The politics of climate change in Germany
Ambition versus lobby power
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12929659 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Axel Michaelowa (0000-0001-5053-3700, University of Zurich, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 315-320 |
| Publication date | 2013-06-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1757-7780 • E-ISSN: 1757-7799 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/wcc.224 |
| OpenAlex | W2128472307 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 3 |
In 30 years of climate policy in Germany, a high level of declared ambition has coexisted with an eclectic mix of climate policy measures. Well‐organized lobbies were either exempt from policy instruments such as the energy tax or directly benefitted from them, as in the case of the renewable feed‐in tariff or windfall profits from free allocation of emissions allowances. As a result, German emissions mitigation is much more costly than it would have to be. Moreover, the challenges because of the imminent phase‐out of nuclear power are increasing due to failures in a number of relevant policy fields such as offshore wind, grid reinforcement, and carbon capture and storage ( CCS ). WIREs Clim Change 2013, 4:315–320. doi: 10.1002/wcc.224 This article is categorized under: The Carbon Economy and Climate Mitigation > Policies, Instruments, Lifestyles, Behavior Policy and Governance > National Climate Change Policy
Carbon tax · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Climate governance · Climate policy · Corporate governance · Economic policy · Economics · Emissions trading · International economics · Macroeconomics · Natural resource economics · Nuclear power · Policy mix · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Tariff · Wind power · Engineering · Renewable Energy and Sustainability · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Finance
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Germany's Federal Climate Change Act
| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |