Modelling Net Zero and Sector Coupling: Lessons for European Policy Makers

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Pollitt ◽  
Chi Kong Chyong
Keyword(s):  
European Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Net Zero

Europe's Tragic Political Economy

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 (770) ◽  
pp. 83-88
Author(s):  
Erik Jones
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
European Policy ◽  
Policy Makers

[T]he deeper problem is that European policy makers emphasize consensus over solidarity, pay more attention to principle than to interdependence, and weaken common institutions. …

scholarly journals The Challenge of Climate Change—Complete Energy Systems Transformation: No Nuclear, No Net Zero

Nuclear Law ◽  
2022 ◽  
pp. 85-140
Author(s):  
Timothy Stone
Keyword(s):  
National Policy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Call To Action ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Primary Energy Supply ◽  
Systems Transformation

AbstractTo achieve Net Zero, natural gas, gasoline, diesel, and fuel oils must be replaced with another source. However, most of the current low-carbon energy sources will also need to be replaced as almost none have more than about 25 years remaining of useful life. The pace and scale of the needed change is unprecedented: almost the whole of the world’s primary energy supply must be replaced. The (re)development of the entire energy system is inherently a sovereign risk and it can only be governments who set national energy policy. There is no doubt that markets will continue to play a part in future energy systems, but at the top level, the pace and scale of change to achieve Net Zero is simply far too fast for markets to adapt properly. This chapter is a call to action to the national policy makers and presents this challenge as an opportunity for creating higher-quality jobs and potentially highly attractive and long-dated investment options. The chapter also outlines some risks, including political indecisiveness and policy volatility as potential impediments to making the most of this opportunity and achieving the Net Zero.

scholarly journals Forest carbon offsets over a smart ledger

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grammateia Kotsialou ◽  
Karlygash Kuralbayeva ◽  
Timothy Laing
Keyword(s):  
Technology Use ◽  
Carbon Offsets ◽  
Crucial Aspect ◽  
Policy Action ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Forest Carbon Offsets ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Voluntary Market ◽  
Modern Technologies

2021 has seen increasing climate policy action and net-zero commitments by individuals, companies and governments. A crucial aspect for the transition to net-zero is the voluntary offset market, with projects relating to REDD+ amongst the most popular. Policy-makers are grappling to make such markets efficient and scalable, however, many issues undermine these efforts pertaining to additionality, permanence, leakage and property and community rights. Digitisation has also accelerated, with technologies, notably blockchain, starting to enter the climate change space. Its use is becoming increasingly common within the voluntary market and, in particular, REDD+, although such projects, are generally in proposal or pilot stages. Given the emergence of other technologies such as AI and machine learning, the technologisation of REDD+ is only likely to increase. Thus modern technologies are being seen by developers as a potential solution to issues hindering REDD+. Potential benefits arising from technology use are unlikely to fully accrue without a wider focus on what has undermined REDD+ to date. As such, there is an urgency to establish an understanding of how projects can utilise these technologies to reduce long-standing issues. To do this, we discuss these issues together with technologies’ capacity to address drawbacks of REDD+ projects.

Greening the Mainstream, 1968–1980

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Venus Bivar
Keyword(s):  
Urban Youth ◽  
Environmental Planning ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Nature Reserves ◽  
European Policy ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
New Guidelines ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Cultural Movement

The success of the productivity drive led to surplus problems by the end of the 1960s. French and European policy makers demanded even greater efficiencies, largely by way of farming less land and moving into high-value low-output niche production. The simultaneous rise of environmentalism justified the removal of land from production. By the 1970s, the SAFER was overseeing the creation of nature reserves and recreational areas, while new guidelines for remembrement required environmental planning. High-value low-output production was not only adopted by the mainstream. As part of the growing counter-cultural movement, urban youth moved to the countryside to farm. As niche markets grew, thanks to a growing demand from consumers for a greener world, the Ministry of Agriculture took notice. Along with the new Fédération nationale d'agriculture biologique (FNAB), the Ministry created official standards for organic production, institutionalizing a movement that had spent several decades at the margins.

22. The Common Agricultural Policy

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ève Fouilleux ◽  
Matthieu Ansaloni
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Common Agricultural Policy ◽  
European Policy ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
The Common ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter focuses on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which has long been of symbolic importance to the European integration process. The CAP, which came into force from 1962, is based on three general principles: market unity, Community preference, and financial solidarity. The chapter first considers the early days of CAP and the issue of CAP reform before discussing the policy's objectives, instruments, actors, and debates. It then explains the evolution of the CAP since the 1960s and asks why the CAP has been so problematic for European policy-makers, why CAP has been so resistant to change, and how CAP reform has come about. This chapter also examines some of the challenges facing agricultural policy, as new debates emerge among citizens on the place and the functions performed by agriculture. Particular attention is given to rural development and environmental, transparency, and equity issues.

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