BOOKS
- Chan, S. (2014) Partnerships for Sustainability Development: Emergence, Adaptation and Impact on Global and Domestic Governance. PhD thesis. VU University, Amsterdam. Available here.
- Pattberg, P., and S. Chan, A. Mert, F. Biermann (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Reprinted (2013) in paperback, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
- Kuramoch, T., Roelfsema, M., Hsu, A., Lui, S., Weinfurter, A., Chan, S., Hale, T., Clapper, A., Höhne, N. (2020) Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions. Climate Policy, 20(3), 275-291. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1740150
- Hsu, A., J. Brandt, O. Widerberg, S. Chan, A. Weinfurter (2019) Exploring links between national climate strategies and non-state and subnational climate action in nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Climate Policy, 1-15 (online first). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1624252
- Chan, S., W. Amling (2019) Does orchestration in the Global Climate Action Agenda effectively prioritize and mobilize transnational climate adaptation action? International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 1-18 (online first). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-019-09444-9
- Chan, S., I. Boran, H. van Asselt, G. Iacobuta, N. Niles, K. Rietig, M. Scobie, J.S. Bansard, D. Delgado Pugley, L.L. Delina, F. Eichhorn, P. Ellinger, O. Enechi, T. Hale, Hermwille, T. Hickmann, M. Honegger, A. Hurtado Epstein, S. La Hoz Theuer, R. Mizo, Y. Sun, P. Toussaint, G. Wambugu (2019) Promises and risks of nonstate action in climate and sustainability governance. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change, 10(3), 1-8. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.572
- Hsu, A., N. Höhne, T. Kuramochi, M. Roelfsema, A. Weinfurter, Y. Xie, K. Lütkehermöller, S. Chan, J. Corfee-Morlot, P. Drost, P. Faria, A. Gardiner, D. J. Gordon, T. Hale, N.E. Hultman, J. Moorhead, S. Reuvers, J. Setzer, N. Singh, C. Weber / O. Widerberg (2019) A research roadmap for quantifying non-state and subnational climate mitigation action. Nature Climate Change 9 (1), 11-17. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0338-z
- Chan, S., P. Ellinger, O. Widerberg (2018) Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 18 (1), 135-152. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-018-9384-2
- Chan, S., R. Falkner, M. Goldberg, H. van Asselt (2018) Effective and Geographically Balanced? – An Output-based Assessment of Non-state Climate Actions. Climate Policy. 18(1). Available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14693062.2016.1248343
- D’Amato, D., N. Droste, S. Chan, A. Hofer (2017) Green Economy: Pragmatism or Revolution? – Perceptions of Young Researchers on Social Ecological Transformation. Environmental Values, 26 (4). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3197/096327117X14976900137331
- Chan, S., S. Bauer, C. Brandi (2016) Aligning Transnational Action with International Climate Governance: The Road from Paris. Review of European Comparative International Environmental Law (RECIEL), 25 (2): 238-247. Available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/reel.12168/abstract
- Chan, S., H. van Asselt, T. Hale, K.W. Abbott, M. Beisheim, M. Hoffmann, B. Guy, N. Höhne, A. Hsu, P. Pattberg, P. Pauw, C. Ramstein, and O. Widerberg (2015) Reinvigorating international climate policy: A comprehensive framework for effective nonstate action. Global Policy, 6 (4): 466-473. Available online at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.12294/full
- Chan, S. (2010) Ethical Narratives and Climate Change in a Transnational Context. Radix, 36 (4) 264-275. In Dutch. Available online at: http://www.forumc.nl/netwerken/forumc-kunst/netwerk/56-content/radix-36-4/183-ethische-narratieven-en-klimaatverandering-in-een-transnationale-context
- Chan, S., P. Pattberg (2008) Private Rule-Making and the Politics of Accountability: Analyzing Global Forest Governance. Global Environmental Politics, 8 (3) 103-121. Available online at: http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1162/glep.2008.8.3.103
- Chan, S. (2009) Partnerships for Sustainable Development in China: Adaptation of a Global Governance Instrument. European Journal of East Asian Studies, 8 (1) 121-13. Available at: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156805809×439912
- Biermann, F., S. Chan, A. Mert, P. Pattberg (2007) Partnerships for Sustainable Development: An Appraisal Framework, Global Governance Working Papers, No. 31. Amsterdam: The Global Governance Project.
