Cases in Climate Change Policy: Political Reality in the European Union

ISBN-13: 9781138411357 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Ragnar E. Lofsted

Opis

Examines case studies on EU countries' policy to combat climate change, as well as the constraints of and opportunities for the implementation of climate change strategies in these countries. This title provides a comparative analysis of the findings of the case studies, and suggestions for approaches to implement emission reduction strategies.

Spis treści

The Climate Change Challenge * The Energy Dimension * Routes of Reducing Transport-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions * The EU and Climate Change Policy: The Struggle Over Policy Competences * Leadership and Unification: Climate Change Policies in Germany * 'Windfall' Emission Reductions in the UK * Italy: Implementation Gaps and Budget Deficits * France: Relying on Past Reductions and Nuclear Power * Spain: Fast Growth in CO2 Emissions * Sweden: The Dilemma of a Proposed Nuclear Phase Out * Comparative Analysis and Conclusions * Index

O autorze

Uti Collier is a research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, where she is also coordinator of the Working Group on Environmental Studies.

Ragner E Lofstedt is a lecturer in social geography at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, and a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.