Can Green Sustain Growth?

Zysman, John; Huberty, Mark

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“…After the 2008 financial crisis, states expanded their role in developing green industries, key growth sectors in the global political economy (Ougaard, 2015). Green industrial and innovation policy — through research and development support, subsidies, tax cuts, tariffs, and other industrial policy measures — has since attracted the attention of scholars (Aggarwal and Evenett, 2012; Craig, 2014; Jänicke, 2012; Karp and Stevenson, 2012; Rodrik, 2014; Zysman and Huberty, 2014). Importantly, research demonstrates how the US developmental state has expanded its activities to promote low-carbon technologies in order to address climate change, while regulatory action failed (MacNeil, 2013; MacNeil and Paterson, 2012; Schreurs, 2012).…”

Section: Explaining Regulatory Change In Global Environmental Politicsmentioning

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“…In other words, it provides concentrated benefits to a set of actors (Hughes and Urpelainen, 2015; Schmitz et al, 2015). Evidence suggests that industrial policy tools may be better equipped than regulatory instruments to provide targeted benefits (Kelsey, 2014; Zysman and Huberty, 2014). Policy measures such as feed-in tariffs — a type of subsidy for renewable energy — offer concentrated benefits to political constituencies (Bayer and Urpelainen, 2016).…”

Section: The Developmental State and Global Environmental Regulationmentioning

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The developmental state in global regulation: Economic change and climate policy

Meckling

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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What are the origins of global regulation? This article proposes that the developmental state — the state investing in economic development — can be a source of global environmental regulation. Through industrial policy, the developmental state can promote structural economic change in polluting sectors that supports global regulatory policy in two ways: first, providing state support to green industries creates economic interests in support of global regulation; and, second, driving down the cost of technology through government subsidies alters the pay-offs of global cooperation for other states. This article examines the two mechanisms in the case of climate change: the global leadership of the European Union; and international cooperation on the Paris Agreement. The argument advances our theory of the state in global regulatory politics as both a developmental and a regulatory force. This article identifies significant scope for the developmental strategies of major economies to change the interest and cost structures of polluting sectors to support global environmental regulation.

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Section: The Developmental State and Global Environmental Regulationmentioning

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The developmental state in global regulation: Economic change and climate policy

Meckling

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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“…Second, yet another scenario could see a stronger lobby emerge from clean energy providers, including both sunshine industries and large technology providers. 23 If, for instance, countries that bet on clean energy industries such as Germany experience significant growth in these sectors, this might lead for stronger political demand for climate action from such industries in other countries. Yet, the verdict on this is outstanding.…”

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The future of emissions trading

Meckling

2014

WIREs Climate Change

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Over the past 15 years, carbon markets have been set up by private and public actors at various geographic scales and with varying financial scope. The history of the early stage of carbon markets reveals a mixed record: the instrument diffused widely across the globe, while existing carbon markets performed rather slow, though anecdotal evidence suggests positive side effects on climate policymaking. Going forward, three key driving forces are likely to shape the future of emissions trading: (1) the source and sustainability of political demand for climate action in general and carbon markets in particular, (2) the governance of operating carbon markets including questions of bureaucratic capacity and regulatory capture, and (3) the pattern of market globalization, which encompasses issues of carbon price comparability, market linkage, and expansion. Depending on how these driving forces and fault lines play out, a number of scenarios are possible, ranging from strongly embedded and effective carbon markets to their collapse. The trajectory to any one of these scenarios could be characterized by tipping points, which are likely to come about incrementally.

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Global interdependence in clean energy transitions

Meckling¹,

Hughes²

2018

Bus. Polit.

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The global energy industry is transforming as governments invest in clean energy technologies to address climate change, enhance energy security, and strengthen national competitiveness. Comparative research on clean energy transitions highlights the domestic drivers and constraints of clean energy transitions. This article contends that we need to understand the effects of global interdependence on clean energy transitions. Shifts in forms of interdependence between firms-influenced by the rise of global supply chains-have new implications for policy choices made by governments. Governments face more complex demands from domestic industries facing global economic competition, and act strategically in response to the actions of other governments, including sub-national actors, and firms in the global economy. We suggest that research on interdependence in clean energy transitions benefits from an analytical focus on mechanisms of transnational change such as cross-national and multi-level policy feedback and crossnational policy sequencing. Global interdependence has important implications for economic and environmental outcomes, affecting the durability of competitive advantage, and influencing the pace of the diffusion of clean energy technologies. the anonymous reviewers, and the editors for helpful comments. We are grateful for research assistance by Nicholas Goedeking. Politics 2018; 20(4): 467-491 Business and

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Can Green Sustain Growth?

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The developmental state in global regulation: Economic change and climate policy

The developmental state in global regulation: Economic change and climate policy

The future of emissions trading

Global interdependence in clean energy transitions

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