Intergovernmental Relations and Climate Change Policy

政府间关系与气候变化政策

• 批准号: 2476632
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Aberystwyth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2476632
• 关键词: Intergovernmental; Relations; Climate; Change; Policy

Central Research Question: How do intergovernmental relations affect climate change policy in multi-level systems between 2007 and 2022?Intergovernmental relations (IGR) could be defined as the relations between different governments within multi-level systems, including the processes and institutions that facilitate intergovernmental interaction. Concerns over climate change have increased in recent years and it is also increasingly recognized that ambitious action is required by all levels of governments to mitigate the most severe consequences and to implement appropriate adaptation measures. As such, climate change policy has gained a more prominent presence within intergovernmental forums. It is thought that IGR has a significant role in explaining climate change policy positions within multilevel states as this policy area is often characterised by a significant degree of overlapping in domestic authority. However, empirical research to support claims on IGR-climate change policy linkages are limited in volume. My project seeks to explain how IGR effects climate change policy in multilevel states by focusing especially on the role of political parties and constitutional arrangements. Other significant variables include the degree of institutionalisation and the predominant direction of intergovernmental interaction. The project also considers whether the significance of IGR is different for climate change mitigation policies compared to climate change adaptation policies. The majority of research on IGR is concerned with formal relations within federated states. These gaps within the literature will be addressed by systematically analysing both informal and formal IGR, including Intergovernmental Councils (IGCs) and by comparing IGR on climate change policy between federal, quasi federal and devolved unitary states. The project is designed as a convergent comparative case study, using semi-structured interviews, policy documents, questionnaire data and official statistics. Three cases are selected, each including a policy analysis of the central government and one sub-state government: first, the UK and Welsh governments; second, the Spanish and Catalan governments; and third, the Belgian and Flemish governments. Intergovernmental conflicts are known to be prominent in these cases, thus an important part of the inquiry involves an examination into some of the conditions that have contributed towards a high occurrence of intergovernmental conflict that in turn effects climate change policy. Following the case study chapters the most significant findings will be discussed comparatively and in relation to findings in other literatures. This project will contribute towards the literature of comparative federalism by applying analysis across different constitutional contexts and the empirical findings will also be of relevance to the literatures of multi-level governance and environmental federalism. Policy recommendations for improving practices of IGR for climate change policy and potential areas for further research will be outlined in the conclusion.

核心研究问题：2007年至2022年，政府间关系如何影响多层次系统中的气候变化政策？政府间关系可以定义为多层次系统内不同政府之间的关系，包括促进政府间互动的进程和机构。近年来，对气候变化的关切有所增加，人们也日益认识到，各级政府需要采取大胆的行动，以减轻最严重的后果，并采取适当的适应措施。因此，气候变化政策在政府间论坛中占据了更突出的地位。人们认为，IGR在解释多层次国家的气候变化政策立场方面发挥了重要作用，因为这一政策领域的特点往往是国内权威机构存在很大程度的重叠。然而，支持政府间报告与气候变化政策之间联系的实证研究数量有限。我的项目旨在解释IGR如何影响多层次国家的气候变化政策，特别是关注政党和宪法安排的作用。其他重要变量包括制度化程度和政府间互动的主导方向。该项目还考虑了IGR的重要性是否是不同的气候变化减缓政策相比，气候变化适应政策。大多数关于IGR的研究关注的是联邦国家内部的正式关系。这些文献中的差距将通过系统分析非正式和正式的政府间报告，包括政府间理事会（IGCs）和比较政府间报告之间的气候变化政策的联邦，准联邦和下放单一制国家。该项目旨在作为一个趋同的比较案例研究，使用半结构化访谈，政策文件，问卷数据和官方统计。三个案例被选中，每个案例包括中央政府和一个次州政府的政策分析：第一，英国和威尔士政府;第二，西班牙和加泰罗尼亚政府;第三，比利时和佛兰芒政府。众所周知，政府间冲突在这些情况下是突出的，因此调查的一个重要部分涉及审查导致政府间冲突频繁发生的一些条件，这些冲突反过来影响气候变化政策。在案例研究章节之后，将比较讨论最重要的发现，并与其他文献中的发现进行比较。本项目将通过对不同宪法背景的分析，为比较联邦主义的文献做出贡献，实证研究结果也将与多级治理和环境联邦主义的文献相关。最后，本文将提出政策建议，以改进政府间气候变化研究所在气候变化政策方面的做法，并提出进一步研究的潜在领域。