For all its economic capacity, population size, and resource base, California remains only one among the 50 United States and, essentially, is a subnational actor attempting to play a role in the climate change policy arena on par with the nation-states of the world. This raises a series of questions about the substance and breadth of the state's new policy and what has motivated it.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/californias-climate-change-policy-case-subnational-state-action-tackling-global
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/daniel-mazmanian
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/journal-environment-development
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment-politics
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution-control
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fuel-standards
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california-ghg-emissions-standards
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-policy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/california
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation