When contestation legitimizes: the norm of climate change action and the us contesting the paris agreement/

ALLWORDEN Laura von

When contestation legitimizes: the norm of climate change action and the us contesting the paris agreement/ Laura von Allworden - 2025

This article explores how the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in 2017, rather than undermining the global climate action norm, actually strengthened it. It argues that the contestation of the norm, in this case, the US opposition, led to a process of legitimation, particularly within the established global climate regime.


CONTESTATION
GLOBAL CLIMATE GOVERNANCE
LEGITIMATION