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This book focuses on the impact and design of international
environmental regimes which are established to preserve natural
resources and reduce environmental degradation. The author
addresses such regimes from both a conceptual and theoretical point
of view as well as using comparative empirical evidence from issue
areas such as marine pollution, acid rain, ozone layer depletion
and global climate change. He examines specifically a number of
controversial institutional issues in international environmental
politics. Should, for instance, access to decision-processes be
inclusive or exclusive in terms of non-governmental watchdogs?
Similar choices and dilemmas exist with regard to decision-making
rules, the role of the secretariat, the structuring of the agenda,
the organization of the science-politics interface, and the design
of verification and compliance mechanisms. Hence, he addresses real
dilemmas faced by negotiators, in order to help formulate policies
for achieving the most effective organization of international
environmental institutions. This book will be welcomed by students
and scholars interested in environmental political economy and
institutions, and policymakers and practitioners involved in the
negotiation process.
Challenging one-eyed technology-focused accounts of renewables
policy, this book provides a ground-breaking, deep-diving and
genre-crossing longitudinal study of policy development. The book
develops a multi-field explanatory approach, capturing
inter-relationships between actors often analyzed in isolation. It
provides empirically rich and systematically conducted comparative
case studies on the political dynamics of the ongoing energy
transition in six European countries. While France, Germany, Poland
and the United Kingdom opted for 'technology-specific' renewables
support mixes, Norway and Sweden embarked on 'technology-neutral'
support mixes. Differences between the two groups result from
variations in domestic political and organizational fields, but
developments over time in the European environment also spurred
variation. These findings challenge more simplistic and static
accounts of Europeanization. This volume will be of key interest to
scholars and students of energy transitions, comparative climate
politics, policy theory, Europeanization, European integration and
comparative European politics more broadly, as well practitioners
with an interest in renewable energy and climate transition. The
Open Access version of this book, available at:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429198144, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
Challenging one-eyed technology-focused accounts of renewables
policy, this book provides a ground-breaking, deep-diving and
genre-crossing longitudinal study of policy development. The book
develops a multi-field explanatory approach, capturing
inter-relationships between actors often analyzed in isolation. It
provides empirically rich and systematically conducted comparative
case studies on the political dynamics of the ongoing energy
transition in six European countries. While France, Germany, Poland
and the United Kingdom opted for 'technology-specific' renewables
support mixes, Norway and Sweden embarked on 'technology-neutral'
support mixes. Differences between the two groups result from
variations in domestic political and organizational fields, but
developments over time in the European environment also spurred
variation. These findings challenge more simplistic and static
accounts of Europeanization. This volume will be of key interest to
scholars and students of energy transitions, comparative climate
politics, policy theory, Europeanization, European integration and
comparative European politics more broadly, as well practitioners
with an interest in renewable energy and climate transition. The
Open Access version of this book, available at:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429198144, has been made
available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No
Derivatives 4.0 license.
Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world, but
how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and
interaction between them? How do these markets function and what is
the role of design? Carrying out a ground-breaking analysis of
their design and diffusion, this book covers all the major carbon
market systems and processes around the world: the EU, RGGI,
California, Tokyo, New Zealand, Australia, China, South Korea and
Kazakhstan. It offers a systematic, in-depth discussion and
comparison of the key design features in these systems with expert
contributors exploring how, and to what extent, these features have
been shaped by central policy diffusion mechanisms and domestic
politics. By focussing on the specific design features of the
instruments used, this volume makes important contributions to
diffusion theory, highlighting how ETS diffusion processes more
often have resulted in design divergence than convergence, and
discussing the implications of this finding for the vision of
linked systems in the post-Paris era. It will be of significant
interest to a broad audience interested in the emergence,
evolution, functioning and interaction of carbon markets.
Carbon markets are developing and expanding around the world, but
how and to what extent is their design shaped by learning and
interaction between them? How do these markets function and what is
the role of design? Carrying out a ground-breaking analysis of
their design and diffusion, this book covers all the major carbon
market systems and processes around the world: the EU, RGGI,
California, Tokyo, New Zealand, Australia, China, South Korea and
Kazakhstan. It offers a systematic, in-depth discussion and
comparison of the key design features in these systems with expert
contributors exploring how, and to what extent, these features have
been shaped by central policy diffusion mechanisms and domestic
politics. By focussing on the specific design features of the
instruments used, this volume makes important contributions to
diffusion theory, highlighting how ETS diffusion processes more
often have resulted in design divergence than convergence, and
discussing the implications of this finding for the vision of
linked systems in the post-Paris era. It will be of significant
interest to a broad audience interested in the emergence,
evolution, functioning and interaction of carbon markets.
The EU Emissions trading scheme has been characterized as one of
the most far-reaching and radical environmental policies for many
years. Given the EU's earlier resistance to this market-based and
US-flavored program, the development and implementation of the
carbon emissions trading program has been rapid. This novel
approach to environmental regulation has the potential to
dramatically change international strategies for environmental
protection. Understanding the origins and evolution within the EU
is an important case study that offers significant contributions to
the literatures on policy learning and diffusion as well as
multilevel governance.