BOOK CHAPTERS
- Chan, S., R.B. Mitchel (2020) How to evaluate agents and agency. Chapter 14 in: M. Betsill, A. Gerlak, T.M. Benney (2020) Agency in Earth System Governance, Cambridge University Press, 168-180.
- Betsill, M.M., T. M. Benney, A. K. Gerlak, C. Brown, S. Chan, O. Enechi, R. Mitchell, I. Möller, J. Patterson, M. Scobie, S. van der Hel, and O. Widerberg (2020) Introduction: Agency in Earth System Governance. Chapter 1 in: M. Betsill, A. Gerlak, T.M. Benney (2020) Agency in Earth System Governance, Cambridge University Press, 3-24.
- Gerlak, A.K., M. Betsil, J. Patterson, S. Chan, T. Benney, M.C. Brisbois, T. Eimer (2020) Conclusion: policy implications of ESG-Agency research and reflections on the road ahead. Chapter 17 in: M. Betsill, A. Gerlak, T.M. Benney (2020) Agency in Earth System Governance, Cambridge University Press, 183-197
- Chan, S., G. Iacobuta, Haegele, R. (forthcoming in 2020). Maximizing goal coherence in sustainable and climate resilient development. In: Chaturvedi, S., H. Janus, S. Klingebiel, A. De Mello e Souza, E. Sidiropoulos, D. Wehrmann, X. Li (eds). Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda: Contested Collaboration. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Pattberg, P., S. Chan, L. Sanderink, O. Widerberg (2018) Linkages: understanding their role in polycentric governance. in: Andrew Jordan / Dave Huitema / Harro van Asselt / Johanna Forster (eds.), Governing climate change: polycentricity in action? Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Univ. Pr, 169-187. Available online at: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/governing-climate-change/033486F6DA7F2CD1F8F3D6011B17909B#
- Chan, S., P. Pattberg, A. Mert (2017) Between Global and Local Governance: The Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund in China. Chapter 4 in: A. Esguerra, A., Helmerich, N., Risse, T. (2016) Sustainability Politics and Limited Statehood – Contesting New Modes of Governance. Palgrave Macmillan. Available online at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-39871-6_4
- Chan, S., (2016) Climate action beyond mitigation and the global North. in: Vikrom Mathur / Aniruddh Mohan, Road from Paris: ensuring effective and equitable climate action, ORF: New Delhi, India, 56-67. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/Road-from-Paris.pdf
- Brandi, C., S. Bauer, S. Chan, O. Mathis (2015) Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. in: Loewe, M. / N. Rippin (eds.), Translating an ambitious vision into global transformation: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), (Discussion Paper 7/2015), 81-84. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_7.2015_NEU2_13.pdf
- S. (2015) Mega-conferences. In P.H. Pattberg, F. Zelli (eds.) (2015) Encyclopedia of global environmental governance and politics, Cheltenham UK: Elgar 2750280.
- Chan, S., M. Stepan (2015) China as a mirror and testing ground for governance beyond the West. In: Mohan, Brij (ed.), Global frontiers of social development in theory and practice – climate, economy and justice, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 167-188.
- Chan, S. (2012) Partnerships for Sustainable Development beyond the OECD world: comparing Indian and China. Chapter 6 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Edward Elgar.
- Chan, S., Müller, C. (2012) Explaining the Geographic, Thematic and Organizational Differentiation of Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Chapter 3 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Mert, A., Chan, S. (2012) The Politics of Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Chapter 2 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for sustainable development: Emergence, influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Elgar.
