options for Leveraging the SDGs for Increasing Ambition under the UNFCCC - Wolfgang Obergassel, Florian Mersmann, Hanna Wang‐Helmreich
10 Energy Transition I
Energizing SDGs: The EnergyPlus Approach - P. Balachandra and Thiyagarajan Velumail
Biofuel and Climate Change in Africa: A paradox of sustainable development? - Sofiane Bouhdiba
11 Health and Climate Action
Introduction to Health and Climate Action, relevance & position of Germany - MinR Heiko Warnken
The Cross-boarder Paradox: Why Indigenous Rights Matter for a Dwindling Desert Lake - Wangechi, Wambugu
12 Non-State and Sub-national Engagement in Developing Countries II
Climate Change and SDGs: the role of Civil Society in China and India- Dr. Robert Mizo
Civil society organisations in international climate change negotiations: A case study from Tanzania - Robert E. Katikiro
The Role of Multi-stakeholder Partnership in addressing the Climate change-Sustainable Development Nexus - Shepherd Muchuru
Non State and Sub National Actions in Agenda 2030 and Paris Agreement Implementation: Exploring the orchestration of partnership mechanism for effective implementation - Okechukwu Enechi
13 Justice and Democratic Norms in Climate and Sustainability Action
Between democracy and efficacy in developing countries: why sub-national and non-state actors should lead and states should follow - Navam Niles
Tracing Normativity in Sustainable Development: A Model of Norms in the Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Agreement, and the Papal Encyclical - Esther Meyer, Gregor Schmieg, Jeremias Herberg
Ambition, Participation and Effectiveness – Utilizing the NDC Partnership as a Catalyst for NDC Implementation in Developing Countries - Dr. Joachim Fünfgelt and Manuela Mattheß
Assessing the Impacts of National Climate Self-Differentiation on Climate Governance- Meg Boyle
14 Energy Transition II: How do subsets of transnational climate governance initiatives interact?
Actors, Institutions and Frames in Global Energy Politics - Thijs Van de Graaf and Fariborz Zelli
Analysing the Climate-Energy Nexus - Lisa Sanderink, Oscar Widerberg, Philipp Pattberg
Promoting Carbon Pricing Internationally: Over-supply in the Market of Institutions? - Jakob Skovgaard and Jana Canavan
The More the Merrier? Interactions between International Cooperative Initiatives Promoting Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform - Harro van Asselt
A Packed Renewable Energy Domain: Exploring the Interactions - Lisa Sanderink
15 Market Mechanisms for Implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement
Sustainability labelling of climate mitigation outcomes relevant to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement- Karen Holm Olsen & Fatemeh Bakhtiari
Non-state actors for electricity demand-side management - Thomas Grammig
SDG-proofing the Paris market mechanisms to unlock mitigation and sustainable development synergies- Matthias Honegger and Patrick Toussaint
Options to promote sustainable development through climate mitigation actions under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement – Christof Arens and Karen Holm Olsen