Chris Höhne
@chrishoehne.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at Wuppertal Institut, previously Post-Doc at Freie Universität Berlin: international relations, norms, multi-level and global governance, global and domestic climate governance, forests, energy, just transition, India, Indonesia
Thanks also to Christiane Beuermann, Wolfgang Obergassel, and Stefan Thomas at the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH for allocating time to the revision process
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Thanks also to Christiane Beuermann, Wolfgang Obergassel, and Stefan Thomas at the Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH for allocating time to the revision process
I would also like to thank Shyamasree Dasgupta and Navroz K. Dubash for hosting me in India, all the interviewees for sharing their insights, and the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I would also like to thank Shyamasree Dasgupta and Navroz K. Dubash for hosting me in India, all the interviewees for sharing their insights, and the three anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments.
Special thanks go to the editors, particularly Dhanasree Jayaram, for leading the Special Issue process, and to everyone who has supported my research over the years, especially Markus Lederer and Thomas Risse. .
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Special thanks go to the editors, particularly Dhanasree Jayaram, for leading the Special Issue process, and to everyone who has supported my research over the years, especially Markus Lederer and Thomas Risse. .
Keywords: Global South, norm interpretations, contestation, counter-proposer, export, reshaper, climate change, REDD+, NAMAs, India
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Keywords: Global South, norm interpretations, contestation, counter-proposer, export, reshaper, climate change, REDD+, NAMAs, India
This research provides insights into the complex dynamics of international norm negotiations between proposers and counter-proposers in the context of the rise of the Global South.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This research provides insights into the complex dynamics of international norm negotiations between proposers and counter-proposers in the context of the rise of the Global South.
This increased the resonance of these two norms with the Indian government’s domestic norms, political economy beliefs, international funding desire and collective identity needs.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This increased the resonance of these two norms with the Indian government’s domestic norms, political economy beliefs, international funding desire and collective identity needs.
By exporting domestic norm interpretations that merged with other norm interpretations from Global North and South countries, the Indian delegation reshaped two international norms at the 2007 Bali Conference that target developing countries’ mitigation efforts and climate action in forests.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
By exporting domestic norm interpretations that merged with other norm interpretations from Global North and South countries, the Indian delegation reshaped two international norms at the 2007 Bali Conference that target developing countries’ mitigation efforts and climate action in forests.
Applying this lens to climate politics, I use triangulated data (incl. expert interviews) to identify domestic factors that explain the Indian government’s behavior.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Applying this lens to climate politics, I use triangulated data (incl. expert interviews) to identify domestic factors that explain the Indian government’s behavior.
Abstract:
Recent scholarship highlights Global South countries not only as norm-takers or localizers but also as norm-makers. Contributing to this shift, I conceptualize why these countries contest and lobby for alternative norm interpretations in international negotiations.
Recent scholarship highlights Global South countries not only as norm-takers or localizers but also as norm-makers. Contributing to this shift, I conceptualize why these countries contest and lobby for alternative norm interpretations in international negotiations.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Abstract:
Recent scholarship highlights Global South countries not only as norm-takers or localizers but also as norm-makers. Contributing to this shift, I conceptualize why these countries contest and lobby for alternative norm interpretations in international negotiations.
Recent scholarship highlights Global South countries not only as norm-takers or localizers but also as norm-makers. Contributing to this shift, I conceptualize why these countries contest and lobby for alternative norm interpretations in international negotiations.
We will draw conclusions to inform the next round of internationally supported just transition approaches.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We will draw conclusions to inform the next round of internationally supported just transition approaches.
In the #ExpertExchange, we will examine different dimensions of #JustTransitions (procedural, recognition, distributive, restorative, cosmopolitan, intergenerational) and investigate the progress and the challenges that the JETPs face in both countries.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the #ExpertExchange, we will examine different dimensions of #JustTransitions (procedural, recognition, distributive, restorative, cosmopolitan, intergenerational) and investigate the progress and the challenges that the JETPs face in both countries.
Content: The implementation of Just Energy Transition Partnerships across various nations has faced multi-dimensional challenges. Reflecting on these challenges is essential to optimizing future efforts in facilitating internationally supported just transitions - #JTPs.
October 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Content: The implementation of Just Energy Transition Partnerships across various nations has faced multi-dimensional challenges. Reflecting on these challenges is essential to optimizing future efforts in facilitating internationally supported just transitions - #JTPs.
