Climate Action through Policy Expansion and/or Dismantling: Country-Comparative Insights: An Introduction to the Special Issue
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis Research and Practice,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
26(3-4), С. 215 - 232
Опубликована: Июль 3, 2024
Elected
politicians
and
civil
servants
are
key
in
developing
climate
policy.
The
articles
this
special
issue
investigate
factors
that
induce
politico-administrative
actors
to
adopt
policies
dismantle
anti-climate
advance
decarbonisation.
Politico-administrative
have
predominantly
expanded
policy
raised
ambition
recent
decades.
However,
economic
crises
weakening
public
support
may
cause
dismantling
of
hamper
ambition.
Against
backdrop,
also
study
propel
dismantling.
Together,
the
contributions
show
interactions
between
publics,
organised
interests,
international
organisations
shape
change.
Язык: Английский
Transformation of Energy Resources in the Visegrad Group: Strategies, Results, and Climate Effectiveness
Resources,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
13(5), С. 64 - 64
Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024
The
climate
challenges
posed
by
the
European
Union
are
particularly
difficult
for
emerging
and
developing
economies.
This
causes
reluctance
to
undertake
them
even
denial
of
their
validity.
For
this
reason,
article
seeks
answer
question
whether
it
is
possible
carry
out
an
effective
transformation
energy
resources
in
economies
Visegrad
Group.
Analyses
area
conducted
a
long-term,
58-year
research
perspective
(1965–2022)
concern
Czech
Republic,
Hungary,
Poland,
Slovakia.
effectiveness
examined
assessed
two
dimensions
as
follows:
(1)
resource
(2)
emission,
which
then
synthesized
using
multi-criteria
analysis.
shows
that
aimed
at
zero-emission
economy
economies,
although
undoubtedly
requires
time
consistency
implementation
once-chosen
policy.
Hungary—a
leader
effectiveness—has
systematically
decarbonized
while
reducing
use
total
non-renewable
resources.
Hungarian
transition
strategy
assumed
nuclear
increase
share
renewable
result
these
activities
quite
diversified
mix,
greater
self-sufficiency
low
carbon
dioxide
emissions.
Republic
also
achieved
similar
results.
Poland
Slovakia
coped
much
worse
with
challenge:
they
gave
up
coal,
replaced
largely
other
It
worth
emphasizing
has
managed
significantly
resources,
hydropower
have
appeared
Slovak
mix.
Nevertheless,
did
not
allow
achieving
good
climatic
Язык: Английский
From denial to domestication: Unpacking Italy’s right-wing approach to climate migration and security
Geoforum,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
155, С. 104079 - 104079
Опубликована: Июль 24, 2024
The
rise
to
power
of
right-wing
political
formations
in
numerous
countries
opens
new
questions
on
how
they
relate
the
climate
emergency.
Now
that
outright
denial
has
become
a
residual
position,
intersection
change,
migration,
and
security
might
prove
litmus
test
right
wing
'digests'
change.
And
indeed,
while
humanitarian
narratives
portray
'climate
refugees'
as
victims
deserving
protection,
spectre
exodus'
been
mobilised
also
justify
border
militarisation
reinforce
racial
lines.
Aiming
advance
debates
ecologies
right,
we
examine
articulation
migration'
Italian
landscape,
case
made
particularly
relevant
given
ruling
coalition
its
track-record
anti-migration
rhetoric
policies.
Drawing
qualitative
analysis
parliamentary
debates,
electoral
programs,
social
media
feeds,
other
sources,
show
rather
than
waiving
exodus,
attempting
'domestication'
taming
debate
impacts
global
warming
reducing
it
domestic
matter.
These
findings,
underscoring
need
for
situated
nuanced
understandings
actors
address
crisis
relation
borders,
highlight
danger
formations,
top
responding
emergency
by
pushing
explicit
forms
eco-fascism
or
ecobordering,
can
resort
less
spectacularised
repertoires
aim
at
blocking
action
still
pursing
anti-migrant
racist
agendas.
This
research
thereby
not
only
sheds
light
but
contributes
broader
discussions
diverse
responses
Язык: Английский