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Different Conditions, Yet Similar Outcomes: How Interaction Between Policy Areas Enabled Carbon Tax Adoption in Sweden and Mexico 不同的条件，但相似的结果：政策领域之间的相互作用如何促使瑞典和墨西哥采用碳税

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-04-21 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70075

Jakob Skovgaard, Åsa Knaggård, Roger Hildingsson, Sofía Sacks Ferrari

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Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers 基于自然的气候适应解决方案：对采用障碍和政策制定者指南的回顾

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70056

Anita Vollmer, Stefano Ceolotto, Niall Farrell

{"title":"Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation: Review of Barriers to Adoption and Guidelines for Policymakers","authors":"Anita Vollmer, Stefano Ceolotto, Niall Farrell","doi":"10.1002/eet.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70056","url":null,"abstract":"Nature-based solutions (NBS) for climate adaptation encompass a range of approaches that work with nature to increase resilience to climate change while providing ecological, economic and social co-benefits. These solutions have frequently been put forward for application in urban contexts, such as the creation of urban forests, but can likewise be applied to rural contexts where they may, for example, prevent soil erosion. However, NBS face numerous barriers to being considered on equal footing with technical climate adaptation interventions. Previous research that has sought to address this issue has focused on conceptual frameworks, on the one hand, and practical guidance on how to quantify the benefits provided by NBS, on the other. In this article, we supplement these existing frameworks by providing practical recommendations for the whole decision-making cycle, from identification of objectives to the monitoring and scaling up of chosen interventions. We draw from a wide range of literature to, first, outline the barriers to the inclusion of NBS and, second, present policy recommendations for each step of the climate adaptation process. We find that policy recommendations which span across all decision-making steps are: choosing a participatory decision-making approach, involving a wide range of experts, considering social justice implications, and creating a legal and regulatory framework which can accommodate NBS. While we put an emphasis on climate adaptation, most of the recommendations presented here are not limited to this context.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"422-443"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Winds of Change: Environmental Collectives Navigating Small Island Governance in Tourism-Dominated Aruba 变革之风：旅游业主导的阿鲁巴小岛屿治理的环境集体

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-03-23 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70061

Françielle A. Laclé, Eirini Skrimizea, Constanza Parra

{"title":"Winds of Change: Environmental Collectives Navigating Small Island Governance in Tourism-Dominated Aruba","authors":"Françielle A. Laclé, Eirini Skrimizea, Constanza Parra","doi":"10.1002/eet.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 Small islands face complex governance challenges shaped by limited capacity, economic dependency, and spatial constraints. In Aruba—one of the world's most tourism-dependent economies—these pressures are intensified by a growth-centric tourism regime that shapes land use, institutional priorities, and public discourse. This article examines how environmental collectives—citizen-led groups engaged in protecting socio-ecological commons—navigate and contest this governance landscape. Drawing on sociological institutionalism and social innovation theory, we analyze how collectives engage with formal and informal governance processes in a structurally constrained context. Based on interviews and documentary sources, we trace their evolving strategies across governance episodes, including protests, stakeholder dialogues, and litigation. Despite limited institutional responsiveness, these groups have introduced new discourses, mobilized multi-scalar alliances, and catalyzed local engagement around environmental justice and participatory rights. We argue that environmental collectives act as agents of social innovation—not only resisting extractive development but also experimenting with alternative governance practices grounded in solidarity and place-based values. However, their influence remains circumscribed by opaque institutions, symbolic participation, and persistent tourism dominance. The article contributes to debates on environmental governance in small island states by illustrating the dual role of environmental collectives as both challengers and co-constructors of governance. It highlights the tensions and transformative potential of bottom-linked action in tourism-dominated systems, offering insights into the conditions under which citizen-led innovation may shape more just and sustainable governance trajectories.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"514-528"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148154228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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From Contingency Management to Transformative Climate Risk Adaptation? Analysis of Private Sector Agency in Navigating Complex Climate Risk Realities 从应急管理到转型气候风险适应？私营部门机构应对复杂气候风险现实的分析

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-03-20 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70064

Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola

{"title":"From Contingency Management to Transformative Climate Risk Adaptation? Analysis of Private Sector Agency in Navigating Complex Climate Risk Realities","authors":"Päivi Tikkakoski, Sirkku Juhola","doi":"10.1002/eet.70064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70064","url":null,"abstract":"The growing complexity and severity of cross-border climate risks characterised by non-linear impact chains and deep uncertainty questions the capacity of environmental governance to tackle these problems effectively and in a just manner. To increase the efficiency of climate action, the private sector has been called upon to leverage market-based solutions and technologies especially with regards to emission reduction. However, the extent to which this approach is viable in addressing more complex climate risks is not clear. We examine the sustainability argumentation of 10 Finnish companies to see how the understanding of climate risks critically shapes their strategic agency. We argue that while some companies are embracing more transformative climate strategies, their assumed roles and responsibilities are caught with the traditional and reactive sustainability discourse underpinned by ideas of ecological modernisation and rationales of risk governance. This effectively curtails their agency and contributes to unresponsiveness to new climate risk realities.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"501-513"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70064","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The “Magic” of Conflict: How Participatory Governance Can Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation 冲突的“魔力”：参与式治理如何实现变革性气候适应

