Datasets and Sources of Reframing Global Climate Governance: A Multidimensional Assessment of Structural Drivers and Normative Pathways

Climate change emerges from interdependent political, economic, societal, technological, environmental, and legal systems, requiring theoretical integration to explain real-world outcomes such as the withdrawal of highly institutionalized nations from global agreements. This study develops a multidimensional framework that combines entropy-weighted indices, partial least squares structural equation modeling, and critical discourse analysis across 73 countries reporting to the UNFCCC. The findings reveal that emissions trajectories reflect systemic configurations rooted in institutional logics, political-economic coordination, and embedded egocentric interests—rather than isolated variables or formal capacity. Direct, mediated, moderated, and multi-group analyses show how structural interdependence shapes national mitigation outcomes. These insights challenge compliance-based models and suggest that enduring climate action requires governance systems built on equity, integration, and accountability. We propose reconfiguring the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities (CBDR) by embedding climate justice, collective mindsets, and sustaining political will as normative imperatives for inclusive, durable, and system-wide climate governance.

气候变化源自相互依存的政治、经济、社会、技术、环境与法律体系，需通过理论整合来阐释诸如高度制度化国家退出全球气候协定等现实结果。本研究构建了一个多维度分析框架，融合熵权指数、偏最小二乘结构方程模型与批判性话语分析方法，对73个向《联合国气候变化框架公约（United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC）》提交报告的国家开展研究。研究结果显示，排放轨迹反映的是根植于制度逻辑、政治经济协调与内嵌利己主义利益的系统性结构，而非孤立变量或形式化能力。直接效应、中介效应、调节效应及多群组分析揭示了结构性相互依存如何塑造各国的气候减缓成效。这些研究发现挑战了基于合规性的治理模型，并表明持久的气候行动需要构建以公平、整合与问责为核心的治理体系。我们提议对共同但有区别的责任原则（Common but Differentiated Responsibilities, CBDR）进行重构，将气候正义、集体共识与持续的政治意愿确立为包容性、可持续性及全系统气候治理的规范性要求。