Energy policy design and China’s local climate governance: energy efficiency and renewable energy policies in Hangzhou
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Energy policy design and China’s local climate governance : energy efficiency and renewable energy policies in Hangzhou. / Ting, Guan; Delman, Jørgen.
In: Journal of Chinese Governance, Vol. 2, No. 1, 07.02.2017, p. 68-90.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Energy policy design and China’s local climate governance
T2 - energy efficiency and renewable energy policies in Hangzhou
AU - Ting, Guan
AU - Delman, Jørgen
PY - 2017/2/7
Y1 - 2017/2/7
N2 - This study probes into climate policy design at city level in China, with Hangzhou’s energy efficiency and renewable energy policiesbetween 2005 and 2014 as a case. The study applies a political action arena approach to accentuate the importance of differentnormative preferences behind climate change policies in relation to Hangzhou’s emerging urban climate governance regime. Threemain categories of policy instruments are identified: i.e. command-and-control, market-based, and collaborative governanceinstruments, and their development over time is examined. It is concluded that in Hangzhou energy efficiency is a more mature and comprehensive political action arena than renewable energy.The study also finds that there has been a significant shift awayfrom preferences towards command-and-control to more marketbasedinstruments, while cooperative governance instruments arestill in their infancy. It finally shows that the design and implementation of local programs, especially the selection of policyinstruments, are strongly influenced by the normative preferencesof local officials. Thus, the approach of Hangzhou’s government tothe design and implementation of climate policies seem to gradually become less authoritarian, more market based, and moreaccountable, due to the inherent complexity of this political actionarena.
AB - This study probes into climate policy design at city level in China, with Hangzhou’s energy efficiency and renewable energy policiesbetween 2005 and 2014 as a case. The study applies a political action arena approach to accentuate the importance of differentnormative preferences behind climate change policies in relation to Hangzhou’s emerging urban climate governance regime. Threemain categories of policy instruments are identified: i.e. command-and-control, market-based, and collaborative governanceinstruments, and their development over time is examined. It is concluded that in Hangzhou energy efficiency is a more mature and comprehensive political action arena than renewable energy.The study also finds that there has been a significant shift awayfrom preferences towards command-and-control to more marketbasedinstruments, while cooperative governance instruments arestill in their infancy. It finally shows that the design and implementation of local programs, especially the selection of policyinstruments, are strongly influenced by the normative preferencesof local officials. Thus, the approach of Hangzhou’s government tothe design and implementation of climate policies seem to gradually become less authoritarian, more market based, and moreaccountable, due to the inherent complexity of this political actionarena.
KW - Det Humanistiske Fakultet
KW - China
KW - local policy design
KW - climate policy instruments
KW - energy efficiency
KW - renewable energy
U2 - 10.1080/23812346.2017.1284430
DO - 10.1080/23812346.2017.1284430
M3 - Tidsskriftartikel
VL - 2
SP - 68
EP - 90
JO - Journal of Chinese Governance
JF - Journal of Chinese Governance
SN - 2381-2346
IS - 1
ER -
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