DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2014.991908
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84955392035
论文题名: Climate policy strength compared: China, the US, the EU, India, Russia, and Japan
作者: Compston H ; , Bailey I
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2016
卷: 16, 期: 2 起始页码: 145
结束页码: 164
语种: 英语
英文关键词: climate change mitigation
; climate change policies
; governance
; international comparisons
; international negotiations
; policy instruments
Scopus关键词: carbon dioxide
; comparative study
; environmental policy
; European Union
; governance approach
; international law
; law enforcement
; China
; Europe
; India
; Japan
; Russian Federation
; United States
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: The few systematic international comparisons of climate policy strength made so far have serious weaknesses, particularly those that assign arbitrary weightings to different policy instrument types in order to calculate an aggregate score for policy strength. This article avoids these problems by ranking the six biggest emitters by far – China, the US, the EU, India, Russia, and Japan – on a set of six key policy instruments that are individually potent and together representative of climate policy as a whole: carbon taxes, emissions trading, feed-in tariffs, renewable energy quotas, fossil fuel power plant bans, and vehicle emissions standards. The results cast strong doubt on any idea that there is a clear hierarchy on climate policy with Europe at the top: the EU does lead on a number of policies but so does Japan. China, the US, and India each lead on one area. Russia is inactive on all fronts. At the same time climate policy everywhere remains weak compared to what it could be. Policy relevance This study enables climate policy strength, defined as the extent to which the statutory provisions of climate policies are likely to restrict GHG emissions if implemented as intended, to be assessed and compared more realistically across space and time. As such its availability for the six biggest emitters, which together account for over 70% of global CO2 emissions, should facilitate international negotiations (1) by giving participants a better idea of where major emitters stand relative to each other as far as climate policy stringency is concerned, and (2) by identifying areas of weakness that need action. © 2014 Taylor & Francis. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80384
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作者单位: Department of Politics and International Relations, Cardiff University, 65–68 Park Place, Cardiff, United Kingdom; School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Compston H,, Bailey I. Climate policy strength compared: China, the US, the EU, India, Russia, and Japan[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(2)