PRIORITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL IN THE FRAMEWORK OF UKRAINE'S INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS

Resiliency and adaptation are increasingly prevalent in climate change policy as well as scholarship, yet scholars have brought forward several critiques of these concepts along analytical as well as political lines. Pressing questions include: who resiliency is for, what it takes to maintain it, and the scale at which it takes place. The concept of "perverse resilience", for example, proposes that resiliency for one sub-system may threaten the well-being of the overall system. In this article, I propose the related concept of "perverse adaptation", where one actor or institution's adaptation to climate change in fact produces aftershocks and secondary impacts upon other groups. Drawing on ethnographic and sociolinguistic research in northern Arizona regarding artificial snowmaking at a ski resort on a sacred mountain, I elucidate resort supporters' and others' attempts to frame snowmaking as a sustainable adaptation to drought (and, implicitly, climate change). I counterpoise these framings with narratives from local activists as well as Diné (Navajo) individuals regarding the significant impacts of snowmaking on water supply and quality, sacred lands and ceremony, public health, and, ironically, carbon emissions. In so doing, I argue that we must interrogate resilience policies for their unexpected "victims of adaptation."Key words: climate change policy, adaptation, perverse resilience, sacred sites, Diné (Navajo)

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Policy entrepreneurs in national climate change policy processes

Environment and Planning C Politics and Space ◽

10.1177/2399654417734208 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 35 (8) ◽

pp. 1456-1470 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Inken Reimer ◽

Barbara Saerbeck

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Agenda Setting ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

Forest Degradation ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Coalition Building ◽

Policy Entrepreneurs ◽

Change Policy ◽

Combat Climate Change

The multi-level and multi-actor character of the international climate governance regime, as well as the imminent need for action to combat climate change, stimulates the introduction of new and innovative cross-sectoral policy proposals by policy entrepreneurs. To date, academic literature has extensively studied and discussed the importance of policy entrepreneurs for agenda-setting. The role of policy entrepreneurs in providing continuous support for a new climate policy resulting in its implementation, has on the other hand, so far received only little attention. Taking the Norwegian Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation commitment as an exemplary case, this paper explores the potential of entrepreneurial engagement throughout a country’s climate policy-making process. It aims to demonstrate the importance of policy entrepreneurs beyond agenda-setting, namely for the policy formulation phase in which responsibilities for the implementation are designated to governmental bodies. We refer to this step as institutional anchoring. Following an explorative approach, this paper shows that different types of actors – non-governmental organisations and governmental actors – act as policy entrepreneurs. It demonstrates the roles and importance of policy entrepreneurs for not only gaining, but also maintaining attention on a new policy by means of coalition building and framing.

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Canadian Climate Change Policy: A Comprehensive Account

10.51330/gar.0020112 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Aliya Hemani

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Indigenous Peoples ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

Green Technology ◽

Policy Recommendations ◽

Canadian Government ◽

Change Policy ◽

Extensive Body ◽

The Given

At present, there is a rich and extensive body of literature that concerns itself with the climate-related policies of successive Canadian governments. A vast majority of these works rely heavily on a single determinant—societal, governmental, or external—to account for said policies. In borrowing from and adding to this scholarship, this paper demonstrates how all three determinants have interacted with one another in unique and important ways in order to inform Canadian climate policy thus far. In analyzing nearly four decades worth of major climate-related decisions made by the Canadian government, this paper is organized sequentially, into four chronological phases, each of which focuses primarily upon the given governing party. In concluding its evaluation, this paper presents two normative policy recommendations to enhance Canada’s climate agenda: increased investment in green technology and purposive, thoughtful consultation with Indigenous peoples.

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The evolution of China's climate change policy: international and domestic political economy and a strategy for working with China

Journal of the British Academy ◽

10.5871/jba/009s10.069 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9s10 ◽

pp. 69-98

Author(s):

Hongyi Lai

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Political Economy ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Soft Power ◽

Global Economy ◽

International Political Economy ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

Effective Theory ◽

Partial Explanation ◽

Change Policy

For over a decade China has been the predominant carbon emitter in the global economy. It is thus imperative for us to understand the factors behind its climate change policy in the past decades. In the article, the author surveys the evolution of China�s climate change policy during 1990�2021 and applies theories from international relations and international political economy to explain it. It is found that (neo-)realism/nationalism and liberalism, two main theories in the field, offer only a partial explanation of China�s climate policy. The most effective theory is domestic sources. In particular, leadership power consolidation and a concern with economic growth seem to dictate China�s climate policy. The findings point to the analytical utility of domestic political economy in accounting for the climate stances of nation-states. Policy suggestions for external parties to interact with China on climate change are proposed. There the importance of involving China in global action against climate change, as well as the utility of the economy and trade leverage, soft power standing, and the prevention of extreme weather are discussed.

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Brazilian Climate Change Law

10.1093/law/9780199684601.003.0032 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Karen Alvarenga Oliveira

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

National Policy ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Governance Structure ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Change Policy

This chapter examines the climate change policy of Brazil. In 2010 at the Sixteenth Conference of Parties in Cancún, Brazil announced its voluntary national target of significantly reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 36.1 per cent and 38.9 per cent of projected emissions by 2020. These targets were defined in the Brazilian National Policy on Climate Change (PNMC). The PNMC establishes principles, guidelines, and economic instruments for reaching the national voluntary targets. It relies on sectoral plans for mitigation and adaptation to climate change in order to facilitate the move towards a low-carbon economy. The PNMC defined various aspects related to the measurement of goals, formulation of sectoral plans and of action plans for the prevention and control of deforestation in all Brazilian biomes, and governance structure.

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Climate Policy Paralysis in Australia: Energy Security, Energy Poverty and Jobs

Energies ◽

10.3390/en13184894 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (18) ◽

pp. 4894 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Saleem H. Ali ◽

Kamila Svobodova ◽

Jo-Anne Everingham ◽

Mehmet Altingoz

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Policy ◽

Energy Security ◽

Policy Development ◽

Climate Change Policy ◽

Media Content Analysis ◽

Energy Poverty ◽

Change Policy ◽

Thermal Coal ◽

Domestic Energy

According to the 2020 Climate Change Performance Index, Australia was ranked as the worst-performing country on climate change policy. The country has an ambivalent record of climate policy development as well as implementation, and has been criticized for its inaction. This paper considers why the country has been locked in climate policy “paralysis” through analyzing defining attributes of such a paralysis, and the tentative connections between domestic energy policies and international trade and development. We conducted a media content analysis of 222 articles and identified media narratives in three cases of energy projects in the country involving thermal coal exports, domestic renewable energy storage, and closure of a domestic coal power station. The analysis reveals that policy paralysis in Australian climate change policy can be traced back to the countervailing arguments that have been pervasive around domestic energy security, rural employment and international energy poverty. The political establishment has struggled to develop a sustainable consensus on climate change and the citizenry remains polarized. We also discuss how a “focusing event,” such as a major natural disaster can break the impasse but this is only possible if energy security at home, energy poverty abroad and employment imperatives across the board are clearly delineated, measured and prioritized.

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