- Biermann, F., Chan, S., Mert, A., Pattberg P. (2012) The Overall Effects of Partnerships for Sustainable Development: More Smoke Than Fire? Chapter 4 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (2012) Introduction: Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Chapter 11 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (2012) Conclusions: Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Chapter 1 in: Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Pattberg, P., F. Bierman, S. Chan, A. Mert (ed.) (2012) Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
- Compagnon, D, S. Chan, A. Mert (2011) The Changing Role of the State in Global Environmental Governance. Chapter 11 in: Biermann, F., Pattberg, P. Global Governance Reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Bäckstrand, K, Campe S., Chan, S., Mert, A., Schäferhoff, M. (2011) Transnational Public-Private Partnerships. Chapter 6 in: Biermann, F., Pattberg, P. Global Governance Reconsidered. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
- Biermann, F., Chan, M-s., Mert, A., Pattberg P. (2007) Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Does the Promise Hold? Chapter 11 in: Glasbergen, P., F. Biermann, and A. Mol (eds.) (2007), Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
OTHER ACADEMIC WORKS
- Chan, S. (2016) Climate Governance Beyond Mitigation and the Global North. Seminar (Special Issue: The road from Paris, a symposium on the new architecture of climate governance), 683: 37-41. http://ww.india-seminar.com/2016/683/683_sander_chan.htm
- Serdeczny, O., E. Waters, S. Chan (2016) Non-economic loss and damage: addressing the forgotten side of climate change impacts, DIE Briefing Paper 3/2016. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/briefing-paper/article/non-economic-loss-and-damage-addressing-the-forgotten-side-of-climate-change-impacts/
- Serdeczny, O., E. Waters, S. Chan (2016) Non-economic loss and damage in the context of climate change: understanding the challenges. DIE Discussion Paper 3/2016. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/non-economic-loss-and-damage-in-the-context-of-climate-change-understanding-the-challenges/
- Chan, S., P. Pauw, H. Van Asselt, T. Hale, T. Edwards (2014) NAZCA portal: capturing and catalysing climate action at all levels. Outreach: a multi-stakeholder magazine on climate change and sustainable development, 12/12/2014, 7. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/nazca-portal-capturing-and-catalysing-climate-action-at-all-levels/
- Chan, S., P. Pauw (2014) Proposal for a global framework for climate action to engage non-state and subnational stakeholders in the future climate regime. DIE Briefing Paper 15/2014. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/briefing-paper/article/proposal-for-a-global-framework-for-climate-action-to-engage-non-state-and-subnational-stakeholders-in-the-future-climate-regime/
- Chan, S., P. Pauw (2014) A global framework for climate action: orchestrating non-state and subnational initiatives for more effective global climate governance. DIE Discussion Paper 34/2014. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/en/discussion-paper/article/a-global-framework-for-climate-action-orchestrating-non-state-and-subnational-initiatives-for-more-effective-global-climate-governance/
REPORTS
- Shawoo, Z., Dzebo, A., Hägele, R., Iacobuta, I., Chan, S., Muhoza, C., Osano, P., Francisco, M., Persson, Å., Linner. B.-O., Vijge, M.J. (2020) Increasing policy coherence between NDCs and SDGs: a national perspective. SEI Policy Brief. Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Available at: https://www.sei.org/publications/increasing-policy-coherence-between-ndcs-and-sdgs/
