TY - JOUR A1 - Hickmann, Thomas T1 - Private authority in global climate governance the case of the clean development mechanism JF - Climate & development N2 - The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a prominent example of the mix of public and private authority in global climate policy-making. While national governments hold the supreme authority in the CDM, the oversight and daily supervision of the project-based mechanism have been delegated via an intergovernmental body to private corporations that evaluate the environmental performance of individual CDM projects. By focusing on the CDM as a particular instance of private authority in global climate governance, this article analyses the consequences associated with the delegation of authority to private actors. The article critically assesses the role of private auditing corporations, labelled Designated Operational Entities, in the regulatory framework of the CDM and points to serious trade-offs which accompany the privatisation of authority. The article's findings suggest that the promise of innovative modes of governance to increase the effectiveness of international regulation is seriously compromised by the profit-seeking behaviour of private actors. Hence, the article underscores the need to reconsider the balance between public and private authority in global (climate) governance. KW - carbon markets KW - Clean Development Mechanism KW - climate policy KW - global climate governance KW - post-2012 negotiations KW - private authority Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2013.768174 SN - 1756-5529 VL - 5 IS - 1 SP - 46 EP - 54 PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group CY - Abingdon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pickering, Jonathan A1 - Skovgaard, Jakob A1 - Kim, Soyeun A1 - Roberts, J. Timmons A1 - Rossati, David A1 - Stadelmann, Martin A1 - Reich, Hendrikje T1 - Acting on Climate Finance Pledges: Inter-Agency Dynamics and Relationships with Aid in Contributor States JF - World development N2 - Developed countries have relied heavily on aid budgets to fulfill their pledges to boost funding for addressing climate change in developing countries. However, little is known about how interaction between aid and other ministries has shaped contributors' diverse approaches to climate finance. This paper investigates intra-governmental dynamics in decision-making on climate finance in seven contributor countries (Australia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the UK, and the US). While aid agencies retained considerable control over implementation, environment and finance ministries have played an influential and often contrasting role on key policy issues, including distribution between mitigation and adaptation and among geographical regions. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. KW - climate policy KW - climate finance KW - development assistance KW - bureaucratic politics Y1 - 2015 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.10.033 SN - 0305-750X VL - 68 SP - 149 EP - 162 PB - Elsevier CY - Oxford ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Sprinz, Detlef F. A1 - de Mesquita, Bruce Bueno A1 - Kallbekken, Steffen A1 - Stokman, Frans A1 - Saelen, Hakon A1 - Thomson, Robert T1 - Predicting Paris: Multi-Method Approaches to Forecast the Outcomes of Global Climate Negotiations JF - Politics and Governance N2 - We examine the negotiations held under the auspices of the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change in Paris, December 2015. Prior to these negotiations, there was considerable uncertainty about whether an agreement would be reached, particularly given that the world’s leaders failed to do so in the 2009 negotiations held in Copenhagen. Amid this uncertainty, we applied three different methods to predict the outcomes: an expert survey and two negotiation simulation models, namely the Exchange Model and the Predictioneer’s Game. After the event, these predictions were assessed against the coded texts that were agreed in Paris. The evidence suggests that combining experts’ predictions to reach a collective expert prediction makes for significantly more accurate predictions than individual experts’ predictions. The differences in the performance between the two different negotiation simulation models were not statistically significant. KW - climate policy KW - climate regime KW - expert survey KW - forecasting KW - global negotiations KW - Paris agreement KW - prediction KW - simulation Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i3.654 SN - 2183-2463 VL - 4 SP - 172 EP - 187 PB - Cogitatio Press CY - Lisbon ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schütze, Franziska A1 - Fürst, Steffen A1 - Mielke, Jahel A1 - Steudle, Gesine A. A1 - Wolf, Sarah A1 - Jäger, Carlo C. T1 - The Role of Sustainable Investment in Climate Policy JF - Sustainability N2 - Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fundamental socio-economic transformation accompanied