Accelerating low carbon transitions via budgetary processes? EU climate governance in times of crisis

Rietig, Katharina

doi:10.1080/13501763.2021.1918217

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“…In this context, a Just Transition means assisting regions that are more affected, being highly reliant on extractive industries or carbon-intensive industries (EC, 2020b). At present, the EU still seems committed to footing the bill of the green transition, showcasing ‘policy entrepreneurial leadership’ (Rietig, 2021), even in the context of a mounting energy crisis and budgetary pressure after the start of the war in Ukraine.…”

Section: Literature Review: European Investor State and The Just Tran...mentioning

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Limitations of coordinative Europeanisation in the Just Transition Mechanism in Romania

Volintiru,

Nicola

2024

Competition & Change

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The EU currently promotes a radical transition towards a green, digital and more inclusive economy, which for its realization relies on the European Investor State’s financial architecture. As the transition generates losers, not only winners, instruments like the Just Transition Mechanism (JTM) are designed to provide a compensatory function. However, our research shows that it might miss its mark of ‘leaving no one behind’. JTM is a fascinating extension of European Investor State as it seeks to service the losers through investments rather than compensations. Firstly, JTM mirrors the vision of the InvestEU program and doubles down on industrial transformation and strategic investments that rely substantially on private sector involvement. Secondly, as a process, the JTM requires local stakeholder coordination and national institutional capacity – both of which can pose additional challenges to newer member states without enhancing local capabilities. Thirdly, based on the process design, much like other EU programs, JTM has a level of complexity that leaves beneficiaries highly reliant on technical assistance. As such, investment gaps in the newer member states might be extended, and not compressed by the current compensatory financial tools of the EU. Using an in-depth case study method, we develop a multi-dimensional evaluation of the Just Transition process in the most affected region of the Jiu Valley in Romania. Through an original local stakeholder mapping, we find that while the local and national authorities have the highest influence in determining the Just Transition process in Romania, they are also very much distrusted by other local actors. Our findings reveal that it is not just the often-cited weakness in institutional capacity, but also that of poor stakeholder consensus that impede the strategic planning and implementation of new EU investment tools at the level of targeted beneficiaries.

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Section: Literature Review: European Investor State and The Just Tran...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Limitations of coordinative Europeanisation in the Just Transition Mechanism in Romania

Volintiru,

Nicola

2024

Competition & Change

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“…The Climate Act includes not only the Union's legal goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050, but also the need to strengthen carbon capture in the EU through more ambitious regulation (Rietig, 2021;Teevan, et al 2021) The students are then divided into groups of 3-5 members. Each group will be asked to draft their own Sustainable Development Goals on separate piece of paper, as well as suggest ways of achieving them (20 minutes).…”

Section: Progress Through the European Climate Lawmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability. E-book for students

Pierański,

Borusiak,

Brozović

et al. 2023

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The subchapter deals with the theoretical and political roots of the sustainability concept and its changes over time. It identifies four main directions of theoretical, political, and business practice, whereby the relationship between economic growth and its environmental and socio-economic consequences were first identified, then gradually transformed into approaches focused on critical issues in the present. Each of these roots has some links to how economic and political thinking developed from the 1960s to the first decades of the 21st century and reflects the changing environment and approaches to their solution. The subchapter also points out that the actual result of these efforts has not yet been sufficiently reflected in most political and economic practice, despite many declaratory political acts.

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“…The Climate Act includes not only a legal target for the Union to reach climate neutrality by 2050, but also the need to enhance the EU carbon sink through a more ambitious regulation (Rietig 2021 ; Teevan et al 2021 ), a process to set a climate target for 2040, a commitment to negative emissions after 2050, and the creation of a European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change.…”

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European Union policies and their role in combating climate change over the years

Cifuentes‐Faura

2022

Air Qual Atmos Health

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The worrying environmental situation and increased public awareness in recent years have led many countries to take measures to reduce negative impacts on the environment. The European Union (EU) has been one of the most active in environmental protection with the formulation of policies aimed at preserving the health and well-being of citizens and protecting natural resources. One of the objectives of environmental policies is to make the economy of its member states more environmentally friendly, although this requires finding solutions to major challenges such as climate change, the scarcity of natural resources, the emission of polluting gases, and unsustainable consumption and production. This article reviews the main policies that have been implemented in the EU to reduce environmental problems and the scope of climate change conferences. It offers solutions to promote sustainability that could be adopted by companies, individuals, and governmental institutions to jointly contribute to achieving a more sustainable world, where problems such as climate change or the emission of polluting gases are minimized. The aim is to follow the principles of the Circular Economy and the European Green Deal.

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Accelerating low carbon transitions via budgetary processes? EU climate governance in times of crisis

Cited by 16 publications

References 35 publications

Limitations of coordinative Europeanisation in the Just Transition Mechanism in Romania

Limitations of coordinative Europeanisation in the Just Transition Mechanism in Romania

Sustainability. E-book for students

European Union policies and their role in combating climate change over the years

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