Some Talk, No Action (Yet)

Interdependence, Domestic Interests and Hierarchical EU Governance in Climate Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID6384266
AuthorsWerner Schäfer (University of St.Gallen, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume15
Issue4
Pages683-713
Publication date2009-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSwiss Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1424-7755 • E-ISSN: 1662-6370
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1662-6370.2009.tb00150.x
OpenAlexW1987915141
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

This article analyses why Switzerland has so far remained outside the European Union's emissions trading system (EU ETS), the centerpiece of the EU's efforts to combat climate change. In doing so, it contributes three insights to the literature on the EU's external governance. First, it shows that interdependence is of limited explanatory power in predicting EU–Swiss interactions. Secondly, it identifies domestic interests in the non‐member state, Switzerland, as the key factor in explaining the EU's external governance structures concerning emissions trading. Thirdly, it highlights the EU's limited flexibility in dealing with third countries in areas where its internal governance mode is hierarchical. The article presents a hypothesis about the future development of emissions trading in Switzerland and discusses implications for both the external governance literature and the development of global carbon markets

Action (physics · Business · Climate change · Climate governance · Climate policy · Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · Emissions trading · European union · Explanatory power · Flexibility (engineering · International economics · International trade · Member state · Member states · Multi-level governance · Political science · Climate Change Policy and Economics · European Union Policy and Governance · Policy Transfer and Learning · Finance

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