Environmental Policy Integration for Sustainable Technologies: Rationale and Practical Experiences at EU Level

Hertin, Julia; Berkhout, Frans

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“…The first line of research focuses on identifying the determinants, often termed as ‘enablers and barriers’. The research on the barriers on donor’s side, for instance, identified various factors such as sectoral departmentalization or specialization (Hertin and Berkhout, 2001; Peters, 1998), absence of policy assessment processes (Nilsson and Persson, 2003), lack of political commitment and low levels of awareness (Dessai et al, 2009; Lorenzoni et al, 2007). Though such studies have largely succeeded in identifying and categorizing these factors, they have been less successful in explaining the hidden dynamics of policy integration (Russel et al, 2018), like why certain barriers hinder mainstreaming (Eisenack et al, 2014) and what mechanism leads to effective mainstreaming (Biesbroek et al, 2015).…”

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“…In short, studies on mainstreaming have progressed from identifying the ‘determinants’ of mainstreaming (Hertin and Berkhout, 2001; Nilsson and Persson, 2003; Peters, 1998) to categorizing different ‘degrees’ of mainstreaming (Lafferty and Hovden, 2003) to measuring the progress of mainstreaming (Gupta, 2010). The previously mentioned studies on mainstreaming by donor countries, however, have not paid sufficient attention to the emerging donors like Korea.…”

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Mainstreaming Climate Change into Emerging Donor’s Official Development Assistance: The Case of South Korea

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Choi

Chung

2022

Progress in Development Studies

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This article assesses how South Korea, an emerging donor, is mainstreaming climate change considerations into its official development assistance (ODA) activities. We find that Korea’s climate mainstreaming remains in the incipient stage, with a lack of consistent political commitment at the macro level, misalignment with the recipient’s development plans at the meso level and insufficient institutional capacity at the micro level. In addition to the governance systems that fall short of incentivizing the mainstreaming of climate change, this research identifies a number of characteristics accounting for Korea’s progress with climate mainstreaming that may be unique to emerging donors, like under-reporting of climate ODA and the absence of mainstreaming fatigue.

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Mainstreaming Climate Change into Emerging Donor’s Official Development Assistance: The Case of South Korea

Kim

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Chung

2022

Progress in Development Studies

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“…The positive impact of economic growth and energy consumption on carbon emissions has been demonstrated in several studies over the past few decades. 12,24,27,28,50,51 As long as the energy used to power the economy is based on fossil fuel, it can be expected that the growth in CO2 emissions will be proportional to the continued growth of the world economy. Among the other covariates in this study expected to influence per capita carbon dioxide emissions, we include as suggested by previous literature: population density false( P O P i t false) 5,40,46,52 and exports ( E X P i t false).…”

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“…Any immense advancement in technology not only brings about an improvement in the environment and energy supply but also tremendously stimulates economic development and energy consumption on a large scale. 12,24 Measuring technological progress quantitatively is challenging as its representation and realization vary. How technology interacts with the environment, in general, has been the subject of several studies 22,28 but, to our knowledge, there has not yet been an analysis of how technology influences CO2 emissions by assessing various "proxies" of technology 2 since each proxy may yield different results.…”

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Impact of technological progress on carbon emissions in different country income groups

Milindi

Inglesi‐Lotz

2022

Energy & Environment

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This study examines the complex relationship between carbon emissions and technological progress in a sample of 60 countries divided into four income groups for the period 1989–2018. For robustness purposes and due to the broad definition of technology, we use six different proxies to represent technology: Information and telecommunication technology (ICT), patents, public R&D expenditure, Total factor of productivity (TFP), science and technology publications. After applying the fixed-effect method with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors, ICT variables appear to be good instruments for carbon reduction in the full sample. However, R&D expenditure and patents do not significantly impact carbon emissions. TFP increases carbon emissions, while science and technology publications are negatively related to carbon emissions. The analysis shows mixed results for the various country income groups and all indicators.

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The role of green technology on carbon emissions: does it differ across countries’ income levels?

Milindi

Inglesi‐Lotz

2022

Applied Economics

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This study examines the impact of green technology on CO 2 emissions in a sample of 45 countries, divided into three income categories between the periods of 1989-2018. Renewable energy consumption and environmental-related patents are used as indicators of green technology. We consider the production of renewable energy and the development of climate-related technologies as "two sides of the same coin". One needs to be complemented by the other for countries to be successful in the fight against climate change. After applying the fixed-effect method with Driscoll and Kraay standard errors, results reveal that renewable energy consumption significantly reduces CO 2 emissions in the full sample and all three subsamples (High-income, Upper-middle-income, and Lower-middle income countries). However, environmental-related patents significantly lower CO 2 emissions only in very high-income countries. This paper also examines how CO 2 emissions influence the development of green technology and carbonintensive technology. A negative association is found between renewable energy and CO 2 emissions in the high-income and upper-middle-income groups. Because higher carbon emissions encourage high-income and upper-middle-income countries to invest in renewable energy, and this translates into lower carbon emissions over time. Environmental-related patents respond positively to carbon emissions only in highincome countries. The results obtained in this study allow us to draw important conclusions for energy policies. Among the necessary measures to be adopted, developing countries should not neglect the promotion of green innovation, which is a critical condition for carbon neutrality achievement.

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Environmental Policy Integration for Sustainable Technologies: Rationale and Practical Experiences at EU Level

Cited by 4 publications

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Mainstreaming Climate Change into Emerging Donor’s Official Development Assistance: The Case of South Korea

Mainstreaming Climate Change into Emerging Donor’s Official Development Assistance: The Case of South Korea

Impact of technological progress on carbon emissions in different country income groups

The role of green technology on carbon emissions: does it differ across countries’ income levels?

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