Sub-national Responses to Climate Change in England: Evidence from Local Area Agreements
Sub-national Responses to Climate Change in England: Evidence from Local Area Agreements
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英国地方政府对气候变化的反应：来自地方协议的证据
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2011
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S. Cooper
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G. Pearce;S. Cooper
摘要英格兰在国家以下一级应对气候变化的治理机制继续发展。根据文献证据和英国西米德兰兹郡公务员和地方当局官员的意见，本文通过审查中央政府与地方当局和地方战略伙伴关系谈判达成的最新一轮地方区域协议(LAAS)中纳入气候变化指标的情况，探讨了这一进程。这些指标在全国范围内都相当受欢迎，但在接受模式上存在着重要的差异。此外，围绕减少二氧化碳排放的地方措施的贡献存在重大不确定性，适应气候变化的措施所附带的目标被视为要求不高。相反，迫在眉睫的碳减排承诺将成为公共机构削减其产业二氧化碳排放量的强大动力。尽管可能有助于加强应对气候变化的连贯性，但通过土地协议实现集体行动将被证明是有问题的。
Abstract The machinery of governance to address climate change at the sub-national level in England continues to evolve. Drawing on documentary evidence and the views of civil servants and local authority officials from the English West Midlands, this article explores the process through an examination of the inclusion of climate change indicators in the recent round of Local Area Agreements (LAAs), negotiated between central government and local authorities and Local Strategic Partnerships. Considerable popularity has been accorded these indicators nationally, but there are important variations in the pattern of take up. Moreover, significant uncertainties surround the contribution of local measures to reduce CO2 emissions and the targets attached to measures to adapt to climate change are seen as undemanding. Conversely, the impending Carbon Reduction Commitment will act as a powerful incentive for public bodies to cut CO2 emissions from their estates. Although potentially contributing to greater coherence in tackling climate change, achieving collective action through LAAs will prove problematic.