Considering the current deadlocks of intergovernmental climate negotiations as well as efforts to create the new institutional framework for the post-2012 treaty, a number of scholars aimed to examine the potential of transnational climate governance (TCG) arrangements in closing “the participatory gap” of the international governance system, and especially when it comes to Southern actors’ engagement. However, there’s a substantial lack of research on systematic analysis of various domestic conditions that favor or impede the engagement of Southern actors in such arrangements. Accordingly, focusing on India as a case study, the aim of the paper is to examine various domestic conditions that shape the participation of Indian actors in different types of TCG arrangements. Based on the database and patterns that emerge, I argue that the interaction among domestic institutions, actors, norms and discourses with transnational also creates opportunities for greater participation of Indian actors through normative and discursive struggle.
