What does Brexit Mean for the <scp>UK</scp>'s Climate Change Act?

Farstad, Fay Madeleine; Carter, Neil; Burns, Charlotte

doi:10.1111/1467-923x.12486

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“…Since the entry into force of the Single European Act in 1987, the environmental acquis has grown steadily, either in response to recently identified threats or as a means of increasing the ambition of existing policies (Steinebach and Knill, ). However, since the late 2000s the EU has faced a conglomerate of crises (Falkner, ), most notably the economic and Eurozone crises (Gravey, ), the migration and refugee crisis (Byman and Speakman, ) and an ongoing legitimacy crisis, exemplified by the Brexit negotiations (Farstad et al ., ). This crisis period followed the EU's 2004 enlargement, which saw accession to the EU of states that were less well‐positioned than existing members to develop ambitious environmental policy and that sought, successfully in some cases, to reduce the ambition of environmental legislation (Skjærseth, ).…”

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Crisis, Climate Change and Comitology: Policy Dismantling Via the Backdoor?

Burns

Tobin

2020

J of Common Market Studies

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The EU is reputed to be a climate pioneer. However, the EU has been beset by crises, with potentially negative consequences for climate ambitions. The coding and analysis of EU climate legislation between 1998 and 2015 reveal that while the rate of creating climate policy has increased since the onset of the crisis, the ambition of these policies has waned. Technical policy instruments (comitology) at the EU level, namely delegated and implementing acts (DIA), are analysed alongside the legislation adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure (OLP). If they were applied as indicated in the treaties, the technical DIA measures should not influence the EU's policy ambitions, but in fact, during the crisis era, DIA measures were used more frequently than during the pre-crisis era, and used in three out of the four cases that weaken policy, suggesting that a minor dismantling of climate policy is taking place at EU level, but via the back door.

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Crisis, Climate Change and Comitology: Policy Dismantling Via the Backdoor?

Burns

Tobin

2020

J of Common Market Studies

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“…The UK will retain or replace most EU laws and regulations in areas such as energy and transport as it departs the bloc, but given the terms of the 2020 Trade and Cooperation Agreement it is far from clear that the UK will maintain future alignment. These developments could mean greater coherence of governance, but Brexit also gives rise to fears about the unravelling of climate consensus and an attack on climate policy and science from a resurgent nationalist populism (Farstad et al 2018). However, it is argued here that this outcome is unlikely because of the underlying structural drivers of climate politics in the UK, discussed below.…”

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A hard Act to follow? The evolution and performance of UK climate governance

Lockwood

2021

Environmental Politics

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This article provides an analysis of the origins and effects of UK climate governance. It is centrally concerned with the relationships between politics and climate institutions, both in how political conditions have shaped the emergence of climate governance, and in how the resulting institutions subsequently structure climate politics. The analysis brings out three key themes. First, a focus on the CCA can overlook the enduring importance of the parallel climate governance architecture provided by the European Union. Second, it is important to see UK climate governance within a wider political and institutional context, as these results of this context, especially tensions between ambition and instability, have influenced its evolution. Third, this design, and other aspects of the evolution of UK climate governance framework, have in turn had implications for the strengths and weaknesses of the framework and how it has met key governance challenges.

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“…Looking back to the 2016 referendum campaign on continued membership in the European Union, there was not much discussion about how Brexit might affect environmental protection efforts. The referendum produced a Leave majority and, subsequently, there has been considerable attention given to the implications of leaving the EU for continued cooperation on various issues including the environment (Hepburn and Teytelboym 2017;Farstad, Carter and Burns 2018). Arguments have gone both ways.…”

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Environmental Issues in Recent British and Canadian Elections

Clarke¹,

Pammett

2021

CJERS

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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN RECENT BRITISH AND CANADIAN ELECTIONS The 2019 elections in Britain and Canada illustrate the difficulties in communication between a concerned public and prospective office-holders on the most critical set of issues of our times. An increased level of public awareness and concern about the state of the environment has been expressed in public opinion polls, social movement activity has increased, and Green parties have expanded their appeal. Despite these developments in recent years, environmental issues have not been able to exert a major impact on individual voting behaviour in elections, or on overall election outcomes. Issues related to the environment are usually treated, by both politicians and the public, in valence terms. Valence issues are ones upon which there is broad consensus about the goals of public policy, and political debate focuses not on "what to accomplish" but rather on "how to do it" and "who is best able." Regarding the environment, general formulations like global warming and climate change prompt politicians to offer concerned rhetoric and engage in virtue signaling, but specific policy proposals are often absent. This paper examines four reasons why environmental/climate change issues did not have a major impact on the 2019 Canadian and British elections. First, environmental concern in society at large was imperfectly translated into election issues. Second, the major political parties produced inadequate and unconvincing environmental manifestos. Third, environmental issues were not central to most voting decisions. Fourth, environmental issues had limited impacts on election outcomes.

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What does Brexit Mean for the UK's Climate Change Act?

Cited by 19 publications

References 2 publications

Crisis, Climate Change and Comitology: Policy Dismantling Via the Backdoor?

Crisis, Climate Change and Comitology: Policy Dismantling Via the Backdoor?

A hard Act to follow? The evolution and performance of UK climate governance

Environmental Issues in Recent British and Canadian Elections

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