Sustainable development (SD) is commonly defined as development that meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs and aspirations.This paper addresses the concept not with regard to economic, social or environmental policy...

When policy scholars assess the effects of federalism on climate change mitigation, they often look at countries that rejected binding commitments (in particular the United States) and find that federalism enabled sub-national entities to partly fill national regulatory voids. In accordance with...