Northern Ireland’s Consent to the Climate Change Act 2008: Symbol or Illusion?
Northern Ireland’s Consent to the Climate Change Act 2008: Symbol or Illusion?
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北爱尔兰同意 2008 年气候变化法案：象征还是幻觉？
DOI：
10.1093/jel/eqs029
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发表时间：
2013
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
S. Turner
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作者：
S. Turner
这是对北方爱尔兰参与《2008年英国气候变化法案》创建的气候治理制度的两部分分析中的第一部分。它认为，英国的权力下放塑造了这个国家政权，可能本身就受到国家低碳转型的影响，特别是在英国权力下放最多的地区。从本质上讲，虽然北方爱尔兰同意适用该法似乎代表着为了今世后代的利益而分享权力的长期承诺，从而也代表着权力下放本身，但这第一条认为，这也可能是虚幻的。第二篇文章认为，要对气候治理做出有效承诺，就需要其权力下放的行政部门允许旨在解决冲突的宪法安排成熟。如果不这样做，将对英国假定的“国家”低碳转型和该地区权力下放的长期可行性产生重要影响。
This is the first in a two-part analysis of Northern Ireland's engage- ment with the climate governance regime created by the UK Climate Change Act 2008. It contends that UK devolution has shaped this national regime and may itself be shaped by the national low carbon transition, particularly in the case of the UK's most devolved region. In essence, while Northern Ireland's consent to the application of the Act appeared to represent a long-term commitment to share power in the interests of present and future generations and thus to devolution itself, this first article argues that it was also potentially illusory. The second article argues that making an effective commit- ment to climate governance will require its devolved administration to allow constitutional arrangements designed for conflict resolution to mature. Failure to do so will have important implications for the UK's putative 'national' low carbon transition and the longer term viability of devolution in the region.