LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS
; ENERGY TRANSITIONS
; HISTORICAL INSTITUTIONALISM
; SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS
; POLITICAL SUSTAINABILITY
; BRANCHING POINTS
; POWER
; GOVERNANCE
; DYNAMICS
; DECARBONIZATION
WOS学科分类:
Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向:
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
英文摘要:
Instilling climate policy with stability has emerged as a central concern in both the academic literature and societal discourse around climate change. Societal actors have called for stable climate policy to enable low carbon investment; decision makers have sought to provide credible signals; and scholars have developed insights to inform "stickier" instrument design. However, given the sources of instability confronting climate policy and the transformative changes entailed by decarbonization, this paper argues that climate policy stability may not only be unattainable but also undesirable. Instead of striving for stability as an overriding feature of climate policy, we suggest attending to a broader aim: stabilizing the overarching orientation of climate policy as a transition towards a low greenhouse gas emission economy. We review the complementary concepts of path dependence, policy feedback, and transition pathways to distill strategies that may help in addressing this aim.
1.Carleton Univ, Sch Publ Policy & Adm, 5224 Richcraft Hall,1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada 2.Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, New Haven, CT 06511 USA
Recommended Citation:
Rosenbloom, Daniel,Meadowcroft, James,Cashore, Benjamin. Stability and climate policy? Harnessing insights on path dependence, policy feedback, and transition pathways[J]. ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE,2019-01-01,50:168-178