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Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact

Thomas N. Halea Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, EnglandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sander Chanb German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Bonn, Germany;c Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), Groningen, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7852-3838
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Angel Hsud Yale-NUS College, Singapore, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4913-9479
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Andrew Clappere CDP, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4158-4116
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Cynthia Elliottf World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, USA
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Pedro Fariae CDP, New York, NY, USA
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Takeshi Kuramochig NewClimate Institute and Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Cologne, Germany;h Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3976-0133
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Shannon McDanieli Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, Brussels, Belgium
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Milimer Morgadoj The Climate Group, London, England
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Mark Roelfsemah Utrecht University, Utrecht, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2316-2101
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Mayra Santaellak United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
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Neelam Singhf World Resources Institute, Washington, DC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-4915
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Ian Toutk United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
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Chris Weberl World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA
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Amy Weinfurterd Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore
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Oscar Widerbergm Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, NetherlandsORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8088-3709
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Pages 406-420 | Received 05 Mar 2020, Accepted 17 Sep 2020, Published online: 09 Oct 2020

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