Is there now a political climate for policy change? Policy and politics after the Stern Review

Jordan, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Lorenzoni, Irene (2007) Is there now a political climate for policy change? Policy and politics after the Stern Review. The Political Quarterly, 78 (2). pp. 310-319. ISSN 1467-923X

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Abstract

Climate change is fuelling a significant renaissance in the national environmental movement in the UK. The broad aim of this article is better to understand the extent to which the 2006 Stern Review on climate change marked a decisive turning point in the battle against climate change or just another missed opportunity. Labelled as the most comprehensive review of the economics of climate change ever produced, the Stern Review was commissioned by the Chancellor in the summer of 2005 as part of the G8 Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change. The main themes of and reactions to the Stern Review are analysed against the backdrop of changing domestic party politics. Then, the follow through in terms of new political and policy pronouncements is examined. It is concluded that finding a way to tie together domestic and international actions on climate change represents an enormously tricky political challenge for whoever succeeds Blair as prime minister.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
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 > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2011 12:55
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2024 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25277
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-923X.2007.00858.x

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