This title was first published in 2002: The adoption of the 1999
Gothenburg Protocol within the Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the 2001 EU National
Emission Ceilings (NEC) directive has made for much stronger
European air pollution policies. This volume offers the first
in-depth analysis available of this key development. Central
questions discussed include: -What role did the three new Green
member states joining the EU in 1995 play in this development?
-Will these significantly stronger policies only be followed by
weaker implementation? -Why are the EU emission ceilings more
ambitious than those of CLRTAP? -Do these more ambitious EU NEC
emission ceilings and wider trends such as EU enlargement signal
that CLRTAP is fading away as a central forum for European policy
development? Decision makers, negotiators and international and
non-governmental organizations will benefit from this book as it
discusses important institutional issues. Students and academics
will also find it extremely useful.
This title was first published in 2002: The adoption of the 1999
Gothenburg Protocol within the Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution (CLRTAP) and the 2001 EU National
Emission Ceilings (NEC) directive has made for much stronger
European air pollution policies. This volume offers the first
in-depth analysis available of this key development. Central
questions discussed include: -What role did the three new Green
member states joining the EU in 1995 play in this development?
-Will these significantly stronger policies only be followed by
weaker implementation? -Why are the EU emission ceilings more
ambitious than those of CLRTAP? -Do these more ambitious EU NEC
emission ceilings and wider trends such as EU enlargement signal
that CLRTAP is fading away as a central forum for European policy
development? Decision makers, negotiators and international and
non-governmental organizations will benefit from this book as it
discusses important institutional issues. Students and academics
will also find it extremely useful.
Climate policy is today a significant area of EU governance,
providing important framework conditions for many industries. But
how has EU climate policy developed? This book offers structured,
comparative case studies of the development of four central climate
policies: emissions trading systems, renewables, carbon capture and
storage, and energy policy for buildings, examining the intriguing
similarities and differences in how these have taken shape.
Combining sociological New Institutionalism and political science
theories in a novel and engaging way, Elin Lerum Boasson and JArgen
Wettestad explore and explain the history of EU climate policy.
What emerges are fascinating stories - of skilled entrepreneurs who
have managed to create and exploit political windows of
opportunity, and of more long-term path-dependent developments.
Drawing on more than 60 interviewees, the authors present accounts
never told before, providing a valuable and timely contribution to
our knowledge of environmental management and EU integration. This
book is a must-read for all those seeking to understand the driving
forces in EU climate policy and recognize its prospects for the
future.
Climate policy is today a significant area of EU governance,
providing important framework conditions for many industries. But
how has EU climate policy developed? This book offers structured,
comparative case studies of the development of four central climate
policies: emissions trading systems, renewables, carbon capture and
storage, and energy policy for buildings, examining the intriguing
similarities and differences in how these have taken shape.
Combining sociological New Institutionalism and political science
theories in a novel and engaging way, Elin Lerum Boasson and JArgen
Wettestad explore and explain the history of EU climate policy.
What emerges are fascinating stories - of skilled entrepreneurs who
have managed to create and exploit political windows of
opportunity, and of more long-term path-dependent developments.
Drawing on more than 60 interviewees, the authors present accounts
never told before, providing a valuable and timely contribution to
our knowledge of environmental management and EU integration. This
book is a must-read for all those seeking to understand the driving
forces in EU climate policy and recognize its prospects for the
future.
This book draws upon a meticulous study of background documents and
a string of fresh interviews to tell the fascinating story of how
the EU's climate flagship was significantly improved. The EU's
emissions trading system (ETS) covers almost half of its greenhouse
gas emissions and has been hailed as the cornerstone and flagship
of EU climate policy. But in spring 2013 the ETS was in severe
crisis, with a huge surplus of allowances and a sagging carbon
price. Even a formally simple measure to change the timing of
auctioning was initially rejected by the European Parliament. Two
years later a much more important 'market thermostat' was adopted
(i.e. the Market Stability Reserve) and proposals for a complete
ETS overhaul were put on the table. This book examines and explains
how it was possible to turn the flagship around so quickly. Crucial
changes at EU and national levels are identified, chief among them
in Germany and the European Parliament.
This book draws upon a meticulous study of background documents and
a string of fresh interviews to tell the fascinating story of how
the EU’s climate flagship was significantly improved. The EU’s
emissions trading system (ETS) covers almost half of its greenhouse
gas emissions and has been hailed as the cornerstone and flagship
of EU climate policy. But in spring 2013 the ETS was in severe
crisis, with a huge surplus of allowances and a sagging carbon
price. Even a formally simple measure to change the timing of
auctioning was initially rejected by the European Parliament. Two
years later a much more important `market thermostat’ was adopted
(i.e. the Market Stability Reserve) and proposals for a complete
ETS overhaul were put on the table. This book examines and explains
how it was possible to turn the flagship around so quickly. Crucial
changes at EU and national levels are identified, chief among them
in Germany and the European Parliament.
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