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Jordan, Andrew J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Moore, Brendan
(2023)
The durability–flexibility dialectic: The evolution of decarbonisation policies in the European Union.
Journal of European Public Policy, 30 (3).
pp. 425-444.
ISSN 1350-1763
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Abstract
Policy makers are under political pressure to adopt policies that achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Reaching net zero is a demanding challenge requiring durable policies that last; that is, withstand short-term turbulence. However, there is a lack of clarity in the existing literature on both the conceptual meaning of policy durability and its empirical manifestations. This paper distinguishes between three central dimensions of policy durability and uses them to shed new light on the long-term evolution of EU climate policy. It reveals that the EU has addressed the relationship between policy durability and policy flexibility by working iteratively across and between different policy elements (instruments, programmes, goals, etc.). In revealing these patterns, it addresses a greatly neglected feature of policy design processes: the dialectical relationship between durability and flexibility.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Published in special Issue – Climate policy: from complexity to consensus? |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change,decarbonisation,net zero,policy durability,policy flexibility,sociology and political science,public administration,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 |
| 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 |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2022 14:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 09:39 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/84277 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13501763.2022.2042721 |
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