by substantial investment in low-carbon infrastructure. Such a sustainability transition represents a non-marginal change, driven by behavioral factors and systemic interactions. However, typical economic models used to assess a sustainability transition focus on marginal changes around a local optimum, whichby constructionlead to negative effects. Thus, these models do not allow evaluating a sustainability transition that might have substantial positive effects. This paper examines which mechanisms need to be included in a standard computable general equilibrium model to overcome these limitations and to give a more comprehensive view of the effects of climate change mitigation. Simulation results show that, given an ambitious greenhouse gas emission constraint and a price of carbon, positive economic effects are possible if (1) technical progress results (partly) endogenously from the model and (2) a policy intervention triggering an increase of investment is introduced. Additionally, if (3) the investment behavior of firms is influenced by their sales expectations, the effects are amplified. The results provide suggestions for policy-makers, because the outcome indicates that investment-oriented climate policies can lead to more desirable outcomes in economic, social and environmental terms. KW - climate policy KW - green growth KW - macroeconomic models KW - sustainable investment KW - technical progress KW - expectations KW - 1.5 degrees C Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3390/su9122221 SN - 2071-1050 VL - 9 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schütze, Franziska A1 - Fürst, Steffen A1 - Mielke, Jahel A1 - Steudle, Gesine A. A1 - Wolf, Sarah A1 - Jäger, Carlo C. T1 - The Role of Sustainable Investment in Climate Policy T2 - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - Reaching the Sustainable Development Goals requires a fundamental socio-economic transformation accompanied by substantial investment in low-carbon infrastructure. Such a sustainability transition represents a non-marginal change, driven by behavioral factors and systemic interactions. However, typical economic models used to assess a sustainability transition focus on marginal changes around a local optimum, whichby constructionlead to negative effects. Thus, these models do not allow evaluating a sustainability transition that might have substantial positive effects. This paper examines which mechanisms need to be included in a standard computable general equilibrium model to overcome these limitations and to give a more comprehensive view of the effects of climate change mitigation. Simulation results show that, given an ambitious greenhouse gas emission constraint and a price of carbon, positive economic effects are possible if (1) technical progress results (partly) endogenously from the model and (2) a policy intervention triggering an increase of investment is introduced. Additionally, if (3) the investment behavior of firms is influenced by their sales expectations, the effects are amplified. The results provide suggestions for policy-makers, because the outcome indicates that investment-oriented climate policies can lead to more desirable outcomes in economic, social and environmental terms. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 137 KW - climate policy KW - green growth KW - macroeconomic models KW - sustainable investment KW - technical progress KW - expectations KW - 1.5 degrees C Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-470485 SN - 1867-5808 IS - 137 ER - TY - THES A1 - Mielke, Jahel T1 - Coordination on Green Investment T1 - Grüne Investitionen als Koordinationsproblem BT - implications of a sustainability transition in Europe BT - Implikationen einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation in Europa N2 - To reach its climate targets, the European Union has to implement a major sustainability transition in the coming decades. While the socio-technical change required for this transition is well discussed in the academic literature, the economics that go along with it are often reduced to a cost-benefit perspective of climate policy measures. By investigating climate change mitigation as a coordination problem, this thesis offers a novel perspective: It integrates the economic and the socio-technical dimension and thus allows to better understand the opportunities of a sustainability transition in Europe. First, a game theoretic framework is developed to illustrate coordination on green or brown investment from an agent perspective. A model based on the coordination game "stag hunt" is used to discuss the influence of narratives and signals for green investment as a means to coordinate expectations towards green growth. Public and private green investment impulses – triggered by credible climate policy measures and targets – serve as an example for a green growth perspective for Europe in line with a sustainability transition. This perspective also embodies a critical view on classical analyses of climate policy measures. Secondly, this analysis is enriched with empirical results derived from stakeholder involvement. In interviews and with a survey among European insurance companies, coordination mechanisms such as market and policy signals are identified and evaluated by their impact on investment strategies for green infrastructure. The latter, here defined as renewable energy, electricity distribution and transmission as well as energy efficiency improvements, is considered a central element of the transition to a low-carbon society. Thirdly, this thesis identifies and analyzes major criticisms raised towards stakeholder involvement in sustainability science. On a conceptual level, different ways of conducting such qualitative research are classified. This conceptualization is then evaluated by scientists, thereby generating empirical evidence on ideals and practices of stakeholder involvement in sustainability science. Through the combination of theoretical and empirical research on coordination problems, this thesis offers several contributions: On the one hand, it outlines an approach that allows to assess the economic opportunities of sustainability transitions. This is helpful for policy makers in Europe that are striving to implement climate policy measures addressing the targets of the Paris Agreement as well as to encourage a shift of investments towards green infrastructure. On the other hand, this thesis enhances the stabilization of the theoretical foundations in sustainability science. Therefore, it can aid researchers who involve stakeholders when studying sustainability transitions. N2 - Um die vereinbarten Klimaziele zu erreichen, muss die Europäische Union in den kommenden Jahrzehnten eine Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit bewältigen. Während der soziotechnische Wandel, der für diesen Übergang erforderlich ist, in der akademischen Literatur auf vielfältige Weise diskutiert wird, werden die wirtschaftlichen Aspekte häufig auf eine Kosten-Nutzen-Perspektive reduziert. Durch die Untersuchung von Maßnahmen zur Stärkung der Nachhaltigkeit und des Klimaschutzes im Kontext von Koordinationsproblemen bietet diese Arbeit eine neue Perspektive: Sie integriert die ökonomische und sozio-technische Dimension und ermöglicht so ein besseres Verständnis der Chancen einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation in Europa. Dabei legt die Arbeit den Fokus auf drei Bereiche: Zuerst wird ein spieltheoretischer Rahmen entwickelt, um Fragen der Koordination von Akteuren im Bereich grüner und brauner Investitionen zu beleuchten. Hier wird mit Hilfe eines Modells, das auf dem Koordinationsspiel der "Hirschjagd" basiert, der Einfluss von Narrativen und Signalen auf eine Koordinierung der Erwartungen von Investoren diskutiert. Zugleich wird die Rolle von Investitionsimpulsen im Zusammenhang mit glaubwürdigen klimapolitischen Maßnahmen und Zielen im Hinblick auf eine grüne Wachstumsperspektive für Europa analysiert. Dies beinhaltet auch einen kritischen Blick auf klassische modellbasierte Analysen klimapolitischer Maßnahmen. Zweitens werden in dieser Arbeit empirische Ergebnisse aus der Stakeholdereinbindung genutzt, um Signale und Narrative in der Nachhaltigkeitstransformation zu evaluieren. In Interviews und mit einer Umfrage unter europäischen Versicherungskonzernen werden Koordinationsmechanismen wie Markt- und Politiksignale identifiziert und im Hinblick auf ihre Auswirkungen auf Investitionsentscheidungen bewertet. Dabei liegt der Fokus auf grünen Investitionen in erneuerbare Energien, Stromnetze und Energieeffizienzverbesserungen als zentrale Elemente des Übergangs zu einer kohlenstoffarmen Gesellschaft. Drittens identifiziert und analysiert diese Arbeit die wichtigsten Kritikpunkte, die gegenüber der Einbeziehung von Stakeholdern in der transdisziplinären Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft vorgebracht werden. Auf konzeptioneller Ebene werden verschiedene Wege zur Durchführung qualitativer Forschung klassifiziert. Diese Konzeptualisierung wird dann von Wissenschaftlern evaluiert, wobei empirische Ergebnisse zu Idealen und zur Praxis der Einbeziehung von Stakeholdern in der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft generiert werden. Durch die Kombination von theoretischer und empirischer Koordinationsforschung liefert diese Arbeit mehrere Beiträge: Auf der einen Seite skizziert sie einen Ansatz, der es ermöglicht, die wirtschaftlichen Chancen der Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit zu bewerten. Dies ist hilfreich für politische Entscheidungsträger in Europa, die klimapolitische Maßnahmen zur Erreichung der Ziele des Pariser Übereinkommens umsetzen sowie eine Verlagerung von Investitionen in Richtung umweltfreundliche Infrastruktur fördern wollen. Auf der anderen Seite stärkt diese Dissertation die theoretischen Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft und kann daher Forschern nützlich sein, die Stakeholder in der Untersuchung von Transformationsprozessen