Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1692
Title: National binding renewable energy targets for 2020, but not for 2030 anymore: why the European Commission developed from a supporter to a brakeman
Authors: Burgin, Alexander
Keywords: European Commission
Agenda-setting
renewable energy
policy formulation
climate policy
Policy
Eu
Union
Politics
Agenda
Decision
Impact
Ideas
Publisher: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd
Abstract: While in 2007 the European Commission suggested a national binding target of 20 per cent for the renewable energy share of European Union (EU) energy consumption by 2020, its proposal of January 2014 for the follow-up period until 2030 is less ambitious: first, the suggested 27 per cent share of renewables is only slightly above the expected level of 24.4 per cent which would be achieved by the implementation of current policies; and second, the target is not legally obligatory for the member states. This article argues that the less-ambitious target is explained by changed context conditions for the EU's climate and renewable energy policy, whereas the abandonment of the legally binding force of the target for the member states is the result of the bargaining strategy employed by the energy commissioner. This illustration of a commissioner's individual influence has so far been neglected by the literature on the European Commission.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2014.984747
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14365/1692
ISSN: 1350-1763
1466-4429
Appears in Collections:Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection
WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection

Files in This Item:
File SizeFormat 
1692.pdf
  Restricted Access
358 kBAdobe PDFView/Open    Request a copy
Show full item record



CORE Recommender

SCOPUSTM   
Citations

66
checked on Nov 20, 2024

WEB OF SCIENCETM
Citations

53
checked on Nov 20, 2024

Page view(s)

66
checked on Nov 25, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Check




Altmetric


Items in GCRIS Repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.