Dr. Sander Chan
Research programme:Environmental Governance
Function: Associate Researcher
Specialization: Transnational and international environmental politics and governance
Work areas:
- Transnational and international environmental politics and governance
Vita
| since 9/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Associate Researcher |
| 6/2022-9/2022 | German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS) Senior researcher |
| since 1/2020 | Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University (Canada) Guest researcher |
| since 11/2016 | Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Universität Utrecht Adjunct Assistant Professor |
| 9/2020-6/2022 | Global Center on Adaptation, Research & Innovation Hub Senior researcher |
| 9/2014-9/2020 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Senior researcher (senior since 2017) |
| 9/2014-12/2014 | German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) Contract researcher |
| 3/2009 – 9/2014 | Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam Guest researcher |
| 3/2014 – 6/2014 | UNFCCC secretariat Intern Assistant to Executive Direction and Management |
| 3/2012 – 3/2013 | Zhejiang University Hangzhou/Zhejiang Province Environmental Protection Bureau – Partnership Project under EU-China Environmental Governance Programme Environmental Policy Expert |
| 3/2009 – 3/2011 | EU Science and Technology Fellowship Programme in China, based at Renmin University of China Research fellow |
| 1/2006 – 3/2009 | Institute for Environmental Studies, VU University Amsterdam PhD researcher |
Refereed Publications
- Boran, Idil / Nathalie Pettorelli et al.(2024)
Making global climate action work for nature and people: priorities for race to zero and race to resilience
159) - Kuramochi, Takeshi / Andrew Deneault / Sander Chan / Sybrig Smit / Natalie Pelekh(2024)
Supporting the Paris Agreement through international cooperation: potential contributions, institutional robustness, and progress of Glasgow climate initiatives
in: npj Climate Action 3, article 31 - Hsu, Angel / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Marco Schletz / Takeshi Kuramochi / Sybrig Smit / Andrew Deneault(2023)
From drumbeating to marching: assessing non-state and subnational climate action using data
in: One Earth 12 (7), 628-633 - Widerberg, Oscar / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Andrew Deneault / Marcel Kok / Katarzyna Negacz / Philipp Pattberg / Matilda Petersson(2023)
Finding synergies and trade-offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives
in: Global Policy 14 (1), 157-161 - Chan, Sander / Steffen Bauer / Michele M. Betsill et al.(2022)
The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda
in: Nature Ecology & Evolution, 7, 172-173 - Obergassel, Wolfgang / Steffen Bauer / Lukas Hermwille / Stefan C. Aykut / Idil Boran / Sander Chan / Carolin Fraude / Richard J. T. Klein / Kathleen A. Mar / Heike Schroeder / Katia Simeonova(2022)
From regime-building to implementation: harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action
in: WIREs Climate Change, first published 13.08.2022 - Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Andrew Denault / Manish Shrivastava / Kennedy Mbeva / Victoria Chengo / Joanes Atela(2022)
Assessing the effectiveness of orchestrated climate action from five years of summits
in: nature climate change 12, 628-633 - Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Harro van Asselt et al.(2021)
Climate ambition and sustainable development for a new decade: a catalytic framework
in: Global Policy 12 (3), 245-259 - Chan, Sander / Gabriela Iacobuta / Ramona Hägele(2020)
Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 25-50, online - Hale, Thomas .N. / Sander Chan / Angel Hsu / Andrew Clapper / Cynthia Elliott / Pedro Faria / Takeshi Kuramochi / Shannon McDaniel / Milimer Morgado / Mark Roelfsema / Mayra Santaella / Neelam Singh / Ian Tout / Chris Weber / Amy Weinfurter / Oscar Widerberg(2020)
Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact
in: Climate Policy, 1-15 (online first) - Lui, Swithin et al.(2020)
Correcting course: the emission reduction potential of international cooperative initiatives
in: Climate Policy, 25 August 2020, 1-19 - Kuramochi, Takeshi / Mark Roelfsema / Angel Hsu / Swithin Lui / Amy Weinfurter / Sander Chan / Thomas Hale / Andrew Clapper / Andres Chang / Niklas Höhne(2020)
Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions
in: Climate Policy 20 (3), 275-291 - Gerlak, Andrea K. / Michele M. Betsill / James J. Patterson / Sander Chan / Tabitha M. Benney / Marie-Claire Brisbois / Thomas R. Eimer / Michelle Scobie(2020)
Conclusion:policy implications of ESG–agency research and reflections on the road ahead
in: Michele M. Betsill / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak (eds.), Agency in earth system governance, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 183-197 - Chan, Sander / Ronald B. Mitchell(2020)
How to evaluate agents and agency
in: Michele M. Betsill / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak (eds.), Agency in earth system governance, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 168-180 - Betsill, Michele M. / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak / Calum Brown / Sander Chan / Okechukwu Enechi / Ronald B. Mitchell / Ina Möller / James J. Patterson / Michelle Scobie / Sandra van der Hel / Oscar E. Widerberg(2020)
Introduction: Agency in earth system governance
in: Michele M. Betsill / Tabitha M. Benney / Andrea K. Gerlak (eds.), Agency in earth system governance, Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Pr., 3-24 - Kuramochi, Takeshi / Swithin Lui / Niklas Höhne / Sybrig Smit / Maria Jose de Villafranca Casas / Frederic Hans / Leonardo Nascimento / Paola Tanguy / Angel Hsu / Amy Weinfurte / Zhi Yi Yeo / Yunsoo Kim / Mia Raghavan / Claire Inciong Krummenacher / Yihao(2019)
Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses: impact of individual actors and cooperative initiatives on global and national emissions
Cologne: New Climate Institute (Edition 2/2019) - Hsu, Angel / John Brandt / Oscar Widerberg / Sander Chan / Amy Weinfurter(2019)
Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs)
in: Climate Policy 20(4), 443-457 - Chan, Sander / Wanja Amling(2019)
Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action?
in: International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 1-18 (online first) - Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Harro van Asselt / Gabriela Iacobuta / Navam Niles / Katharine Rietig / Michelle Scobie / Jennifer S. Bansard / Deborah Delgado Pugley / Laurence L. Delina / Friederike Eichhorn / Paula Ellinger / Okechukwu Enechi / Thomas Hale(2019)
Promises and risks of nonstate action in climate and sustainability governance
in: Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change 10 (3), article e572 - Hsu, Angel / Niklas Höhne / Takeshi Kuramochi / Mark Roelfsema / Amy Weinfurter / Yihao Xie / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Sander Chan / Jan Corfee-Morlot / Philip Drost / Pedro Faria / Ann Gardiner / David J. Gordon / Thomas Hale / Nathan E. Hultman / John(2019)
A research roadmap for quantifying non-state and subnational climate mitigation action
in: Nature Climate Change 9 (1), 11-17 - Hsu, Angel / Oscar Widerberg / Faterneh Bakhtiari / Sander Chan / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Mark Roelfsema / Amy Weinfurter(2018)
Bridging the gap - the role of non-state and subnational actors
in: UN Environment (ed.), Emissions Gap Report 2018, Nairobi: UN Environment, 29-42 - Hsu, Angel / Oscar Widerberg / Amy Weinfurter / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Fatemeh Bakhtiari(2018)
Bridging the emissions gap: the role of non-state and subnational actors - pre-release version of a chapter of the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018
Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme - Philipp Pattberg / Sander Chan / Lisa Sanderink / Oscar Widerberg(2018)
Linkages: understanding their role in polycentric governance
in: Andrew Jordan / Dave Huitema / Harro van Asselt / Johanna Forster (eds.), Governing climate change: polycentricity in action?, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr, 169-187 - Pauw, Pieter / Sander Chan(2018)
Multistakeholder partnerships for adaptation: the role of micro, small and medium enterprises
in: Caroline Schaer / Natasha Kuruppu (eds.), Private-sector action in adaptation: perspectives on the role of micro, small and medium size enterprises, Copenhagen: UNEP DTU, 98-109 - Chan, Sander / Paula Ellinger / Oscar Widerberg(2018)
Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world
published on International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 19 January 2018 (online first) - D’Amato, Dalia / Nils Droste / Sander Chan / Anton Hofer(2017)
The green economy: pragmatism or revolution? Perceptions of young researchers on social ecological transformation
in: Environmental Values 26 (4), 413-435 - Chan, Sander / Ayşem Mert / Philipp Pattberg(2017)
Between global and local governance: the critical ecosystem partnership fund in China
in: Alejandro Esguerra / Nicole Helmerich / Thomas Risse (eds.), Sustainability politics and limited statehood: contesting the new modes of governance, Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 77-104 - Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Matthew Goldberg / Harro van Asselt(2016)
Effective and geographically balanced? An output-based assessment of non-state climate actions
in: Climate Policy 18 (1), 24-35 - Chan, Sander / Clara Brandi / Steffen Bauer(2016)
Aligning transnational climate action with international climate governance: the road from Paris
in: Review of European Community & International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 25 (2), 238-247 - Chan, Sander / Harro van Asselt / Thomas Hale / Kenneth W. Abbott / Marianne Beisheim /
Matthew Hoffmann / Brendan Guy / Niklas Höhne / Angel Hsu / Philipp Pattberg / Pieter Pauw / Céline Ramstein / Oscar Widerberg(2015)
Reinvigorating international climate policy: a comprehensive framework for effective nonstate action
published on Global Policy (online first) - Chan, Sander / Matthias Stepan
(2015)
China as a mirror and a testing ground for governance beyond the West
in: Mohan, Brij (ed.), Global frontiers of social development in theory and practice - climate, economy and justice, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 167-188
Non-refereed Publications
- Shawoo, Zoha / Adis Dzebo / Ramona Hägele / Gabriela Iacobuta / Sander Chan / Cassilde Muhoza / Philip Osano / Marie Francisco / Åsa Persson / Björn-Ola Linner / Marjanneke J. Vijge(2020)
Increasing policy coherence between NDCs and SDGs: a national perspective
Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI policy brief) - Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Kennedy Mbeva / Manish Kumar Shrivastava / Jacopo Bencini / Victoria Chengo / Ganesh Gorti / Lukas Edbauer / Imogen Jacques / Arturo Salazar / Tim Cholibois / Debora Leao Andrade Gouveia / Jose Maria Valenzuela / Alexa Waud / (2018)
Cooperative climate action 2013 - 2018: global performance and geographic scope
A report of the project “Strengthening non-state climate action in the Global South” (ClimateSouth) - Chan, Sander / Jacopo Bencini(2018)
Boosting non-state climate action in the European Union
(Briefing Paper 21/2018) - Chan, Sander / Jakopo Bencini(2018)
Toolbox for multi-stakeholder climate partnerships: a policy framework to stimulate bottom-up climate actions - Study
Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee - Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Kennedy Mbeva / Manish Shrivastava / Jacopo Bencini / Victoria Chengo / Ganesh Gorti / Lukas Edbauer / Imogen Jacques / Arturo Salazar / Tim Chilobois / Debora Leao Andrade Gouveia / Jose Maria Valenzuela(2018)
Cooperative climate action: global performance & delivery in the Global South - preliminary findings of the ClimateSouth Project for the Global Climate Action Summit (Research Report)
African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) / Blavatnik School of Government / Global Economic Governance Programme at the University of Oxford / German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / TERI University - Hsu, Angel / Oscar Widerberg / Amy Weinfurter / Sander Chan / Mark Roelfsema / Katharina Lütkehermöller / Fatemeh Bakhtiari(2018)
Bridging the emissions gap: the role of non-state and subnational actors - pre-release version of a chapter of the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018
Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme - Chan, Sander / David Gordon / Emma Lecavalier / Craig Johnson / Angel Hsu / Fee Stehle / Thomas Hickmann / Jennifer Bansard / Paty Romero-Lankao(2018)
A global response to climate change: in, through, and for cities?