einbeziehen. KW - stakeholder involvement KW - coordination problems KW - green growth KW - sustainability transitions KW - climate policy KW - green investment KW - Stakeholdereinbindung KW - grünes Wachstum KW - Nachhaltigkeitstransformationen KW - Klimapolitik KW - grüne Investitionen Y1 - 2018 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-427459 ER - TY - THES A1 - Hanschmann, Raffael Tino T1 - Stalling the engine? EU climate politics after the ‘Great Recession’ T1 - Den Motor abgewürgt? EU-Klimapolitik nach der Großen Rezession BT - investigating the impact of economic shocks on EU climate policy-making in three case studies BT - eine Untersuchung des Einflusses von Wirtschaftskrisen auf Prozesse in der EU-Klimapolitik in drei Fallstudien N2 - This dissertation investigates the impact of the economic and fiscal crisis starting in 2008 on EU climate policy-making. While the overall number of adopted greenhouse gas emission reduction policies declined in the crisis aftermath, EU lawmakers decided to introduce new or tighten existing regulations in some important policy domains. Existing knowledge about the crisis impact on EU legislative decision-making cannot explain these inconsistencies. In response, this study develops an actor-centred conceptual framework based on rational choice institutionalism that provides a micro-level link to explain how economic crises translate into altered policy-making patterns. The core theoretical argument draws on redistributive conflicts, arguing that tensions between ‘beneficiaries’ and ‘losers’ of a regulatory initiative intensify during economic crises and spill over to the policy domain. To test this hypothesis and using social network analysis, this study analyses policy processes in three case studies: The introduction of carbon dioxide emission limits for passenger cars, the expansion of the EU Emissions Trading System to aviation, and the introduction of a regulatory framework for biofuels. The key finding is that an economic shock causes EU policy domains to polarise politically, resulting in intensified conflict and more difficult decision-making. The results also show that this process of political polarisation roots in the industry that is the subject of the regulation, and that intergovernmental bargaining among member states becomes more important, but also more difficult in times of crisis. N2 - Diese Dissertation untersucht den Einfluss der in 2008 beginnenden globalen Wirtschaftskrise auf die Prozesse der EU-Klimapolitik. Während die Zahl der verabschiedeten Gesetze zur Treibhausgasreduktion nach Krisenausbruch insgesamt sank, entschieden die EU-Gesetzgeber, in mehreren wichtigen Politikfeldern neue Regulierungen einzuführen oder existierende zu verschärfen. Bestehendes Wissen zum Einfluss der Krise auf EU-Gesetzgebungsprozesse kann diese Inkonsistenzen nicht erklären. Daher entwickelt diese Arbeit ein auf Rational-Choice-Institutionalismus basierendes konzeptionelles Gerüst, das auf der Mikro-Ebene eine kausale Verbindung zwischen Wirtschaftskrise und veränderten Politikprozessen herstellt. Das zentrale theoretische Argument beruht auf Verteilungskonflikten innerhalb der regulierten Wirtschaftsbranchen: Die Spannung zwischen „Nutznießern“ und „Verlierern“ einer geplanten Regulierung intensiviert sich in Krisenzeiten und setzt sich im politischen Raum fort. Diese Hypothese wird an drei Fallstudien mittels sozialer Netzwerkanalyse getestet. Die drei Fallstudien untersuchen politische Entscheidungsprozesse in den folgenden EU-Politikfeldern: Kohlenstoffdioxid-Emissionsgrenzen für PKW, die Ausweitung des Emissionshandels auf Flugverkehr und die Einführung eines Regulierungsrahmens für Biokraftstoffe. Die wichtigste Erkenntnis der Untersuchung ist, dass makroökonomische Schocks eine Polarisierung der politischen Interessen innerhalb eines Politikfeldes auslösen, dadurch Konflikte intensivieren und letztlich Entscheidungsfindungen erschweren. Die Ergebnisse zeigen zudem, dass dieser Polarisierungsprozess in der regulierten Wirtschaftsbranche wurzelt. Außerdem werden Verhandlungen zwischen den Regierungen der Mitgliedsstaaten in Krisenzeiten wichtiger, aber auch schwieriger.  KW - EU KW - European Union KW - policy-making KW - network analysis KW - policy preferences KW - economic crisis KW - crisis KW - climate KW - climate change KW - climate policy KW - climate politics KW - environmental policy KW - EU KW - Europäische Union KW - Politikgestaltung KW - Netzwerkanalyse KW - Politikpräferenzen KW - Wirtschaftskrise KW - Krise KW - Klima KW - Klimawandel KW - Klimapolitik KW - Umweltpolitik Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-440441 ER - TY - THES A1 - Schütze, Franziska T1 - Finance for a sustainable economy BT - implications for policy and practice BT - Implikationen für Politik und Praxis N2 - With his September 2015 speech “Breaking the tragedy of the horizon”, the President of the Central Bank of England, Mark Carney, put climate change on the agenda of financial market regulators. Until then, climate change had been framed mainly as a problem of negative externalities leading to long-term economic costs, which resulted in countries trying to keep the short-term costs of climate action to a minimum. Carney argued that climate change, as well as climate policy, can also lead to short-term financial risks, potentially causing strong adjustments in asset prices. Analysing the effect of a sustainability transition on the financial sector challenges traditional economic and financial analysis and requires a much deeper understanding of the interrelations between climate policy and financial markets. This dissertation thus investigates the implications of climate policy for financial markets as well as the role of financial markets in a transition to a sustainable economy. The approach combines insights from macroeconomic and financial risk analysis. Following an introduction and classification in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 shows a macroeconomic analysis that combines ambitious climate targets (negative externality) with technological innovation (positive externality), adaptive expectations and an investment program, resulting in overall positive macroeconomic outcomes. The analysis also reveals the limitations of climate economic models in their representation of financial markets. Therefore, the subsequent part of this dissertation is concerned with the link between climate policies and financial markets. In Chapter 3, an empirical analysis of stock-market responses to the announcement of climate policy targets is performed to investigate impacts of climate policy on financial markets. Results show that 1) international climate negotiations have an effect on asset prices and 2) investors increasingly recognize transition risks in carbon-intensive investments. In Chapter 4, an analysis of equity markets and the interbank market shows that transition risks can potentially affect a large part of the equity market and that financial interconnections can amplify negative shocks. In Chapter 5, an analysis of mortgage loans shows how information on climate policy and the energy performance of buildings can be integrated into risk management and reflected in interest rates. While costs of climate action have been explored at great depth, this dissertation offers two main contributions. First, it highlights the importance of a green investment program to strengthen the macroeconomic benefits of climate action. Second, it shows different approaches on how to integrate transition risks and opportunities into financial market analysis. Anticipating potential losses and gains in the value of financial assets as early as possible can make the financial system more resilient to transition risks and can stimulate investments into the decarbonization of the economy. N2 - Mit der Rede "Die Tragödie des Horizonts durchbrechen" im September 2015 hat der Präsident der englischen Zentralbank, Mark Carney, den Klimawandel auf die Agenda der Finanzmarktregulierer gebracht. Bis dahin wurde der Klimawandel vor allem als Problem einer negativen Externalität verstanden, welche langfristige Kosten verursacht. Dies führte dazu, dass sich die meisten Länder darauf konzentrieren, die kurzfristigen Kosten für Klimaschutzmaßnahmen auf ein Minimum zu reduzieren. Carney argumentierte, dass der Klimawandel, sowie Klimapolitik, auch zu kurzfristigen finanziellen Risiken führen kann, welche zu starken Anpassungen der Vermögenspreise führen können. Solche Auswirkungen zu untersuchen, stellt die traditionellen Wirtschafts- und Finanzmodelle jedoch vor Herausforderungen und erfordert ein tiefgreifenderes Verständnis der Zusammenhänge zwischen Klimapolitik und Finanzmärkten. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht daher die Auswirkungen der Klimapolitik auf die Finanzmärkte sowie die Rolle der Finanzmärkte in der Transformation zu einer nachhaltigeren Wirtschaft. Der Ansatz kombiniert Erkenntnisse aus der makroökonomischen Modellierung und der finanziellen Risikoanalyse. Nach einer Einführung und Einordnung in Kapitel 1, zeigt Kapitel 2 eine makroökonomische Analyse, welche ehrgeizige Klimaziele (negative Externalität) mit technologischer Innovationen (positive Externalität), adaptiven Erwartungen, sowie einem Investitionsprogramm kombiniert und damit zu positiven makroökonomischen Ergebnissen führt. Die Analyse zeigt auch die Grenzen klimaökonomischer Modelle in ihrer Darstellung der Finanzmärkte auf. Aus diesem Grund beschäftigt sich der nachfolgende Teil dieser Dissertation mit dem Zusammenhang zwischen Klimapolitik und Finanzmärkten. In Kapitel 3 wird eine empirische Analyse der Reaktionen von Aktienmärkten auf die Ankündigung klimapolitischer Ziele durchgeführt. