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Kuzemko, Caroline (2022) Business, government & policymaking capacity : UK energy & net zero transitions. Political Quarterly, 93 (2). pp. 235-243. doi:10.1111/1467-923X.13135 ISSN 0032-3179.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.13135
Abstract
The UK government is responsible for meeting legally binding decarbonisation objectives, but it is not on track to meet its next carbon budgets or its net zero emissions 2050 targets. The IPCC’s sixth assessment report is a stark reminder of the importance of all countries, particularly those historically responsible for greenhouse gas emissions, devising and implementing the innovative and just policy solutions required to lower emissions. Within this context, this paper explores the UK’s sustainable energy policymaking, and why it is not on course to meet targets, through the lens of government-business relations. It analyses government policy capacity, incumbent energy company influence, and how complex relations and dependencies have affected sustainable policy (non-)decisions and outcomes. It reveals that an over-reliance on incumbent energy companies in UK energy politics, although understandable given the need to provide affordable and secure energy, has contributed towards insufficient space for cheaper and more just clean energy solutions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor Q Science > QC Physics T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Climatic changes , Climatic changes -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Climate change mitigation , Renewable energy sources -- Government policy -- Great Britain, Energy policy -- Government policy -- Great Britain | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Political Quarterly | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0032-3179 | ||||||||
Official Date: | April 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 93 | ||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||
Number of Pages: | 10 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 235-243 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/1467-923X.13135 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 19 April 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 May 2022 | ||||||||
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