Dear colleagues,
We would like to warmly invite you to submit panels and papers to the section on EU Climate and Energy Policy in Turbulent Times at the 10th Biennial Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on the European Union (Rome, 3–6 June 2020).
In a crisis-ridden EU, climate and energy policy is often seen as a respite – an area that provides a positive agenda of which the EU is in short supply. For example, the EU is preparing its long-term strategy aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050 and reviewing its just-adopted 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework, as public mobilization for climate issues, such as the Youth for Climate movement, continues making headlines. However, these developments operate in a problematic and fragile context. Internally, the erosion of liberal democracy and the rise of right-wing populism endanger wide societal consensuses and diminish governments’ appetite for strong European and international institutions. Externally, the crisis of the liberal international order accentuates geopolitical thinking, economic competition and inward-looking policies, all of which undermine the trust and cooperative momentum needed for a global energy transition.
The goal of this Section is to examine how these wider tensions interact with EU climate and energy policy, including along the following dimensions:
We are looking forward to receiving your Panel and Paper proposals engaging with one or several of the above dimensions or related issues - deadline for submission is 16 December: https://ecpr.eu/Events/143.
In case of questions, please contact anna.h...@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Kind regards,
Anna Herranz-Surrallés (Maastricht University) and Sebastian Oberthür (VUB)
Jean Monnet Network on Governing the EU’s Climate and Energy Transition in Turbulent Times (GOVTRAN) – visit www.govtran.eu!
Latest publications:
Sebastian Oberthür (2019), Hard or Soft Governance? The EU’s Climate and Energy Policy Framework for 2030, Politics and Governance, 7: 1, 17-27.
Sebastian Oberthür and Eliza Northrop (2018), Towards an Effective Mechanism to Facilitate Implementation and Promote Compliance under the Paris Agreement, Climate Law, 8, 39-69.
Sebastian Oberthür & Lisanne Groen (2018): Explaining goal achievement in international negotiations: the EU and the Paris Agreement on climate change, Journal of European Public Policy, 25: 5, 708-727 DOI: 10.1080/13501763.2017.1291708
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Prof. Dr. SEBASTIAN OBERTHÜR Environment and Sustainable Development
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