The concept of policy entrepreneurs has gained increasing attention in studies of policy
change, including climate policy and governance. It foregrounds the role of agency in …

Climate change governance systems comprise a wide variety of actors. Here, we introduce
“climate intermediaries” as one potentially influential yet often neglected type of actor …

Studies on the relationship between religious attitudes and attitudes towards climate change
and other environmental issues have tended to focus on the United States. While there is …

Elected politicians and civil servants are key in develo** climate policy. The articles in this
special issue investigate factors that induce politico-administrative actors to adopt climate …

Credible assurances about the invisible qualities of goods and services–such as
sustainability features–are key to market governance. The theory of regulatory …

Regulatory intermediaries (RIs) are transforming implementation of contemporary regulatory
policy. While the mainstream Regulator-Intermediary-Target framework offers important …

Background: The clean energy transition required for the decarbonisation of societies make
policymakers targets for broad business and non-business advocacy to ensure that their …

Background: Contextualising the narrative on energy efficiency as the first fuel in the clean
energy transition, the energy efficiency first principle (EE1) was introduced in EU energy and …

The concept of policy entrepreneurs has gained increasing attention in studies of climate
policy and governance since it foregrounds the role of agency in understanding policy …

Faith-based organisations (FBOs) are an increasingly salient and active presence in climate
action at the United Nations (UN) and the UN itself increasingly seeks out engagement with …