Integration of Environmental Concerns in a Trans ‐Atlantic Perspective
The Case of Renewable Electricity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12782124 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jørgen Kjetil Knudsen (0000-0003-2385-9056, SINTEF, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-146 |
| Publication date | 2010-02-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of Policy Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1541-1338.2009.00434.x |
| OpenAlex | W2083632158 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
The issue of integrating environmental concerns into energy policy decision making is increasingly addressed, not least related to climate change. Although the United States, unlike the EU, did not sign the Kyoto Protocol, several U.S. states promote renewable electricity (RES‐E), and some of these initiatives are linked to climate‐change mitigation efforts. The present article assesses in this connection the six New England states of the United States, comparing their efforts of integrating RES‐E with climate change to the Nordic countries in Europe. In order to explain different approaches, the article focuses on the importance of different EU and U.S. multilevel governing structures. The analysis indicates that the New England states' RES‐E promotion thus far has not been substantially integrated with climate‐change concerns, whereas in the EU's more top‐down approach, climate change figures more prominently vis‐à‐vis RES‐E. EU policies represent an increasingly important driver for the Nordic countries. In the United States, on the other hand, it remains an open question as to how future federal policy efforts will relate to existing policies at the state level
Business · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Economy · Electricity · Energy policy · European union · International trade · Kyoto Protocol · Order (exchange · Political economy of climate change · Political science · Politics · Promotion (chess · Renewable energy · State (computer science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Engineering · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Environmental Politics in Japan, Germany, and the United States
Toward Sustainable Communities
Governing Complex Societies
Environmental Policy in the European Union
Transatlantic Environment and Energy Politics
Coordinated European Governance
The European Community Between Social Policy and Social Regulation
Escaping the International Governance Dilemma? Incorporated Transgovernmental Networks in the European Union
Towards sustainability in the European Union? Steps within the European commission towards integrating the environment into other European Union policy sectors
Governance for Sustainable Development—the Challenge of Adapting Form to Function
Scandinavian Corporatism in a Trans‐Atlantic Comparative Perspective
Business and Environmental Policy
Regulatory Federalism
Environmental policy integration
States on Steroids
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |