Climate policy innovation: Developing an evaluation perspective

Mikael Hildén, Mikael, Jordan, Andy ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Rayner, Tim (2014) Climate policy innovation: Developing an evaluation perspective. Environmental Politics, 23 (5). pp. 884-905. ISSN 0964-4016

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Abstract

A key dimension of the debate about policy innovation is the extent to which new policies achieve significant and lasting effects on the problems they purport to address. However, little is known about such effects. We break new ground by investigating how far current evaluation practices in a policy system with relatively ambitious climate policies – the European Union – identify the most effective (carbon-reducing) policies. We find that a small number of policy instruments are projected to deliver the lion’s share of emission reductions. Setting aside the special case of emissions trading, these instruments are not particularly innovative. If significant practical and political obstacles can be addressed, more (detailed) evaluations could enhance the evidence base and also the political prospects for delivering deeper emissions cuts through to 2050. An evaluation perspective could also offer a very different way to consider policy innovation dynamics.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: innovation,evaluation,climate policy,european union,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups: University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2018 16:19
Last Modified: 20 Oct 2023 00:58
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/65868
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2014.924205

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