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-04-06 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70071

Dore Engbersen, Robbert Biesbroek, Catrien J. A. M. Termeer

{"title":"The “Magic” of Conflict: How Participatory Governance Can Enable Transformative Climate Adaptation","authors":"Dore Engbersen, Robbert Biesbroek, Catrien J. A. M. Termeer","doi":"10.1002/eet.70071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70071","url":null,"abstract":"In many cases, addressing climate risks requires transformative climate adaptation (TCA) that goes beyond small adjustments to existing systems. While scholars increasingly argue that participatory governance is key and should embrace conflict rather than push for consensus to enable TCA, this assumption remains underexplored. Therefore, this study investigates how participatory governance deals with conflict to enable TCA, drawing on a historical analysis of the Dutch Hegewarren case—a co-creation process that led to the decision to transform an agricultural polder into a natural peatland. We find that conflict serves TCA indirectly. By allowing for conflict and taking political alternatives seriously, the co-creation process created the enabling conditions for TCA. Specifically, allowing disagreement within the process improved participants' perceptions of the legitimacy of the co-creation process and its outcomes. Simultaneously, the co-creation process reshaped the social and cognitive context, reducing distrust and reframing conflicts as participants' perspectives evolved through sustained interaction. Finally, our analysis highlights the unpredictable nature of transformative change. We consider this the “magic” of conflict: moments when new combinations of problems and solutions spark contestation, yet simultaneously generate the energy needed for continuous improvement in later phases and open opportunities for policy change. By illuminating how participatory governance can productively engage with conflict, this research contributes to a better understanding of the conditions under which TCA becomes possible.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"594-610"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70071","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Framing Effects on Public Support and Behavioral Responses to Sustainable Forest Management in South Korea 框架效应对韩国可持续森林管理的公众支持和行为反应

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-03-11 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70060

Seoryeon Son, Yoonseo Bae, Gayoung Won, Hee Han, Minki Yeo

{"title":"Framing Effects on Public Support and Behavioral Responses to Sustainable Forest Management in South Korea","authors":"Seoryeon Son, Yoonseo Bae, Gayoung Won, Hee Han, Minki Yeo","doi":"10.1002/eet.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70060","url":null,"abstract":"Despite South Korea's extensive forest coverage, which accounts for approximately 63% of its total land area, the country imports over 83% of its timber needs and has shown a gradual decline in forest carbon sequestration capacity. The Circular Forest Management Policy (CFMP) addresses these challenges through systematic forest resource management aimed at establishing sustainable utilization cycles and enhancing carbon removals. However, public awareness remains low while environmental stakeholders express skepticism toward tree harvesting components, creating fundamental obstacles to policy success and threatening Korea's Nationally Determined Contributions targets. This study examines how communication framing strategies impact citizen support and behavioral intentions regarding CFMP. We conducted a survey experiment (n = 402) using positive versus negative frames combined with three scenarios: carbon neutrality, economic incentives, and ecological sustainability. Participants were randomly assigned to one of six groups and assessed on policy support and behavioral intentions. Results demonstrate that negative framing significantly increases policy support by activating loss aversion bias. Economic and ecological scenarios each proved more effective than carbon neutrality messaging, though with distinct patterns across outcome measures. These findings indicate that strategic message framing represents a critical component for achieving meaningful policy communication and public engagement in forest management initiatives.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"444-459"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70060","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low- and Middle-Income Countries 没有执行的环境政策？对造成低收入和中等收入国家执行差距的因素的审查

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70068

Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei

{"title":"Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low- and Middle-Income Countries","authors":"Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei","doi":"10.1002/eet.70068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70068","url":null,"abstract":"The sound formation of robust environmental policies is increasingly important for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to achieve their national objectives and international commitments. However, policy implementation can be complex, and environmental policies may not be prioritised given other critical socio-economic development issues. Thus, although the formation of environmental policies is an important goal, effective and timely implementation is essential to ensure a policy achieves its desired outcomes. Existing studies frequently note that environmental policy implementation gaps exist, but synthesis of the evidence has so far been limited in LMIC contexts. As such, this review seeks to synthesise documented cases of environmental policy implementation gaps in LMICs, focusing on nationally directed policies. A total of 67 academic articles were reviewed, leading to the identification of five themes, which represent factors that contribute to policy implementation gaps. These relate to: the policy content; institutional arrangements and interactions; resource availability; engagement of non-governmental actors; and the political interests and dynamics. These factors are interrelated and interacting, and context dependent. Identifying these common causes of implementation gaps provides a foundation for future analysis, but also points to factors worthy of consideration when designing policies. Hence, this review is of value to academics, policymakers and other practitioners working on environmental policy issues in LMICs.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"611-635"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70068","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The EU Cities Mission: A Governance Innovation for Stockholm? 欧盟城市使命：斯德哥尔摩的治理创新？