published on duckofminerva.com 2018-04-06 - Höhne, Niklas / Philip Drost with the contributing authors Fatemeh Bakhtiari / Sander Chan / Ann Gardiner et al.(2016)
Bridging the Gap - the role of non-state action
in: The Emissions Gap Report 2016: a UNEP Synthesis Report, Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment (UNEP), 23-30 - Chan, Sander(2016)
Climate action beyond mitigation and the global North
in: Vikrom Mathur / Aniruddh Mohan, Road from Paris: ensuring effective and equitable climate action, ORF: New Delhi, India, 56-67 - Mathis, Okka Lou / Sander Chan(2016)
Book review: "Hayley Stevenson / John S. Dryzek: Democratizing global climate governance"
in: Carbon and Climate Law Review (CCLR) 10 (1), 83-85 - Serdeczny, Olivia / Eleanor Waters / Sander Chan(2016)
Non-economic loss and damage in the context of climate change: understanding the challenges
(Discussion Paper 3/2016) - Serdeczny, Olivia / Eleanor Waters / Sander Chan(2016)
Non-economic loss and damage: addressing the forgotten side of climate change impacts
(Briefing Paper 3/2016) - Chan, Sander(2015)
Mega-conferences
in: Philipp H. Pattberg / Fariborz Zelli (eds.), Encyclopedia of global environmental governance and politics, Cheltenham UK: Elgar, 275-280 - Chan, Sander / Robert Falkner / Harro van Asselt / Matthew Goldberg(2015)
Strengthening non-state climate action: a progress assessment of commitments launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (Working Paper 242) / Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (Working Paper 216) - Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Pieter Pauw / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis(2015)
EU climate leadership: five building blocks for ambitious action
(Briefing Paper 21/2015) - Brandi, Clara / Steffen Bauer / Sander Chan / Okka Lou Mathis(2015)
Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
in: Loewe, Markus / Nicole Rippin (eds.), Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Discussion Paper 7/2015), 81-84 - Chan, Sander / Pieter Pauw / Harro van Asselt / Thomas Hale / Todd Edwards(2014)
NAZCA portal: capturing and catalysing climate action at all levels
in: Outreach: a multi-stakeholder magazine on climate change and sustainable development, 12.12.2014, 7 - Chan, Sander / Pieter Pauw(2014)
Proposal for a global framework for climate action to engage non-state and subnational stakeholders in the future climate regime
(Briefing Paper 15/2014) - Chan, Sander / Pieter Pauw(2014)
A global framework for climate action: orchestrating non-state and subnational initiatives for more effective global climate governance
(Discussion Paper 34/2014)
Opinion Pieces
- Chan, Sander / Idil Boran / Andrew Deneault(2022)
Promising action for nature and climate is easy, credible action a whole different matter
Bonn: German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), The Current Column of 7 November 2022 - Van Asselt, Harro / Sander Chan / Idil Boran / Thomas Hale / Lukas Hermwille / Charles Roger(2020)
Realizing the promise of Paris: Three ways of strengthening non-state and subnational climate action
in: Global Policy, published online 11.12.2020 - Chan, Sander / Clara Brandi(2020)
Die Lufthansa retten – aber nur unter Bedingungen
in: Klimareporter, 17.04.2020, Online - Boran, Idil / Sander Chan(2019)
Rethinking Global Climate Action beyond 2020
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (The Current Column of 24 June 2019) - Bencini, Jacopo / Sander Chan(2018)
Africa at a crossroads: towards inclusive climate governance
published on The E-Environmentalist November 1, 2018 - Chan, Sander / Jacopo Bencini(2018)
Lots of commitments to climate action, but no room for complacency
published on e-nvironmentalist.com October 1, 2018 - Chan, Sander / Jacopo Bencini(2018)
Lots of action, no room for complacency
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 1 October 2018 - Chan, Sander(2018)
Met Halsema kan Amsterdam nu echt duurzamer worden
published on Het Parool 12. Juli 2018 - Chan, Sander / Thomas Hale / Angel Hsu / Friederike Eichhorn / Ann Gardiner / Brendan Guy(2017)
The First Yearbook of Climate Action: What businesses, cities and regions do, and which next steps are needed?
Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), The Current Column of 16 November 2017 - Bauer, Steffen / Clara Brandi / Sander Chan(2015)
Die To-do-Liste von Paris
published on Zeit Online 14. Dezember 2015 - Pauw, Pieter / Sander Chan(2015)
Regering, de rechter is niet uw debatpartner
in: NRC Handelsblad 01.07.2015, 19 - Pauw, Pieter / Sander Chan(2014)
Polderen met bedrijven, milieu wordt daar heus niet beter van
in: NRC Handelsblad 16. Dezember 2014
Projects
- Implementing sustainable development goals in an incoherent world: Aligning climate action and reduced inequalities (ClimEQ)
- Klimalog: Research and dialogue for a just and SDG-compatible implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement ("Klimalog II")
- Alumni Spring School
- Strengthening Non-state Climate Action in the Global South (ClimateSouth)
- Overcoming Incoherence in implementing the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda
- Klimalog: Dialogue for a climate-smart and just transformation
- Klimalog: Research for a climate-smart and just transformation
Highlight
Maximising goal coherence in sustainable and climate-resilient development? Polycentricity and coordination in governance
Chan, Sander / Gabriela Iacobuta / Ramona Hägele (2020)
in: Sachin Chaturvedi / Heiner Janus / Stephan Klingebiel / Xiaoyun Li / André de Mello e Souza / Elizabeth Sidiropoulos / Dorothea Wehrmann (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of development cooperation for achieving the 2030 Agenda, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 25-50, online