From Kyoto to the town hall
Subtitle: making international and national climate policy work at the local level
By: edited by Lennart J. Lundqvist and Anders Biel
Contributors: Lundqvist, Lennart, 1939-; Biel, Anders
Publisher: Earthscan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Sterling, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781844074235
Subjects: Climatic changes -- Government policy; Climatic changes -- Environmental aspects
Description: "Drawing on original research from Sweden, a world leader in effective environmental solutions, this volume examines the difficulties of aligning climate policy from international to national and sub-national levels. The authors address the full range of barriers and complexities, including governance structures, the relationship between 'experts' and the public, political feasibility, tax measures, perceptions of 'fairness' and self-interest, and the importance of environmental values. Also covered are the roles and perceptions of organizations and professions, the place of carbon-free technologies (such as wind power), the relationship between national and EU regulations, and the monumental challenge of governing the climate in a bordered and divided world."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: From Kyoto to the town hall : transforming national strategies into local and individual action / Lennart J. Lundqvist and Anders Biel; title: Coping with climate change : Sweden's climate strategy as a case in point / Lennart J. Lundqvist and Anders Biel; title: Explaining public trust in institutions : the role of consensual expert ideas / Monika Bauhr; title: Is there a trade-off between cost-effective climate policies and political legitimacy? / Henrik Hammar and Sverker C. Jagers; title: Assessing values in environmental policy formation / Andreas Nilsson and Anders Biel; title: Organizational culture, professional norms and local implementation of national climate policy / Chris von Borgstede, Mathias Zannakis and Lennart J. Lundqvist; title: Policy effectiveness and the diffusion of carbon-free energy technology : the case of wind power / Patrik Söderholm, Maria Pettersson, Kristina Ek and Gabriel Michanek; title: Sharing burdens in the European Union for the protection of the global climate : a Swedish perspective / Lena Gipperth; title: Governing the climate, (b)ordering the world / Johannes Stripple; title: Multilevel governance : a solution to climate change management? / Anders Biel and Lennart J. Lundqvist