Finally, we thank Thomas Risse and our excellent research assistants Myrodis Athanassiou, Sarah Hechler, Maren Lorenzen-Fischer, and Kristina J. Schmidt. For more information on our research project (funded by DFG), see transnorms.eu
March 12, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Finally, we thank Thomas Risse and our excellent research assistants Myrodis Athanassiou, Sarah Hechler, Maren Lorenzen-Fischer, and Kristina J. Schmidt. For more information on our research project (funded by DFG), see transnorms.eu
Thanks to the editorial team & reviewers @GEP & to @paucastro.bsky.social, Alvine Datchoua, Nicole Doerr, Harald Fuhr, Anna Fünfgeld, Aarti Gupta, Carola Klöck, Markus Lederer,@maxlesch.bsky.social, Jens Marquardt, @mjph.bsky.social, Jens Steffek,@antjewiener.bsky.social, & Jan Wilkens for comments.
March 12, 2024 at 9:14 AM
Thanks to the editorial team & reviewers @GEP & to @paucastro.bsky.social, Alvine Datchoua, Nicole Doerr, Harald Fuhr, Anna Fünfgeld, Aarti Gupta, Carola Klöck, Markus Lederer,@maxlesch.bsky.social, Jens Marquardt, @mjph.bsky.social, Jens Steffek,@antjewiener.bsky.social, & Jan Wilkens for comments.
To conclude, our analysis points to potential avenues for long-term changes of the norm bundle itself and provides indications for future state behavior.
The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1162/glep...
Looking forward to the 3rd NDCs in 2025!
The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1162/glep...
Looking forward to the 3rd NDCs in 2025!
March 12, 2024 at 9:09 AM
To conclude, our analysis points to potential avenues for long-term changes of the norm bundle itself and provides indications for future state behavior.
The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1162/glep...
Looking forward to the 3rd NDCs in 2025!
The paper is available here: doi.org/10.1162/glep...
Looking forward to the 3rd NDCs in 2025!
Second, interlinkages with the human rights regime point to successful transnational socialization in democratic states. This suggests an overall synergistic relationship between the regimes, when tailormade social interventions on climate change are envisioned.
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Second, interlinkages with the human rights regime point to successful transnational socialization in democratic states. This suggests an overall synergistic relationship between the regimes, when tailormade social interventions on climate change are envisioned.
We additionally make sense of the two innovative changes: First, the low-carbon economy discourse seems to be driven by competition in higher income countries. This discursive pathway to a low-carbon transition may open up opportunities for actors pushing for decarbonization.
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
We additionally make sense of the two innovative changes: First, the low-carbon economy discourse seems to be driven by competition in higher income countries. This discursive pathway to a low-carbon transition may open up opportunities for actors pushing for decarbonization.
Yet, the formerly strict divide appears to become blurrier in the 2nd NDCs.
Emerging & industrialized economies (Umbrella, EU, BASIC) present plans for green growth.
In contrast, developing countries with lower income (LDCs) emphasize conventional growth plans to combat poverty.
Emerging & industrialized economies (Umbrella, EU, BASIC) present plans for green growth.
In contrast, developing countries with lower income (LDCs) emphasize conventional growth plans to combat poverty.
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Yet, the formerly strict divide appears to become blurrier in the 2nd NDCs.
Emerging & industrialized economies (Umbrella, EU, BASIC) present plans for green growth.
In contrast, developing countries with lower income (LDCs) emphasize conventional growth plans to combat poverty.
Emerging & industrialized economies (Umbrella, EU, BASIC) present plans for green growth.
In contrast, developing countries with lower income (LDCs) emphasize conventional growth plans to combat poverty.
When states prioritize some norms over others, this continues to align with the annex divide despite the Paris Agreement’s decreasing differentiation, reflecting differences in domestic circumstances (e.g, vulnerability, income).
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
When states prioritize some norms over others, this continues to align with the annex divide despite the Paris Agreement’s decreasing differentiation, reflecting differences in domestic circumstances (e.g, vulnerability, income).
Overall, countries’ pledges rely on UNFCCC’s norms, indicating the stability of the liberal order. It thus seems unlikely that radical approaches to climate mitigation will shape policies any time soon.
March 12, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Overall, countries’ pledges rely on UNFCCC’s norms, indicating the stability of the liberal order. It thus seems unlikely that radical approaches to climate mitigation will shape policies any time soon.
We then link these (inductively identified) topics to the norms derived from the UNFCCC and compare the respective topics of 1st and 2nd NDCs to look for continuity and change.
March 12, 2024 at 9:07 AM
We then link these (inductively identified) topics to the norms derived from the UNFCCC and compare the respective topics of 1st and 2nd NDCs to look for continuity and change.