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass sich internationale Klimaverhandlungen auf die Vermögenspreise auswirken und dass Investoren zunehmend Transformationsrisiken bei CO2-intensiven Firmen erkennen. Kapitel 4 zeigt, durch eine Analyse der Aktienmärkte und des Interbankenmarktes, dass Transformationsrisiken einen großen Teil des Aktienmarktes beeinflussen können und dass finanzielle Verflechtungen negative Schocks verstärken können. Kapitel 5 zeigt, durch eine Analyse von Hypothekenkrediten, wie Informationen über Klimapolitik und die Energieeffizienz von Gebäuden in das Risikomanagement integriert und sich damit im Zinssatz widerspiegeln können. Während die Kosten von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen in großem Umfang untersucht wurden, leistet diese Arbeit zwei wesentliche Beiträge. Erstens wird die Bedeutung eines grünen Investitionsprogramms zur Stärkung des makroökonomischen Nutzens von Klimaschutzmaßnahmen hervorgehoben. Zweitens zeigt diese Arbeit unterschiedliche Ansätze, wie Transformationsrisiken und -chancen in die Finanzmarktanalyse integriert werden können. Eine frühzeitige Erkennung und Einpreisung potenzieller Risiken und Chancen kann das Finanzsystem widerstandsfähiger machen und Investitionen in die Dekarbonisierung der Wirtschaft stimulieren. T2 - Die Finanzierung einer nachhaltigen Wirtschaft KW - Klimapolitik KW - climate policy KW - grüne Investitionen KW - green investments KW - sustainable finance KW - Nachhaltiges Finanzwesen Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-484415 ER - TY - GEN A1 - Thonig, Richard A1 - Del Rio, Pablo A1 - Kiefer, Christoph A1 - Lazaro Touza, Lara A1 - Escribano, Gonzalo A1 - Lechon, Yolanda A1 - Spaeth, Leonhard A1 - Wolf, Ingo A1 - Lilliestam, Johan T1 - Does ideology influence the ambition level of climate and renewable energy policy? BT - Insights from four European countries T2 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe N2 - We investigate whether political ideology has an observable effect on decarbonization ambition, renewable power aims, and preferences for power system balancing technologies in four European countries. Based on the Energy Logics framework, we identify ideologically different transition strategies (state-centered, market-centered, grassroots-centered) contained in government policies and opposition party programs valid in 2019. We compare these policies and programs with citizen poll data. We find that ideology has a small effect: governments and political parties across the spectrum have similar, and relatively ambitious, decarbonization and renewables targets. This mirrors citizens' strong support for ambitious action regardless of their ideological self-description. However, whereas political positions on phasing out fossil fuel power are clear across the policy space, positions on phasing in new flexibility options to balance intermittent renewables are vague or non-existent. As parties and citizens agree on strong climate and renewable power aims, the policy ambition is likely to remain high, even if governments change. T3 - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe - 161 KW - political ideology KW - climate policy KW - energy policy KW - europe KW - european KW - Union KW - renewable energy KW - flexibility Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-577981 SN - 1867-5808 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Thonig, Richard A1 - Del Rio, Pablo A1 - Kiefer, Christoph A1 - Lazaro Touza, Lara A1 - Escribano, Gonzalo A1 - Lechon, Yolanda A1 - Spaeth, Leonhard A1 - Wolf, Ingo A1 - Lilliestam, Johan T1 - Does ideology influence the ambition level of climate and renewable energy policy? BT - Insights from four European countries JF - Energy sources, part B: economics, planning, and policy N2 - We investigate whether political ideology has an observable effect on decarbonization ambition, renewable power aims, and preferences for power system balancing technologies in four European countries. Based on the Energy Logics framework, we identify ideologically different transition strategies (state-centered, market-centered, grassroots-centered) contained in government policies and opposition party programs valid in 2019. We compare these policies and programs with citizen poll data. We find that ideology has a small effect: governments and political parties across the spectrum have similar, and relatively ambitious, decarbonization and renewables targets. This mirrors citizens' strong support for ambitious action regardless of their ideological self-description. However, whereas political positions on phasing out fossil fuel power are clear across the policy space, positions on phasing in new flexibility options to balance intermittent renewables are vague or non-existent. As parties and citizens agree on strong climate and renewable power aims, the policy ambition is likely to remain high, even if governments change. KW - political ideology KW - climate policy KW - energy policy KW - europe KW - european KW - Union KW - renewable energy KW - flexibility Y1 - 2020 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2020.1811806 SN - 1556-7249 SN - 1556-7257 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 4 EP - 22 PB - Taylor & Francis Group CY - Philadelphia ER -