Rettslige krav til kommunal klima- og energiplanlegging

Stokstad, Sigrid

doi:10.7577/nibr/notat/2014/109

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“…The guideline made it clear that local governments were to be frontrunners in Norwegian climate policy development (Stokstad, 2014), stipulating that all municipalities were to develop a climate and energy plan containing concrete goals and specific measures to be pursued. The guideline made it clear that local governments were to be frontrunners in Norwegian climate policy development (Stokstad, 2014), stipulating that all municipalities were to develop a climate and energy plan containing concrete goals and specific measures to be pursued.…”

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“…The research reported here has investigated the effects of a soft policy instrument, the Guideline on Climate and Energy Planning, on the institutionalization of climate mitigation policy activity at the local level in Norway. The guideline made it clear that local governments were to be frontrunners in Norwegian climate policy development (Stokstad, 2014), stipulating that all municipalities were to develop a climate and energy plan containing concrete goals and specific measures to be pursued. Based on a review of previous literature, we expected that the planning guideline could have led to an increased engagement of politicians and administrative staff, requiring them to come to grips with the relevant policy problem and, as a result, contribute to the institutionalization of local climate policy activities (see among others Bulkeley & Kern, 2006;Kern & Alber, 2008;Wejs, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The planning guideline, however, is a soft policy measure (Stokstad, 2014). It made explicit the expectation that local governmentsboth counties and municipalitieswere to be frontrunners in national climate policy.…”

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“…It made explicit the expectation that local governmentsboth counties and municipalitieswere to be frontrunners in national climate policy. The planning guideline, however, is a soft policy measure (Stokstad, 2014). It contains no reporting obligations or other mechanisms for monitoring local government activity, and there are no provisions for sanctions in the event local authorities fail to comply.…”

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Municipalities as Frontrunners in Mitigation of Climate Change: Does soft regulation make a difference?

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Soft regulatory measures are argued to represent a useful alternative to hard regulation when policy-makers seek to deal with difficult problems. This article investigates the impact of a national guideline on climate and energy planning adopted in Norway, a soft regulatory instrument, which sought to encourage stronger local climate mitigation policies. To assess the effectiveness of this policy approach the research reported here investigated the impact of the guideline on the institutionalization of local climate policy activity in a set of Norwegian municipalities. Our findings indicate that for municipalities in the early phases of developing their climate mitigation policy the planning guideline contributed to legitimizing climate policy by linking it to other policy areas. For municipalities that had come further in developing their climate mitigation policy, however, the planning guideline made little difference. The findings indicate that even if soft policy instruments might be needed in a situation with complex regulatory issues, it is difficult to achieve results without the support of harder policy measures. This is particularly the case if local authorities face financial constraints and lack manpower in their work in developing effective climate mitigation policy.

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confidence: 99%