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-02-25 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70053

Lisa Sanderink, Alexandra Buylova, César Augusto Casiano Flores

{"title":"The EU Cities Mission: A Governance Innovation for Stockholm?","authors":"Lisa Sanderink, Alexandra Buylova, César Augusto Casiano Flores","doi":"10.1002/eet.70053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70053","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledging that cities play a key role in climate change mitigation, the European Union (EU) launched the Cities Mission in 2021 to accelerate urban climate action. Intended as a governance innovation, it seeks to stimulate mission-oriented governance in cities. This implies reshaping governance structures and processes through multi-level collaboration, engaging citizens, and unlocking other driving forces for transformation. While scholars have reflected on the potential of the EU Cities Mission, there is a limited understanding of how it occurs in practice. To address this gap, we apply an explorative approach and employ a who-how-what heuristic to analyze the extent to which the EU Cities Mission fosters innovations in governance structures and processes in Stockholm, a frontrunner city. We conducted 15 semi-structured interviews with civil servants and other stakeholders and reviewed key documents. Our results suggest that the EU Cities Mission has not been an impactful governance innovation for Stockholm, except for introducing the Climate Investment Plan and increasing multi-level collaboration. It has mainly reinforced the effects of a similar mission approach—driven by Sweden's Viable Cities Program, such as breaking down siloed structures and enhancing innovation management. The results also lead to critical reflections on Stockholm's progress in engaging citizens. Based on the results, the study highlights opportunities to increase the success of the EU Cities Mission in Stockholm and other European cities. More broadly, the paper contributes to our understanding of the EU Mission Approach and its operationalization, while critically reflecting on its added value as a governance innovation.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"407-421"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70053","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil 边缘化缓解：巴西东南部市政立法者的气候延迟言论

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-04-16 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70074

Tainá Yumi Patriani

{"title":"Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil","authors":"Tainá Yumi Patriani","doi":"10.1002/eet.70074","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70074","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in the Piracicaba, Capivari, and Jundiaí River Basins, one of Brazil's most industrialized and urbanized regions. The study makes two contributions. First, it extends the climate delay literature by showing how mitigation-relevant framings are articulated within local legislative arenas. We identify eight non-mutually exclusive discursive strategies with delay potential: invoking natural variability to dilute anthropogenic causation; questioning scientific consensus; fatalistic framings; emphasizing the socioeconomic downsides of mitigation; construing the municipality as a marginal emitter; individualizing responsibility; redirecting agency to executive branches and higher levels of government; and prioritizing non-transformative technological or market-centered responses. These strategies are often hybridized within single accounts, producing narratives that appear pragmatic and reasonable while lowering expectations for legislative engagement and stabilizing discursive boundaries around what counts as legitimate municipal mitigation. Second, it shows how environmental discursive traditions and the systematic analysis of discursive dimensions strengthen the critical analysis of delay discourses. The findings also point to practical interventions in local climate governance, including capacity-building efforts and the co-production of reflexive tools that can help expose and challenge discursive logics that displace responsibility and restrict policy by repertoires.","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"685-700"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/eet.70074","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Multi-Dimensional Power and Climate Obstruction: Lessons From Arizona's Energy Politics 多维权力和气候障碍：来自亚利桑那州能源政治的教训

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Environmental Policy and Governance Pub Date : 2026-06-03 Epub Date: 2026-04-08 DOI: 10.1002/eet.70072

Phoenix Eskridge-Aldama

{"title":"Multi-Dimensional Power and Climate Obstruction: Lessons From Arizona's Energy Politics","authors":"Phoenix Eskridge-Aldama","doi":"10.1002/eet.70072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.70072","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 This article examines Arizona as a critical case of climate obstruction, where incumbent utilities and allied climate countermovement (CCM) actors have long constrained state-level climate and energy governance. The CCM is a coordinated network of corporations, think tanks, and other groups obstructing climate action across scales. While scholarship has examined CCM dynamics nationally, few studies probe subnational contexts where partisan contestation and institutional structures shape climate governance. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 37 key actors including policymakers, regulators, utility representatives, and advocacy leaders, the study uses Lukes' three-dimensional theory of power as an interpretive lens to examine how overt political influence, institutional agenda control, and ideological framing converge in Arizona's energy politics. Findings reveal how utilities and allied actors wield campaign finance, lobbying, and ballot spending (first dimension); exercise procedural gatekeeping and discursive pressure to exclude climate from agendas (second dimension); and deploy affordability and reliability narratives to delimit what is politically feasible (third dimension). Importantly, these dynamics are not merely imposed but normalized through institutional routines and long-standing assumptions, embedding obstruction within the fabric of governance itself. By situating these dynamics within a subnational political context, the study contributes to growing scholarship on how climate governance is shaped by institutional structures and coalitional influence at the state level.\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47396,"journal":{"name":"Environmental Policy and Governance","volume":"36 3","pages":"636-653"},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148153567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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