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Classifying different national approaches to climate governance

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Statistical analysis of a climate institutions dataset has identified four national models of climate governance used across countries with high emissions. These models are associated with the climate policy ambition and performance of each country. This analysis reveals that the effectiveness of climate policymaking could be strengthened by building climate institutions.

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Fig. 1: Associating models of governance with climate policy ambition and performance for countries with high emissions.

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This is a summary of: Guy, J. et al. National models of climate governance among major emitters. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01589-x (2023).

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