Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Research Professor, Per Ove Eikeland, Senior Research Fellow, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Research Professor and Torbjørg Jevnaker, Research Fellow, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway

'This book not only provides an in-depth analysis of the recent development of EU climate and energy policy from the climate and energy package for 2020 to the climate and energy policy framework for 2030, it is also noteworthy for its skilful and innovative combination of EU and member state level analysis across a full policy cycle covering policy initiation, decision-making, implementation and policy reform. Recommended reading!'--Sebastian Oberthuer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium'In Europe, climate and energy policies have become inextricably intertwined in the minds of politicians, businesses and civil society organisations. This ambitious book offers a 360 degree analysis of the interlinking strategies designed and employed by policy makers at EU level and in four critically important member states. In doing so it offers a richly textured answer to a puzzle that has always perplexed analysts: how and why do states manage to adopt policies that are significantly at odds with the preferences of the least ambitious?'--Andrew Jordan, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK'This book is one that all scholars, students and citizens with any interest in EU environmental and energy politics will benefit from reading and re-reading.'--Local Environment

• Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Analytical Framework 3. Evolution of EU Climate and Energy Policies 4. Initiating the Package for 2020 5. Deciding the Package for 2020 6. Implementation in Germany 7. Implementation in Poland 8. Implementation in the Netherlands 9. Implementation in Norway 10. Comparative Analysis and Consequences for EU 2030 11. Conclusions and the Road Ahead Index