Climate change legislation in the least developing countries

Nachmany, Michal; Abeysinghe, Achala; Barakat, Subhi

doi:10.4337/9781786435781.00012

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“…This was identified as a most likely case of a potentially stable climate policy based on a review of over 500 climate laws in 66 countries (Nachmany et al 2014) due to its long-term policy design towards 2050 and carbon budgets. This was identified as a most likely case of a potentially stable climate policy based on a review of over 500 climate laws in 66 countries (Nachmany et al 2014) due to its long-term policy design towards 2050 and carbon budgets.…”

Section: Uper-wicked' Problems Such As Climate Change Require Ambitiomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following Tony Abbot's LNP victory in the general election 2013, the Clean Energy legislative package and with it the carbon tax and emission trading scheme were repealed in 2014 and replaced by weaker climate legislation (Nachmany et al 2014). Key examples are Germany's three U-turns on nuclear energy (phase-out, continuous use with new government in 2009, phase-out due to strong public opposition following the 2011 Fukushima disaster) and the reversion of the Australian Carbon Tax and Emission Trading Scheme, which was introduced via the Clean Energy Act 2011.…”

Section: The Political System: Multilevel Governance and Party-politimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following a discussion of these factors, this article proceeds to an empirical analysis of UK climate change policy, based on the 2008 UK Climate Change Act. This was identified as a most likely case of a potentially stable climate policy based on a review of over 500 climate laws in 66 countries (Nachmany et al 2014) due to its long-term policy design towards 2050 and carbon budgets. The analysis draws on data from a 2010 survey of public perceptions of climate change in the UK.…”

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“…Key examples are Germany's three U-turns on nuclear energy (phase-out, continuous use with new government in 2009, phase-out due to strong public opposition following the 2011 Fukushima disaster) and the reversion of the Australian Carbon Tax and Emission Trading Scheme, which was introduced via the Clean Energy Act 2011. Following Tony Abbot's LNP victory in the general election 2013, the Clean Energy legislative package and with it the carbon tax and emission trading scheme were repealed in 2014 and replaced by weaker climate legislation (Nachmany et al 2014). At the same time, the US still defines most of its climate change policy via the 1963 Clean Air Act as well as its 1970 extension and 1977/1990 amendments (Nachmany et al 2014, p. 606).…”

Section: The Political System: Multilevel Governance and Party-politimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The 2008 Climate Change Act (Lockwood 2013) and a package of related policies such as the Low Carbon Transition Plan 2009 increased ambitions compared with previous policies and set out a pathway towards CO 2 emission reductions using carbon budgets, command-and-control and market-based policy instruments. It established the world's first legally binding national climate mitigation target (Nachmany et al 2014). Following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change with its five-yearly review cycle of national climate policies and the objective to decarbonize economies by the end of the century, the UK Climate Change Act is likely to be seen as a potential policy role-model by other developed countries as it provides an early empirical example of relatively ambitious climate policy.…”

Section: Evaluating Policy Stability In Uk Climate Change Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Policy Stability in Climate Governance: The case of the United Kingdom

Rietig

Laing

2017

Env Pol Gov

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Super-wicked' problems such as climate change require ambitious policies within stable policy frameworks. Key for policy stability is to disincentivise future reversals to carbon-intensive lifestyles resulting in unstoppable climate change. It requires lock-in to a low-carbon development trajectory, requires increasing popular support, and needs to be self-reinforcing, with reversal costs rising over time as benefits increase. In parliamentary political systems (e.g. the UK), policies emerge more easily but are more difficult to maintain given that shifting political majorities can result in policy U-turns, resulting in uncertainties for investment in lowcarbon transitions. We examine what factors determine policy stability in UK climate change policy that aims to reduce CO 2 emissions by 85-90 per cent by 2050. Policy stability depends on favourable public opinion and the political system. In the case of parliamentary democracies the extent to which policy is embedded into a multilevel governance institutional framework and political cross-party consensus is particularly important for stability.The policy dismantling literature offers a very useful point of departure. It made important contributions to the study of environmental policy with its focus on intentionally, actor-driven policy change on the EU level (Gravey and Jordan 2016) and policy output in terms of dismantling by default, arena-shifting, symbolic action and active 576 K. Rietig and T. Laing

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Section: Uper-wicked' Problems Such As Climate Change Require Ambitiomentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Political System: Multilevel Governance and Party-politimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: 'Smentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Political System: Multilevel Governance and Party-politimentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Evaluating Policy Stability In Uk Climate Change Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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