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Overview

Steinar Andresen is affiliated with the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Norway. Their research primarily spans across the fields of economics, econometrics, finance, and environmental science.

The main subjects covered in their work include:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • International Development and Aid
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms

Steinar Andresen's research output features several recent publications with a focus on environmental agreements and climate policies. Notable papers include:

  • The Paris Agreement and Key Actors' Domestic Climate Policy Mixes: Comparative Patterns (2021, International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics)
  • Achieving the Ambitious Targets of the Paris Agreement: The Role of Key Actors (2021, International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics)
  • Calling in the Heavyweights: Why the World Bank Established the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, and What It Might Achieve (2020, International Studies Perspectives)
  • The Minamata Convention and Mercury Policy in China: The Role of Science (2020, Asian Perspective)
  • The Formation of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI): An Empirical Study (2020, Wellcome Open Research)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andresen include Gørild Heggelund, Jon Birger Skjærseth, Guri Bang, G. Kristin Rosendal, and Eirik Hovland Steindal. Their collaborations often focus on topics related to environmental governance and international climate agreements.

Publications by Andresen are commonly found in venues such as:

  • International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics
  • Asian Perspective
  • International Studies Perspectives
  • Globalization and Health
  • Wellcome Open Research

Their subfields of expertise encompass economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, environmental engineering, development, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. This multidisciplinary approach supports a comprehensive understanding of environmental policies and their socio-economic impacts.

Best Publications

  • Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence

    Edward L. Miles;Steinar Andresen;Elaine M. Carlin;Jon Birger Skjærseth

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

    F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • NGO Influence in the Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol: Compliance, Flexibility Mechanisms, and Sinks

    Lars H. Gulbrandsen;Steinar Andresen

  • Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights from the Earth System Governance Project

    Frank Biermann;Frank Biermann;Kenneth Abbott;Steinar Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Leaders, pushers and laggards in the making of the climate regime

    Steinar Andresen;Shardul Agrawala

  • The Persistence of the Kyoto Protocol: Why Other Annex I Countries Move on Without the United States

    Jon Hovi;Tora Skodvin;Steinar Andresen

  • Institutional design for improved forest governance through REDD: Lessons from the global environment facility

    G. Kristin Rosendal;Steinar Andresen

  • California’s Cap-and-Trade System: Diffusion and Lessons

    Guri Bang;David G. Victor;Steinar Andresen

  • Indispensability and Indefensibility? The United States in the Climate Treaty Negotiations

    Shardul Agrawala;Steinar Andresen

  • Nonstate Influence in the International Whaling Commission, 1970-1990

    Tora Skodvin;Steinar Andresen

  • The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change

    Guri Bang;Arild Underdal;Steinar Andresen

  • The effectiveness of UN environmental institutions

    Steinar Andresen

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  • Science and politics in the international management of whales

    Steinar Andresen

  • Realizing access and benefit sharing from use of genetic resources between diverging international regimes: the scope for leadership

    Kristin Rosendal;Steinar Andresen

  • An agenda for change in U.S. climate policies? Presidential ambitions and congressional powers.

    Tora Skodvin;Steinar Andresen

  • Global Environmental Governance: UN Fragmentation and Co-ordination

    Steinar Andresen

  • Norwegian Climate Policy: From Pusher to Laggard?

    Steinar Andresen;Siri Hals Butenschøn

  • International Climate Negotiations: Top-down, Bottom-up or a Combination of Both?

    Steinar E Andresen

  • From Development Aid to Foreign Policy: Global Immunization Efforts as a Turning Point for Norwegian Engagement in Global Health

    Kristin Ingstad Sandberg;Steinar Andresen

  • Performance of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) in China: Achievements and Challenges as Seen by the Chinese

    Gørild Heggelund;Steinar Andresen;Sun Ying

  • Why negotiate a legally binding mercury convention

    Steinar Andresen;Kristin Rosendal;Jon Birger Skjærseth

  • Chinese Climate Policy: Domestic Priorities, Foreign Policy, and Emerging Implementation

    Gørild Heggelund;Steinar Andresen;Inga Fritzen Buan

  • A new approach to global health institutions? A case study of new vaccine introduction and the formation of the GAVI Alliance.

    Kristin Ingstad Sandberg;Steinar Andresen;Gunnar Bjune

  • US Climate Policy : Evolution and Future Prospects

    Shardul Agrawala;Steinar Andresen

  • Improving global environmental governance: best practices for architecture and agency

    Norichika Kanie;Norichika Kanie;Steinar Andresen;Steinar Andresen;Peter M. Haas

Frequent Co-Authors

Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Peter M. Haas
Peter M. Haas University of Massachusetts Amherst
Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein University of Toronto
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Benjamin Cashore
Benjamin Cashore National University of Singapore
Oran R. Young
Oran R. Young University of California, Santa Barbara
Steven J. Hoffman
Steven J. Hoffman York University
Andrew Jordan
Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University

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