Softening the surface but hardening the core? Governing renewable energy in the EU
| Autor: | Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Michèle Knodt |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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021110 strategic
defence & security studies business.industry Corporate governance 05 social sciences 0211 other engineering and technologies ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING 02 engineering and technology 0506 political science Renewable energy Core (game theory) Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration Economics Hardening (metallurgy) media_common.cataloged_instance Economic system European union business Softening Soft law media_common |
| Popis: | Soft law and governance captured the attention of scholars in the 2000s, andnew policy challenges and the novel introduction of‘harder’elements now drivea (re)turn to these discussions. This article explores the extent to which dynamicsleading towards‘harder soft governance’(HSG) appear in the EU’s renewableenergy governance by comparing the 2020 and 2030 Renewable EnergyDirectives. Document analysis and interviews reveal a surface-level softeningbecause the new 2030 directive contains no binding national targets for theMember States. An entrepreneurial Commission has been seeking to introduce‘harder elements’at the core by focusing on implementation, allowing for poten-tially deeper influence on the national energy mixes though the Energy Union.Two main factors drive these changes: the evolving international context of cli-mate change governance, as well as re-configurations of the actors in the EU.Future research should explore the effectiveness of emerging HSG in detail |
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