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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
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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