Governance experiments in climate action: Empirical findings from the 28 European Union countries

Kaisa Johanna Matschoss; Juha Petteri Repo

doi:10.1080/09644016.2018.1443743

Governance experiments in climate action: Empirical findings from the 28 European Union countries

Kaisa Johanna Matschoss, Juha Petteri Repo

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Climate targets call for novel policy measures to facilitate widespread adoption of low-carbon solutions and innovations. The literature on socio-technical systems argues that experimentation has a prominent role in enabling sustainability transition. Experiments represent ways of testing new ideas and methods across a wide range of policy fields. Governance experiments in particular can support accelerated diffusion of new solutions, because they integrate policy with innovations. Here, types of success factors in the implementation of governance experiments in action to mitigate climate change are examined. Statistical analysis of sustainability innovations in the 28 European Union countries indicates that the types of success factors in governance experiments differ from those of product and social experiments. Governance experimentation is more positioned within socio-technical regimes than in strategic niches. These results suggest that governance experiments may indeed provide new transition opportunities towards low-carbon societies.

Alkuperäiskieli	englanti
Lehti	Environmental Politics
Vuosikerta	27
Numero	4
Sivut	598-620
Sivumäärä	22
ISSN	0964-4016
DOI - pysyväislinkit	https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1443743
Tila	Julkaistu - 28 helmikuuta 2018
OKM-julkaisutyyppi	A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä, vertaisarvioitu

Tieteenalat

1172 Ympäristötiede
517 Valtio-oppi, hallintotiede

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Matschoss, K. J., & Repo, J. P. (2018). Governance experiments in climate action: Empirical findings from the 28 European Union countries . Environmental Politics, 27(4), 598-620. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2018.1443743

Matschoss, Kaisa Johanna ; Repo, Juha Petteri. / Governance experiments in climate action : Empirical findings from the 28 European Union countries . Julkaisussa: Environmental Politics. 2018 ; Vuosikerta 27, Nro 4. Sivut 598-620.

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Governance experiments in climate action : Empirical findings from the 28 European Union countries . / Matschoss, Kaisa Johanna ; Repo, Juha Petteri.

julkaisussa: Environmental Politics, Vuosikerta 27, Nro 4, 28.02.2018, s. 598-620.

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