The Swedish Climate Policy Framework and the Climate Act

2020 ◽  
pp. 443-456
Author(s):  
Kristina Forsbacka
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Framework

The Forest Sector in the 2030 EU Climate Policy Framework: Looking back to Assess Its Future

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 124-142
Author(s):  
Kathrin Böhling ◽  
Maria Fernanda Marques Todeschini
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Forest Sector ◽  
Carbon Neutrality ◽  
Wide System ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Coalitional Politics

Abstract From 2021 onwards, forests and forestry will for the first time contribute to the European Union’s climate action targets. The new Land Use, Land Use Change & Forestry (lulucf) Regulation commits Member States to achieve carbon neutrality on the basis of an EU-wide system. The system accounts for carbon sequestered and emitted from forests and other land uses like crop- and wetland. What looks like a significant step in the Union’s climate policy framework, however, leaves the large potential of Europe’s forest sector for climate mitigation untapped. The present article draws this conclusion from a comprehensive analysis of 67 documents related to decision-making on the lulucf Regulation. It reveals coalitional politics and the salience of the Commission’s behavior as key to explain the Regulation’s limited scope and concludes with assessing the future role of forests in the Union’s climate policy framework.

Comparing Climate Policy Processes in India, Brazil, and South Africa: Domestic Engagements With International Climate Policy Frameworks

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 186-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabhat Upadhyaya ◽  
Mathias Fridahl ◽  
Björn-Ola Linnér ◽  
Mikael Román
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Cycle ◽  
International Climate Policy ◽  
Nationally Determined Contributions ◽  
International Climate ◽  
Tackle Climate Change

Using policy cycle model as a heuristic, this article studies Indian, Brazilian, and South African engagement with Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by (a) comparing NAMA policy process and (b) identifying factors driving or limiting the framework’s domestic application. India largely remained uninterested in NAMAs, Brazil aligned its domestic climate policy and NAMAs, while South Africa had a more nuanced engagement when formulating NAMAs. Four factors influenced these countries’ NAMA engagements: the level and necessity of international support, the availability of domestic policy provisions to tackle climate change, the domestic institutional capacity to coordinate interministerial functioning, and the role of individuals in the institutional apparatus. As an international climate policy framework, studying NAMA engagement provides learnings for nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement for designing the instrument, ensuring clarity on support provisions for ratcheting up ambitions, and enhancing institutional capacity, to expedite transition from policy formulation to implementation and beyond.

scholarly journals Introduction of Energy and Climate Mitigation Policy Issues in Energy - Environment Model of Latvia

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 12-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Klavs ◽  
J. Rekis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Emissions Reduction ◽  
Climate Mitigation ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Policies And Measures ◽  
Energy Efficiency Potential

Abstract The present research is aimed at contributing to the Latvian national climate policy development by projecting total GHG emissions up to 2030, by evaluating the GHG emission reduction path in the non-ETS sector at different targets set for emissions reduction and by evaluating the obtained results within the context of the obligations defined by the EU 2030 policy framework for climate and energy. The method used in the research was bottom-up, linear programming optimisation model MARKAL code adapted as the MARKAL-Latvia model with improvements for perfecting the integrated assessment of climate policy. The modelling results in the baseline scenario, reflecting national economic development forecasts and comprising the existing GHG emissions reduction policies and measures, show that in 2030 emissions will increase by 19.1 % compared to 2005. GHG emissions stabilisation and reduction in 2030, compared to 2005, were researched in respective alternative scenarios. Detailed modelling and analysis of the Latvian situation according to the scenario of non-ETS sector GHG emissions stabilisation and reduction in 2030 compared to 2005 have revealed that to implement a cost effective strategy of GHG emissions reduction first of all a policy should be developed that ensures effective absorption of the available energy efficiency potential in all consumer sectors. The next group of emissions reduction measures includes all non-ETS sectors (industry, services, agriculture, transport, and waste management).

scholarly journals Reforming the EU approach to LULUCF and the climate policy framework

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ellison ◽  
Mattias Lundblad ◽  
Hans Petersson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
The Eu

Enacting a Carbon Tax: How Do We Get There?

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Gilbert E. Metcalf
Keyword(s):  
Climate Policy ◽  
Carbon Tax ◽  
Political Support ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Legislative Process ◽  
Tax System ◽  
Emission Reductions ◽  
Over Time

The final chapter lays out a policy framework for building political support to enact a carbon tax. The framework can focus policymakers on the task at hand and instill discipline in the legislative process. The carbon tax should be revenue neutral, contribute to fairness in the tax system, streamline climate policy, and lead to significant emission reductions over time. The chapter goes on to explain why those are key elements of a policy framework through which bipartisan support for a carbon tax could be possible.

Mega-Regional Trade Agreements and Post-2015 Climate Protection: Bridging the Gap

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 264-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Frey
Keyword(s):  
Trade Policy ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Trade Agreements ◽  
Regional Trade Agreements ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Regional Trade ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Economic Trends

2015 is an important year for both climate and trade policy. While in the climate community eyes are set on the cop21 in Paris for a new climate policy framework which would succeed Kyoto, trade negotiators are preparing for the final phases of negotiations on so-called “mega-regional” trade agreements like the tpp, ttip, and ceta. This paper argues that the current momentum should be harnessed to make trade policy part of the “enabling environment” for emission reductions. This would reflect worldwide economic trends with respect to growing markets for low-carbon technologies like renewable energy and energy-efficiency. However, it would also mean a new approach in the relationship between trade and the environment, and a shift of focus from regulatory space to common regulation and targeted trade-liberalization of climate-friendly goods and services. This contribution explores ways in which trade liberalization and climate policy can be effectively linked in eu trade agreements under negotiation, focusing on, i.a., the liberalization of trade in low-carbon goods and services and a regulatory alignment of emissions standards.

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