Covenant of Mayors: Reasons for Being an Environmentally and Energy Friendly Municipality

Gil-Delgado, María del Pópulo Pablo-Romero; Sánchez-Braza, Antonio; González-Limón, José Manuel

doi:10.1111/ropr.12135

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“…The available literature sheds some light on the subject, but not a significant amount of information about the variables that include the use of some type of promotional measure. Pablo-Romero et al [77], Sánchez-Braza et al [78], and Wang [79] show that the population size is a driver when establishing environmental measures including the promotion of EVs.…”

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Policy Instruments to Promote Electro-Mobility in the EU28: A Comprehensive Review

2018

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Despite its environmental benefits, the amount of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in use within the European Union 28 is still very limited. Poor penetration might be explained by certain factors that dissuade potential buyers. To balance these factors and promote electro-mobility, Member States have established incentives to increase demand. However, the various measures are scattered. This paper contributes to fill the gap in the literature by offering an overall view of the main measures. The authors will focus on measures to promote electro-mobility within the EU28 until 2014. After an in-depth and comprehensive review of the relevant measures, the authors conclude that the most important policy instruments to promote EVs are tax and infrastructure measures in addition to financial incentives for purchasing and supporting R&D projects. Regardless of the scarcity of EV registration data, the available information allows us to conclude that higher EV penetration levels appear in countries where the registration tax, the ownership tax, or both taxes have developed a partial green tax by including CO 2 emissions in the calculation of the final invoice.

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“…Pablo-Romero et al (2015b) state that one of the main factors that influences the municipal decision to join the CM is the existence of Covenant…”

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“…Therefore, the launch of the CM can be seen as an interesting evolution in the way European policies are implemented, due to municipalities taking a more active role in committing to the European energy and climate targets (Labaeye and Sauer, 2013;Pablo-Romero et al, 2015b). Dawson et al (2014) state that CM seemed conducive to successful mitigation planning, although Reckien et al (2014) consider it necessary to gain more knowledge about potential drivers of, and barriers to, the development of these plans in Europe.…”

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Analyzing the effects of Energy Action Plans on electricity consumption in Covenant of Mayors signatory municipalities in Andalusia

2016

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The Covenant of Mayors (CM) is an initiative by which towns, cities and regions voluntarily commit to reduce their CO 2 emissions beyond the European Union climate targets, through policies promoting energy saving and renewable energy. The aim of this paper is to analyze whether joining the CM is reducing municipalities' electricity consumption and therefore their emissions. This analysis is made for municipalities in Andalusia, the region of Spain with more signatories. For this purpose, the evolution of total, household and public administration electricity consumption from 2001 to 2012 is analyzed by using panel data econometric techniques. Obtained results show that the CM is having a positive effect on the electricity consumption reductions, since the municipalities have greater rates of reduction of electricity consumption after signing the CM. Therefore, it may be considered that it may be appropriate to promote policies that incentivize the municipalities to join the CM and to develop their action plans, as this can reduce their electrical consumption.

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“…TMNs may address multiple themes or single issues, be formed of particular types of municipality, or represent different geographic ar- eas [8,9]. As such, it is difficult to directly compare TMNs [10].…”

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Identifying the “Usual Suspects”—Assessing Patterns of Representation in Local Environmental Initiatives

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2016

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An increasing body of literature explores the role of transnational municipal networks (TMNs) in governing sustainable development. As associations, one key task of TMNs is to represent their members through production and dissemination of information and knowledge concerning municipal action for sustainable development. Case studies, often emphasising best practice, are used by many TMNs to fulfil this task. Nevertheless, despite strong scrutiny concerning the use of case studies in "policy mobilities" research, there have been limited attempts to quantify the ways in which TMNs present and disseminate case studies and, by doing so, generate trends of presence and absence in literature on sustainable development. Assessing patterns of representation for continents, countries, municipalities and themes across nine international case study collections published by ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability since 1991, this study responds to this research gap and identifies the presence of "usual suspects" in the ICLEI case study collections, along with notable absentees. By doing so, the study contributes to policy mobilities research and literature on TMNs, by encouraging reflection and further research concerning the representation patterns influencing which municipalities and what topics are presented in discourses on sustainable development.

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Covenant of Mayors: Reasons for Being an Environmentally and Energy Friendly Municipality

Cited by 75 publications

References 76 publications

Policy Instruments to Promote Electro-Mobility in the EU28: A Comprehensive Review

Policy Instruments to Promote Electro-Mobility in the EU28: A Comprehensive Review

Analyzing the effects of Energy Action Plans on electricity consumption in Covenant of Mayors signatory municipalities in Andalusia

Identifying the “Usual Suspects”—Assessing Patterns of Representation in Local Environmental Initiatives

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