Regenerative Energie
Observers of past and current negotiations on international climate policy are likely to agree that the European Union has been a consistent advocate of stringent mitigation commitments, often calling for more ambitious climate efforts against strong resistance in several industrialised and developing countries.
Going by its own statements, Europe has increasingly assumed the role of a climate leader, and is consciously fostering this perception both towards its Member States and in its relations with third states. Such leadership can manifest itself in many ways, and the European Union has been described as a structural leader by virtue of its membership, combined population and economic power, but also as a directional and instrumental leader for setting an example through domestic policies and building dynamic coalitions within the international community Upon closer examination, however, the genesis and implementation of climate policies within the Union and its Member States give rise to a more differentiated picture. Domestically, affected industries and other stakeholders do not always stand behind the climate initiatives engendered in faraway Brussels, and even Member States often allow national interests to interfere with the straightforward implementation of common policies; and internationally, the European Union has often been challenged to formulate a “consensus among many voices”, a challenge that will arguably become no easier in the wake of its recent enlargement. Even its success in actually reducing greenhouse gases may fall short of the espoused ambition, with past reductions owed in no small part to the collapse of heavy industries in former central economies. While Europe in its entirety may still be able – albeit barely – to meet its reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol,7 several Member States are far from achieving compliance with their national targets.
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| Quelle: | Issue 1/2007 (September 2007) |
| Seiten: | 8 |
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| Autor: | Michael Mehling Leonardo Massai |
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Hochlauf der Wasserstoffwirtschaft
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Überblick über und Diskussion der Maßnahmen zum beschleunigten Ausbau
der Wasserstoffinfrastruktur in Deutschland
Die innerstaatliche Umsetzung des Pariser Klimaschutzübereinkommens
- ein Rechtsvergleich
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Like all public international law treaties, the Paris Climate Accords rely on national law for their implementation. The success of the agreement therefore depends, to a large extent, on the stepstaken or not taken by national governments and legislators as well as on the instruments and mechanisms chosen for this task. Against this background, the present article compares different approaches to the implementation of the Paris Agreement, using court decisions as a means to assess their (legal) effectiveness.
Klimaschutzrecht und Erzeugung erneuerbarer Energien in der Schweiz
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Verschachtelte Gesetzgebung unter politischer Ungewissheit