TY  - CHAP
A1  - Quitzow, Rainer
A1  - Bersalli, Germán
A1  - Lilliestam, Johan
A1  - Prontera, Andrea
ED  - Rayner, Tim
ED  - Szulecki, Kacper
ED  - Jordan, Andrew J.
ED  - Oberthür, Sebastian
T1  - Green recovery
BT  - catalyst for an enhanced EU role in climate and energy policy?
T2  - Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics
N2  - This chapter reviews how the European Union has fared in enabling a green recovery in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis, drawing comparisons to developments after the financial crisis. The chapter focuses on the European Commission and its evolving role in promoting decarbonisation efforts in its Member States, paying particular attention to its role in financing investments in low-carbon assets. It considers both the direct effects of green stimulus policies on decarbonisation in the EU and how these actions have shaped the capacities of the Commission as an actor in the field of climate and energy policy. The analysis reveals a significant expansion of the Commission’s role compared to the period following the financial crisis. EU-level measures have provided incentives for Member States to direct large volumes of financing towards investments in climate-friendly assets. Nevertheless, the ultimate impact will largely be shaped by implementation at the national level.
KW  - European Union
KW  - green recovery
KW  - climate finance
KW  - European Green Deal
KW  - just transition
Y1  - 2023
SN  - 978-1-78990-698-1
SN  - 978-1-78990-697-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906981.00039
SP  - 351
EP  - 366
PB  - Edward Elgar Publishing
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  -