Supporting climate policy with effective energy modelling: A perspective on the varying technical capacity of South Africa, China, Germany and the United States

Dioha, Michael O.; Abraham-Dukuma, Magnus C.; Bogado, Natalia; Okpaleke, Francis N.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101759

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“…Some key deductions in this regard include the need to ensure multidisciplinary pooling of relevant experts, capacity building and the dissemination of evidence-based information among actors and constituents. These features align with the necessity of building relevant competencies that support climate policies of countries [67]. Consequently, they could provide a formidable evidence base for strategic engagement with state actors and the wider community towards contributing to effective climate governance measures.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Countries without an existing CCC also have an ample opportunity to explore multidisciplinarity when establishing suitable institutions for climate governance. Relatedly, countries lacking sufficient personnel with requisite domains of expertise will need to support the development of local manpower to drive their climate policies and strategies [67].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Multidisciplinary Composition of Climate Change Commissions: Transnational Trends and Expert Perspectives

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Climate change governance has metamorphosed from multilateral pacts such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement to the enactment of country-specific dedicated legislation for mitigation and adaptation. A common feature of this phenomenon is the establishment of an expert committee on climate change, or simply, a climate change commission (CCC). For effective climate change governance, a multidisciplinary CCC will play a key role. The objective of this study is to inquire into the multidisciplinary requirements of a CCC and how multidisciplinarity can influence the efficacy of climate governance measures. Accordingly, it inquires into transnational circumstances on the disciplinary/multidisciplinary composition of CCCs and samples the perspectives of over 120 climate policy experts—through a structured survey—to draw insights into how countries could establish a suitable multidisciplinary CCC in legislative and policy processes. Key results from transnational circumstances and expert perspectives reveal the propriety of establishing CCCs to drive robust mitigation and adaptation policies. As the study shows, multiple countries have already incorporated diverse domains and backgrounds of expertise in the composition of their CCCs. Furthermore, our experts’ survey reveals overwhelming support among respondents (98%) for CCCs, and all those who support these commissions believe they should be, to some degree, independent and multidisciplinary. Experts’ perspectives reveal a spectrum of specific desirable multidisciplinary categories—legal, physical science, biosciences, energy and engineering, economics, planning, social sciences, ethics, governance, health, and communication. We also highlight some caveats regarding multidisciplinarity and reflect on the existence of quasi-institutions across countries without dedicated CCCs.

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“…As we earlier noted, this is an evolving practice across multiple countries (Abraham‐Dukuma et al, 2020). A corollary need is for countries to ensure that they train and source competent personnel to drive their climate governance regimes (Dioha et al, 2020). While we note that countries' abilities may differ, the compelling necessity to mitigate climate change should guide governments' efforts to actuate a transformative governance regime and strengthen national capacities (Hölscher & Frantzeskaki, 2020).…”

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Improving the climate change mitigation regime of major emitting countries: The case of South Africa, China, Germany and the United States of America

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The recent report (the Sixth Assessment Report of Working Group 1) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change clearly points to the urgency of global climate action. Optimal governance regimes are necessary for climate change mitigation in major greenhouse gas‐emitting countries and economic sectors. Given our study's domain, the ‘climate change governance’ concept suffices as our theoretical framework. Adopting comparative legal and policy analysis and the case study approach, we examine the climate governance regimes in four regional carbon‐intensive countries – South Africa, China, Germany, and the United States of America – with the primary objective of identifying areas for improving their regulatory capacity to mitigate climate change. Thus, we examine the relationship between climate policy goals/targets, the prevailing policy environment, and supportive strategies for achieving policy goals in our case study countries. Drawing on the climate governance literature, we adopt ‘target setting’, ‘supportive measures/strategies’, ‘comprehensiveness’, and ‘oversight body’ as the indices for our analysis. Our results reveal striking similarities and contrasts in the focus countries, signalling opportunities for improvements across different parameters. The study suggests the need for policy symmetry between governance (emissions reduction) goals and regime design elements such as proportional supportive strategies and comprehensive coverage of carbon‐intensive economy sectors. We also canvass the necessity of avoiding policy and institutional fragmentations that hamper the emergence of clear and well‐coordinated climate policy direction in countries. As climate change governance is now at a critical juncture, this study will significantly improve the regimes of our focus countries and other jurisdictions with similar peculiarities.

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“…However, this study was made targeting European Union country and may not be effective in the above-mentioned countries. Climate policy should consider long-term pathways to deep decarbonization rather than focusing on immediate actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions [31]. Qualitative analysis was done to assess a perspective of the technical capability and competence regarding energy modelling in South Africa, China, Germany, and the United States.…”

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Modelling of Institutional Capacity within Study of Energy Transition Dynamics

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Institutional capacity is enabling environment for interactions between individuals and organizations. Understanding the changes required regarding the institutional capacity is needed to remove barriers and stimulate transition to sustainable energy systems. The aim of this study was to identify those barriers to understand what type of changes of the institutional capacity is required. Review of publications was done with focus on the three critical domains for clean energy transition – social acceptance, climate and energy policy and critical materials. In result, the most important aspects of the institutional capacity that form the barriers as well as stimulus in the three domains were identified. Causal loop diagram providing a systemic viewpoint on the important elements and interactions within the mentioned three domains is presented. Results of the study can be used for system dynamics model of energy transition.

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Supporting climate policy with effective energy modelling: A perspective on the varying technical capacity of South Africa, China, Germany and the United States

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Multidisciplinary Composition of Climate Change Commissions: Transnational Trends and Expert Perspectives

Multidisciplinary Composition of Climate Change Commissions: Transnational Trends and Expert Perspectives

Improving the climate change mitigation regime of major emitting countries: The case of South Africa, China, Germany and the United States of America

Modelling of Institutional Capacity within Study of Energy Transition Dynamics

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