For Politics, People, or the Planet? The Political Economy of Fossil Fuel Reform, Energy Dependence and Climate Policy in Haiti

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keston Perry
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Energy Dependence ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
The Political

The Political Economy of National Climate Policy: Cases of U.S.A., Germany and Japan

2005 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-203
Author(s):  
Soonjae Shin
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
Climate Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
The Political ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Political Dominance ◽  
Policy Making Process

A growing amount of literature in the political economy suggests that the implementation of an environmental policy is limited due to the complexity of the interests of different interest groups and the political dominance of the polluting industries. This paper examines this insufficient implementation of an environmental concept in the case of the climate policy in the U.S.A., Germany and Japan. The focuses of this analysis are the choice, design and implementation of climate policy instruments in these countries. Starting from the fact that interest groups in the policy-making process prefer different policy instruments, the analysis shows which interests are enforced via which political instrument.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of Deep Decarbonization: Tradable Energy Quotas for Energy Descent Futures

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4304
Author(s):  
Samuel Alexander ◽  
Joshua Floyd
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
The Political ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Political Complexity ◽  
Demand Reduction ◽  
Societal Problems ◽  
Fossil Fuel Energy

This paper reviews and analyses a decarbonization policy called the Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs) system developed by David Fleming. The TEQs system involves rationing fossil fuel energy use for a nation on the basis of either a contracting carbon emission budget or scarce fuel availability, or both simultaneously, distributing budgets equitably amongst energy-users. Entitlements can be traded to incentivize demand reduction and to maximize efficient use of the limited entitlements. We situate this analysis in the context of Joseph Tainter’s theory about the development and collapse of complex societies. Tainter argues that societies become more socio-politically and technologically ‘complex’ as they solve the problems they face and that such complexification drives increased energy use. For a society to sustain itself, therefore, it must secure the energy needed to solve the range of societal problems that emerge. However, what if, as a result of deep decarbonization, there is less energy available in the future not more? We argue that TEQs offers a practical means of managing energy descent futures. The policy can facilitate controlled reduction of socio-political complexity via processes of ‘voluntary simplification’ (the result being ‘degrowth’ or controlled contraction at the scale of the physical economy).

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