Negotiating Authority in Global Biofuel Governance: Brazil and the EU in the WTO

Stattman, Sarah L.; Gupta, Aarti

doi:10.1162/glep_a_00271

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“…Brazil was the first country to produce biofuels in large volumes. Motivated by energy security concerns (Stattman et al ., ), it promoted the production of ethanol from sugarcane as an alternative transportation fuel from the mid‐1970s onward and made ethanol use mandatory in vehicles in 1977 (Stattman and Gupta, , p. 44). Until 2006, when the US surpassed it, these policies made Brazil the world's leading ethanol producer.…”

Section: Sustainable Biofuels Governance In Comparative Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…None of the earliest initiatives to stimulate biofuels production attached environmental sustainability criteria to blending mandates. Brazil's stimulus to ethanol production and consumption was not based on environmental concerns, but rather on countering increasing international oil prices and decreasing sugar prices (Stattman and Gupta, , p. 44). The environmental consequences of biofuels were part of the EU debate of the 2003 Biofuels Directive.…”

Section: Sustainable Biofuels Governance In Comparative Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Notwithstanding their differences on sustainability measurement methodologies (see below), Brazil and the EU have co‐operated with African countries, notably Mozambique and Kenya, on the sustainable development of bioenergy. Finally, Brazil also regularly employs the World Trade Organization (WTO) to contest EU standards by highlighting their incompatibility with prevailing WTO classifications (Stattman and Gupta, ).…”

Section: Market and Normative Power Impacts In The Us And Brazilmentioning

confidence: 99%

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When Normative and Market Power Interact: The European Union and Global Biofuels Governance

Renckens

Skogstad

Mondou

2017

J of Common Market Studies

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Drawing on the literature on the market and normative power of the EU, we document and explain the limited success of the EU in transferring its environmental standards with respect to sustainable biofuels governance to the world's two largest biofuels producersthe US and Braziland to two international standard setting organizations, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP). Our explanation highlights four factors: first, the extent to which EU strategies to strengthen its market power can undermine its normative power; second, the limits to EU policy influence posed by other actors' use of their own market and normative power resources; third, the diminished influence of a late policy-mover; and fourth, the difficulty of establishing normative leadership in a policy field subject to epistemic contestation.

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Section: Sustainable Biofuels Governance In Comparative Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Sustainable Biofuels Governance In Comparative Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Market and Normative Power Impacts In The Us And Brazilmentioning

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When Normative and Market Power Interact: The European Union and Global Biofuels Governance

Renckens

Skogstad

Mondou

2017

J of Common Market Studies

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“…Relationships with countries such as China, India, and Brazil cover a wide range of political and economic topics. Environmental issues are often part of debates and policy initiatives and may facilitate cooperation with the EU providing financial support (116)(117)(118)(119)(120). The EU has also completed trade agreements with more than 50 countries in Europe, the Americas, Africa, and Asia.…”

Section: Eu External Influencementioning

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Broader, Deeper and Greener: European Union Environmental Politics, Policies, and Outcomes

Selin

VanDeveer

2015

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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The European Union (EU) is influential in environmental politics and policy-making across its 28 member states, around its periphery, and globally. Building on a diverse analytical and empirical literature, this article's seven sections each highlights important research findings and outcomes from more than four decades of EU environmental governance. These include (a) a substantial transfer of legal authority from member states to the supranational level; (b) a growing involvement of EU bodies, advocacy groups, and civil society in regional goal-setting and decision-making; (c) the development of elaborate governance systems and mechanism for making, implementing, and enforcing policy; (d ) EU exercise of considerable influence over countries seeking membership before and after joining the Union; (e) increased EU participation and influence in international fora; ( f ) a mixed record of uneven implementation and varied environmental outcomes in Europe and across the world; and ( g) continuing challenges in nascent attempts to engender greater resource efficiency and sustainability in Europe and beyond. All of these findings and outcomes suggest numerous areas and directions for additional research. 2.1

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“…Extensive research in recent years focused on how private certification initiatives function (Partzsch, 2011;Ponte and Daugbjerg, 2015;Schleifer, 2013;Stattman and Gupta, 2015). Many studies discussed, additionally, the sustainability debates around biofuels, including the pros and cons of various measurement tools to assess the (adverse) effects that biofuels might have on changing land use, GHG emissions, and agricultural production, among others (Bailis and Baka, 2011;Bernard and Prieur, 2007;Pacini et al, 2013).…”

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Biofuel governance in Brazil and the EU

Stattman¹

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This PhD is the end of a long journey. The project started in 2009 and over the course of writing this thesis, many people in different ways have helped and supported me. Not only with the research, interviews and contacts at various times and locations, but also with background support for a process that took longer and was more complicated than I originally anticipated. I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to many of them. My interest for the topic originated from looking for a subject for my MSc thesis in 2007. During a debate in 'Hotel de Wereld' in Wageningen, I met Prem Bindraban who (quite spontaneously) invited me to join his research sabbatical in Brazil. Just two-and-a-half weeks later our adventure in Brazil began. During this trip we visited many people and projects varying from farmers, researchers, government officials and multi-stakeholder initiatives. We discovered the broad variety of the country and its very kind people. Therefore, thank you Prem for this amazing opportunity! It has been the basis of insights and information that has been invaluable in the whole process. Also, muito obrigada, Catarina Pezzo. We met during my first trip when you were appointed to show me around the WUR campus in Piracicaba and were finishing your own thesis. I am glad we have stayed in touch and met each other again in Brazil and the Netherlands where I could return the favour of hospitality. I would like to continue by expressing my gratitude to my promotors Arthur Mol and Aarti Gupta for their continuing support and persistence. Arthur Mol gave me the chance to pursue my research interest as a PhD student at the Environmental Policy group. His supervision and feedback always improved the quality of my work and in spite of a bumpy road, he has remained patient and allowed me to finish this thesis in my own time. I am also incredibly grateful to Aarti Gupta, because she has kept me going (one way or another). Without her guidance and support this project would probably never have been finished. Thank you! Many thanks also to ENP colleagues and fellow PhD candidates. You inspired me during many presentations and countless hallway discussions. Therefore, I would like to thank:

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Negotiating Authority in Global Biofuel Governance: Brazil and the EU in the WTO

Cited by 14 publications

References 34 publications

When Normative and Market Power Interact: The European Union and Global Biofuels Governance

When Normative and Market Power Interact: The European Union and Global Biofuels Governance

Broader, Deeper and Greener: European Union Environmental Politics, Policies, and Outcomes

Biofuel governance in Brazil and the EU

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