From a breeze to the four winds: A panel analysis of the international diffusion of renewable energy incentive policies (2005–2015)

Alves, Elia Elisa Cia; Steiner, Andrea Quirino; Medeiros, Marcelo de Almeida; Silva, Marcelo Eduardo Alves da

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.064

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“…This is an especially hopeful development if institutional capacities continue to correlate with economic wealth and the future brings not only higher incomes but also better governance which would make climate action more feasible. Capacities also evolve as a result of technology and policy learning which are often accelerated by international cooperation and policy diffusion (Cia Alves, Steiner, de Almeida Medeiros, & da Silva, 2019;Dinica, 2006;Zhou, Matisoff, Kingsley, & Brown, 2019). All this means that climate solutions are not only probabilistic, but also dynamic 4 (Figure 2).…”

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On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C?

Jewell

Cherp

2019

WIREs Climate Change

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Keeping global warming below 1.5°C is technically possible but is it politically feasible? Understanding political feasibility requires answering three questions: (a) “Feasibility of what?,” (b) “Feasibility when and where?,” and (c) “Feasibility for whom?.” In relation to the 1.5°C target, these questions translate into (a) identifying specific actions comprising the 1.5°C pathways; (b) assessing the economic and political costs of these actions in different socioeconomic and political contexts; and (c) assessing the economic and institutional capacity of relevant social actors to bear these costs. This view of political feasibility stresses costs and capacities in contrast to the prevailing focus on benefits and motivations which mistakes desirability for feasibility. The evidence on the political feasibility of required climate actions is not systematic, but clearly indicates that the costs of required actions are too high in relation to capacities to bear these costs in relevant contexts. In the future, costs may decline and capacities may increase which would reduce political constraints for at least some solutions. However, this is unlikely to happen in time to avoid a temperature overshoot. Further research should focus on exploring the “dynamic political feasibility space” constrained by costs and capacities in order to find more feasible pathways to climate stabilization. This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Decarbonizing Energy and/or Reducing Demand

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Section: Soft and Dynamic Constraints Probabilistic Feasibilitymentioning

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On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C?

Jewell

Cherp

2019

WIREs Climate Change

102

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“…In the policy stream, two “internal” characteristics that proxy financial viability and public acceptability were incorporated: (i) tax revenue as a percentage of the state GDP as a measure of the fiscal capacity of the state to enforce the code (Nelson, 2012); and (ii) per capita income—in the log form—as an indicator of the ability or willingness of the citizens to pay a higher price for energy‐efficient buildings (Chandler, 2009; Cia Alves, Steiner, de Almeida Medeiros, & da Silva, 2019; Nelson, 2012; Stadelmann & Castro, 2014; Yi, Feiock, & Berry, 2017). In addition, I included five control variables which capture dyadic similarities that might influence the policy stream of the receiver: (i) whether the states share a common border (Chandler, 2009; Mooney, 2001; Stoutenborough & Beverlin, 2008); (ii) whether the states are part of the same regional electricity grid; (iii) absolute difference in electricity supply; (iv) absolute difference in the log of GDP; and (v) absolute difference in the log of population.…”

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Policy Diffusion Through Multiple Streams: The (Non‐)Adoption of Energy Conservation Building Code in India

Goyal¹

2021

Policy Studies Journal

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Although the diffusion of policy innovations can promote sustainability, how this process can be accelerated remains unclear. I address this gap by conceptualizing policy transfer and policy diffusion using the multiple streams framework (MSF) and developing hypotheses to connect them. I apply this theorization to explain the limited spread of the energy conservation building code (ECBC) in India by combining a process trace of policy adoption in the embedded case of Andhra Pradesh with a dyadic event history analysis of state‐level diffusion during 2012‐18. The data for this study are collated from official statistics, elite interviews, news reports, policy documents, and secondary literature. The qualitative analysis shows that policy transfer to Andhra Pradesh occurred when external influence and prior adoption elsewhere were used by a policy entrepreneur to exploit a window of opportunity and couple problem, policy, and politics in the state; the dyadic analysis demonstrates that policy diffusion was influenced by the interaction among the structural characteristics of the problem, policy, and politics streams. I conclude with the implications for research on policy diffusion and the MSF as well as the relevance of the findings for promoting policy innovation for a sustainable energy transition.

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“…Committing to emission reduction activities in international negotiations then incentivized the adoption of domestic green industrial policies. Research has shown that, in particular, for developing countries, participation in international climate agreements leads to greater adoption of renewable energy policies (Cia Alves et al 2019). In other words, if countries commit to GHG reduction targets, they may follow up with policies that offer the greatest economic cobenefits, such as green industrial policies.…”

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Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization

Meckling¹

2021

Global Environmental Politics

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Industrial policy has begun to move into the center of debates on climate policy. This represents a shift away from climate policy as we know it—as classic environmental policy. Industrial policy and environmental policy differ in their policy goals, policy instruments, and distributional effects, one primarily concerned with economic development, the other with cutting greenhouse gas emissions. This raises questions about policy interactions between industrial and environmental policy in broader climate policy mixes and how these affect global decarbonization. This article identifies complementary and conflictual dynamics between industrial policy and environmental policy in both domestic and international climate politics. It shows how green industrial policy can advance climate goals and cooperation but can also present challenges to deepening climate cooperation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Developing an understanding of policy interactions is central to leveraging the potential of industrial policy to accelerate global decarbonization.

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From a breeze to the four winds: A panel analysis of the international diffusion of renewable energy incentive policies (2005–2015)

Cited by 29 publications

References 24 publications

On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C?

On the political feasibility of climate change mitigation pathways: Is it too late to keep warming below 1.5°C?

Policy Diffusion Through Multiple Streams: The (Non‐)Adoption of Energy Conservation Building Code in India

Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization

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