- Kuramochi, T., Lui, S., Höhne, N., Smit, S., de Villafranca Casas, M.J., Hans, F., Nascimento, L., Tanguy, P., Hsu, A., Weinfurter, A., Yeo, Z.Y., Kim, Y., Raghavan, M., Krummenacher, C.I., Xie, Y., Roelfsema, M., Chan, S., Hale, T. Global climate action from cities, regions and businesses: Impact of individual actors and cooperative initiatives on global and national emissions. 2019 edition. Research report, NewClimate Institute, Data-Driven Lab, PBL, German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford. Available at: https://newclimate.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Report-Global-Climate-Action-from-Cities-Regions-and-Businesses_2019.pdf
- Hsu, A., O. Widerberg, F. Bakhtiari, S. Chan, K. Lütkehermöller, M. Roelfsema, A. Weinfurter (2018) Bridging the gap – the role of non-state and subnational actors. In: UN Environment (ed.), Emissions Gap Report 2018, – A UNEP Synthesis Report. Nairobi: UN Environment, 29-42. Available at: https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/report/bridging-emissions-gap-role-non-state-and-subnational-actors
- Chan, S., T. Hale, K. Mbeva, M. Kumar Shrivastava, J. Bencini, V. Chengo, G. Gorti, L. Edbauer, I. Jacques, A. Salazar, T. Cholibois, D. Leao Andrade Gouveia, J.M. Valenzuela, A. Waud, A. Kaushik, K. Michael, M. Sastri, R. Puri, R. Rahman (2018) Cooperative climate action 2013 – 2018: global performance and geographic scope. A report of the “Strengthening non-state climate action in the Global South” Project (ClimateSouth). Bonn/Nairobi/New Delhi/Oxford: German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), The Energy and Resources Insitute (TERI), Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University. Available at: https://www.geg.ox.ac.uk/sites/geg.bsg.ox.ac.uk/files/2018-12/ClimateSouth%2020Global%20climate%20action%202013-2018%20Nov2018.pdf
- Chan, S., J. Bencini (2018) Boosting non-state climate action in the European Union.
DIE Briefing Paper 21/2018. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/briefing-paper/article/boosting-non-state-climate-action-in-the-european-union/ - Chan, S., J. Bencini (2018) Toolbox for multi-stakeholder climate partnerships: a policy framework to stimulate bottom-up climate actions. EESC Study. Brussels: European Economic and Social Committee. Available at https://www.die-gdi.de/buchveroeffentlichungen/article/toolbox-for-multi-stakeholder-climate-partnerships-a-policy-framework-to-stimulate-bottom-up-climate-actions-study/
- Pauw, P., S. Chan (2018) Multistakeholder partnerships for adaptation: the role of micro, small and medium enterprises. in: Caroline Schaer / Natasha Kuruppu (eds.), Private-sector action in adaptation: perspectives on the role of micro, small and medium size enterprises, Copenhagen: UNEP DTU, 98-109. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/externe-publikationen/article/multistakeholder-partnerships-for-adaptation-the-role-of-micro-small-and-medium-enterprises/
- Höhne, H., P. Drost, F. Bakhtiari, S. Chan, A. Gardiner, T. Hale, A. Hsu, T. Kuramochi, D. Puig, M. Roelfsema, Sterl, S. (2016) Bridging the Gap – The Role of Non-State Action. Chapter 4 in: The Emissions Gap Report 2016 – A UNEP Synthesis Report. United National Environment Program (UNEP), Nairoi. Available online at: http://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/10016/emission_gap_report_2016.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
- Chan, S., R. Falkner, H. Van Asselt, M. Goldberg (2015) Strengthening non-state climate action: a progress assessment of commitments launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit. Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Working Paper No. 242/GRI Working Paper No. 216. Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI), German Development Institute/Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE). Avaliable at: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/64493/1/Working-Paper-216-Chan-et-al.pdf
- Chan, S. (2012) Voluntary Corporate Environmental Behaviour. Comparative Policy and Practice Study 4. EU-China Environmental Governance Programme. Beijing, China.
