Roger Hildingsson
Forskare
The Green State and Industrial Decarbonisation
Författare
Summary, in English
The large share of carbon emitted by energy-intensive industries in the extraction and processing of basic materials must be limited to decarbonise society and the economy. Ways in which the state can govern industrial decarbonisation and contributes to green state theory are explored by addressing a largely ignored issue: the green state’s industrial relations and its role in industrial governance. With insights from a Swedish case study, the tension between the state’s economic imperative and ecological concerns in greening industry are shown to persist. However, as the energy-intensive industry’s previously privileged position in the economy is weakening, industry is opened to decarbonisation strategies. While the case exposes a number of governance challenges, it also suggests potential areas where the state can pursue decarbonisation in energy-intensive industry and points the way to an active role of the green state in governing industrial decarbonisation and greening industry.
Avdelning/ar
- Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
- Miljö- och energisystem
Publiceringsår
2019
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
909-928
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Environmental Politics
Volym
28
Issue
5
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Environmental Management
Nyckelord
- climate policy
- decarbonisation
- Green State
- industrial governance
- sustainability transitions
- Sweden
Status
Published
Projekt
- Grön samhällsutveckling – industri och energisystem i omvandling” med diarienummer 2013-006392
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0964-4016