Jakob Skovgaard
Associate professor | Senior lecturer | Principal investigator BECC
EU Climate Policy after the Crisis
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Summary, in English
In the period 2009–2011, Member States discussed whether the EU should
increase its emissions reduction target for 2020 beyond the existing 20%. This discussion has not resulted in any agreement, the different actors being deeply divided between those calling for a step-up to a higher target (for instance 30%) and those opposed to any kind of increase. The division can be seen as a result of a conflict between policy frames. The economic crisis has deepened the division between those who see climate-change policy as detrimental to growth and those seeing it as beneficial to growth. Whereas the latter group – including the UK and DG Climate Action – subscribe to the
green growth policy frame, the former – including Poland – subscribe to the ‘trade-off policy frame’. Many Member States have been internally divided between proponents and opponents of a step-up, often with environment ministries in the former camp and finance and economics ministries in the latter.
increase its emissions reduction target for 2020 beyond the existing 20%. This discussion has not resulted in any agreement, the different actors being deeply divided between those calling for a step-up to a higher target (for instance 30%) and those opposed to any kind of increase. The division can be seen as a result of a conflict between policy frames. The economic crisis has deepened the division between those who see climate-change policy as detrimental to growth and those seeing it as beneficial to growth. Whereas the latter group – including the UK and DG Climate Action – subscribe to the
green growth policy frame, the former – including Poland – subscribe to the ‘trade-off policy frame’. Many Member States have been internally divided between proponents and opponents of a step-up, often with environment ministries in the former camp and finance and economics ministries in the latter.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
Publishing year
2014
Language
English
Pages
1-17
Publication/Series
Environmental Politics
Volume
23
Issue
1
Links
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- Climate change
- European Union
- policy frames
- economic crisis
- ecological modernisation
Status
Published
Project
- Leadership Abandoned? – Explaining the EU’s Position in the Global Climate Change Negotiations 2007-2010
Research group
- Miljöpolitik
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0964-4016