Climate policymaking in an autocracy

The case of Russia's law on GHG emissions

Bibliographic Data

ID4829282
AuthorsEllie Martus (0000-0001-5433-9120, Griffith University, corresponding author)
Year2024
Pages1-23
Publication date2024-12-13
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644016.2024.2437885
OpenAlexW4405356767
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited61

This analysis contributes to our understanding of climate policymaking and regime resistance in an authoritarian state, focusing on Russia, as one of the world’s largest fossil fuel producers. The analysis uses the multiple streams framework to examine the agenda and decision-making processes surrounding the 2021 Law on GHG Emissions. The case demonstrates how policy entrepreneurs within government were able to leverage international developments related to the Paris Agreement and get an ambitious policy proposal on the agenda. However, these efforts were met with strong resistance from fossil fuel incumbents during decision-making, who were able to undermine reform. This case provides a valuable window into the dynamic and contested nature of climate policymaking in an authoritarian regime, highlighting the importance of the international context in driving policy innovation in an authoritarian state, but also the challenge presented by the close relationship between political and economic actors in a fossil-fuel dependent state

Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Climate change · Climate policy · Democracy · Economic system · Economics · Fossil fuel · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies · Global Energy Security and Policy · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning

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