The European Commission White Paper on adaptation : appraising its strategic success as an instrument of soft law
The European Commission White Paper on adaptation : appraising its strategic success as an instrument of soft law
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欧盟委员会适应白皮书：评估其作为软法工具的战略成功
DOI：
10.1007/s11027-011-9348-0
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发表时间：
2012
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4
通讯作者：
Magali Dreyfus
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作者：
Ademola;A.;Sulayman K.Sowe;Obijiofor;A.;Govindan;P.;Susi Heiden;Magali Dreyfus
2009年，欧洲联盟就气候适应问题采取了第一个战略步骤，发表了一份关于适应问题的白色文件。自发表以来，许多研究人员和分析人士批评白色文件缺乏具体和可执行的行动。本文将白色文件作为一种软法工具进行分析。首先，我们提供了软法理论的背景，其适用条件，以及判断其成功的标准。其次，从软法的角度分析了白色文件的内容和背景。我们发现，白色文件通过的条件，正是那些适合于软法的方法和高度确定的欧洲多层次的治理背景。因此，白色文件设法实现了软法律的若干共同目标，特别是在建立允许信息共享和辅助性的程序方面。然而，它未能实现其他几个目标，特别是在促进各国的承诺和推动欧盟朝着具有约束力的监管方向发展方面。需要进一步制定战略，以弥补这些缺陷。
The European Union took its first strategic step on the topic of climate adaptation in 2009 with publication of a White Paper on Adaptation. Since its publication, many researchers and analysts have criticized the White Paper for its lack of concrete and enforceable actions. In this paper, we analyse the White Paper as an instrument of soft law. First, we provide background on the theory of soft law, its terms of applicability, and the standards by which to judge its success. Second, we analyse the content and context of the White Paper according to soft law principles. We find that the conditions under which the White Paper was adopted were exactly those suited to a soft law approach and highly determined by the European multi-level governance context. As such, the White Paper has managed to achieve several of the common objectives of soft law in particular in setting up processes allowing information-sharing and subsidiarity. However it has failed to achieve several others especially in fostering the commitment of the states, and in moving the European Union in the direction of binding regulation. Further strategy development will be required to fix these deficiencies.