Democracy and Deliberation in the UNFCCC
By Tuomas Palosaari, Lecturer Democracy and the International System People living in democracies have ways to influence and follow public decision-making that affects their lives. International decision-making is problematic in this regard. The ‘chain of legitimacy’ imagined as extending from the people to the public decision-makers is convoluted when applied to international decision-making. In democracies […]