Local government and the governing of climate change in Germany and the UK
Local government and the governing of climate change in Germany and the UK
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DOI：
10.1080/00420980600936491
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发表时间：
2006-11-01
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影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Kern, Kristine
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作者：
Bulkeley, Harriet;Kern, Kristine
本文认为，为了应对气候变化的挑战，不仅需要关注国际层面，还需要关注当地气候保护政策的制定情况。它对德国和英国当地的气候变化政策进行了比较分析。通过将重点从对地方政府的正式能力的分析转移到气候保护所采用的多种治理模式，两国之间的相似之处得以体现。在这两种情况下，行动都集中在能源领域，各城市越来越多地采用自治和有利的方法来进行减排。该论文认为，欧盟政策、金融危机和实施气候变化政策的政治挑战的影响正在改变地方干预的能力，可能对气候保护的中长期目标产生重大影响。
This paper argues that, in order to address the challenges of climate change, attention needs to be focused not only at the international level but also on how climate protection policy is taking shape locally. It provides a comparative analysis of local climate change policy in Germany and the UK. By moving the focus from an analysis of the formal competencies of local government to the multiple modes of governing through which climate protection is taking place, the similarities between the two countries are brought into view. In both cases, actions are concentrated in the energy sphere and municipalities are increasingly deploying self-governing and enabling approaches to undertaken emissions reductions. The paper argues that the impacts of EU policies, financial crises and the political challenges of implementing climate change policies are changing the capacity for local intervention, with potentially significant consequences for medium- and long-term goals for climate protection.