- Pattberg, P., Szulecki, K., Chan, S., Mert, A. (2008) Assessing the Role and Relevance of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in Global Sustainability Governance. Chapter VII in: Partnerships for Sustainability: Examining the Evidence. Washington: NAS. Available at: https://www.nap.edu/read/12541/chapter/10
NON-ACADEMIC WORKS
- Chan, S., Brandi, C. (2020) Die Lufthansa retten – aber nur unter Bedingungen. (Rescuing Lufthansa – only under conditions). Article in German. KlimaReporter. 17 April 2020. Available at: https://www.klimareporter.de/verkehr/die-lufthansa-retten-aber-nur-unter-bedingungen
- Boran, I., S. Chan (2019) Klimaschutz nach 2020 neu denken. DIE aktuelle Kolumne, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), 24 June 2019. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/die-aktuelle-kolumne/article/klimaschutz-nach-2020-neu-denken/
- Boran, I., S. Chan (2019) Rethinking Global Climate Action beyond 2020. DIE aktuelle Kolumne, Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE), vom 24 Juni 2019. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/German_Development_Institute_Boran_Chan_24.06.2019_01.pdf
- Bencini, J., S. Chan (2018) Africa at a crossroads: towards inclusive climate governance. The E-Environmentalist, 1 November 2018. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/externe-publikationen/article/africa-at-a-crossroads-towards-inclusive-climate-governance/
- Chan, S., J. Bencini (2018) Lots of commitments to climate action, but no room for complacency. The E-environmentalist, 1 October 2018. Available at: https://www.die-gdi.de/externe-publikationen/article/lots-of-commitments-to-climate-action-but-no-room-for-complacency/
- Chan, S., W. Amling (2017) Trump, Climate Action is Unstoppable! T20 Germany Blog. 20 April 2017. Available at: https://blogs.die-gdi.de/2017/04/20/trump-climate-action-is-unstoppable/
- Bauer, S., C. Brandi, and S. Chan (2015) Die To-do-Liste von Paris. Zeit Online, 14 December 2015. Available at: https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2015-12/klimagipfel-paris-vertrag-zukunft-entwicklung-umweltschutz
- Pauw, P., S. Chan (2015) Regering, de rechter is niet uw debatpartner. (Dear government, the court is not your debating partner) Article in Dutch. NRC Handelsblad, 1 July 2015. Available at: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2015/07/03/regering-de-rechter-is-niet-uw-debatpartner-a1405934
- Pauw, P., S. Chan (2014) Polderen met bedrijven, milieu wordt daar heus niet beter van. (A corporate consensus does not guarantee a better environment) Article in Dutch. NRC Handelsblad 16 December 2014. Available at: http://www.die-gdi.de/en/others-publications/article/polderen-met-bedrijven-milieu-wordt-daar-heus-niet-beter-van/
- Chan, S. (2013) Selectief sentiment voor dieren (Selective sentimentality for animals) Article in Dutch. Nederlands Dagblad, 9 August 2013.
- Chan, S. (2011) China’s Sustainable Development and the 12th Five Year Plan. CEVA Magazine, 2011 (2) 30-37. In Dutch.
- Tuurberg, K. (Pseudonym) (2011) China is niet onbeschaafd. (China is Not Uncivilized.) Article in Dutch. Nederlands Dagblad, 12 October 2011.
- Chan, S. (2010) ChristenUnie moet uit de kast komen. (Christian Union must come out of the closet) Article in Dutch. Trouw, 13 January 2010.
- Chan, S., F. Biermann, A. Mert, P. Pattberg (2008) Partnerships for Sustainable Development. In: Van den Burg, S., Spaargaren G., Van Lith, D. (2008) Een Andere Rol Voor de Overheid?
- Chan, S. (2008) Westen kan China beter goed voorbeeld geven. (Coal Power in China: West Should Set Example). Article in Dutch. Nederlands Dagblad, 28 juli 2008.
- Chan, S (2008) Constructieve dialoog nodig tussen ChristenUnie en gelovige homo’s. (Constructive Dialogue Between ChristenUnie Party and Gay Christians is Necessary). Article in Dutch, Nederlands Dagblad, 17 October 2008.
- Chan, S. (2007) Zorgen voor klimaat is naastenliefde. (Climate Care, a question of neighborly love) Article in Dutch. Nederlands Dagblad, 28 August 2007.