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'Climate institutions' - including climate laws, climate ministries, and coordination mechanisms for climate policy - have proliferated around the world. Yet we know little about them, despite the important role they play in formalising the process of climate policymaking, steering its development, delivery, and potential improvement.
What are climate institutions and how can we characterise them across countries? What effects do climate institutions have on climate policymaking? And in light of these findings, what insights can we draw for German climate governance and what options exist for institutional reform? Researchers from the Kopernikus Project Ariadne have tackled these questions in a recent study.
In a webinar on October 10th, Claudia Zwar and Prof. Dr. Christian Flachsland from Hertie School presented the Ariadne-Report “Mapping variation in institutions for climate policymaking: Climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia”. In their analysis, they propose a definition of climate institutions, develop a conceptual framework for analysing and comparing their effects, and test this framework on a sample of four countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. Their comparative analysis allows to draw lessons for German climate governance in the context of reforming Germany’s Climate Change Act, the Klimaschutzgesetz (via the Klimaschutznovelle).
Read Report here: ariadneprojekt.de/en/publication/report-mapping-variation-in-institutions-for-climate-policymaking
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Analytical Framework - Claudia Zwar
18:09 Insights for German climate institutions - Christian Flachsland
30:52 Discussion
'Climate institutions' - including climate laws, climate ministries, and coordination mechanisms for climate policy - have proliferated around the world. Yet we know little about them, despite the important role they play in formalising the process of climate policymaking, steering its development, delivery, and potential improvement.
What are climate institutions and how can we characterise them across countries? What effects do climate institutions have on climate policymaking? And in light of these findings, what insights can we draw for German climate governance and what options exist for institutional reform? Researchers from the Kopernikus Project Ariadne have tackled these questions in a recent study.
In a webinar on October 10th, Claudia Zwar and Prof. Dr. Christian Flachsland from Hertie School presented the Ariadne-Report “Mapping variation in institutions for climate policymaking: Climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia”. In their analysis, they propose a definition of climate institutions, develop a conceptual framework for analysing and comparing their effects, and test this framework on a sample of four countries: Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. Their comparative analysis allows to draw lessons for German climate governance in the context of reforming Germany’s Climate Change Act, the Klimaschutzgesetz (via the Klimaschutznovelle).
Read Report here: ariadneprojekt.de/en/publication/report-mapping-variation-in-institutions-for-climate-policymaking
00:00 Introduction
01:23 Analytical Framework - Claudia Zwar
18:09 Insights for German climate institutions - Christian Flachsland
30:52 Discussion
