A5086371398- Policy Transfer and Learning
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
Ghent University Hospital
2023-2025
Ghent University
2021-2024
Abstract The European Union (EU) began developing climate policy in the 1990s. Since then, it has built up a broad portfolio of mitigation measures and governance tools, including legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, addressing emissions trading, renewable energy, energy efficiency, more. In 2019, Commission—the EU's executive arm—published Green Deal (EGD), an overarching framework achieve goal neutrality by 2050. EGD aims push EU far beyond incremental...
We provide an historical overview of the evolution knowledge exchange architecture for climate policy in EU. investigate whether evolutions reflect shifts politicisation change. First, we outline a conceptualisation that accounts two types effects: prioritisation leading to enabling conditions exchange, and polarisation constraining conditions. Next, describe shifting change EU since 1990s, followed by discussion key aspects system: formal informal aspects, focusing on with European...
We assess the response of European Council and Union (hereafter Council) to emergence development Green Deal (EGD). First, we conduct a literature review historical role two intergovernmental institutions in EU climate policy development, drawing inspiration from new intergovernmentalism, institutionalism, discursive institutionalism. Next, provide an overview EGD itself three its core elements: (1) ambition achieve neutrality by 2050; (2) systemic integrative nature; (3) just transition...
To meet its 2050 climate neutrality goal, the EU must undergo a rapid economic and societal transformation.While scientific knowledge on causes impacts of change is established, comparatively little research focuses understanding myriad social political aspects this transformation.Natural science disciplines have robustly established that paramount challenge for humanity and, indeed, these received lion's share funding [1].The resultant gap is, however, jarring, as barriers delays to action...