At the controls: Politics and policy entrepreneurs in EU policy to decarbonize maritime transport

IF 2.3 3区社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Review of Policy Research Pub Date : 2024-03-22 DOI:10.1111/ropr.12609

Fredrik von Malmborg

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Abstract

The recent adoption of the FuelEU Maritime regulation, aiming to decarbonize maritime shipping, is part of the EU clean energy transition to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Based on autoethnographic method and qualitative text analysis, applying the multiple streams framework as a theoretical lens, this article explores and explains the politics and the policy process of FuelEU Maritime. A policy window opened with adoption of the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, the slow progress on climate policies in the International Maritime Organization, and the subsequent adoption of the European Green Deal in 2019 and the new EU climate law in 2021. Diverging beliefs and narratives of policy entrepreneurs, policy makers, and stakeholders on problems to be addressed and different policy options to be implemented are analyzed. There were mainly two policy entrepreneurs, advocating different problem descriptions and policy options. The European Commission proposed a technology‐neutral, goal‐based approach to reach moderate emission reductions by 2050, while a coalition led by green mobility NGO Transport & Environment advocated a technology‐specific multiplier and subquota for zero‐carbon fuels to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The article explains the agency of Transport & Environment and allies in influencing the European Parliament and several member states in the Council of the EU to stand the grounds against incumbent shipping and fossil fuel industry that influenced the Commission to present a down‐watered policy proposal. Finally, the article exemplifies the complexity of the second‐generation energy transition required for decarbonization compared to the first‐generation transformation focusing on renewable electricity.

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控制：欧盟海运脱碳政策中的政治和政策制定者

最近通过的 FuelEU Maritime 法规旨在使海运业去碳化，是欧盟清洁能源转型的一部分，目的是到 2050 年实现碳中和。本文以自述方法和定性文本分析为基础，以多流体框架为理论视角，探讨并解释了 FuelEU Maritime 的政治和政策过程。随着 2015 年气候变化《巴黎协定》的通过、国际海事组织在气候政策方面的缓慢进展，以及随后于 2019 年通过的《欧洲绿色协议》和 2021 年通过的新欧盟气候法，一个政策窗口被打开了。分析了政策企业家、政策制定者和利益相关者对需要解决的问题和需要实施的不同政策选择的不同信念和叙述。主要有两位政策制定者，他们主张不同的问题描述和政策选择。欧盟委员会提出了一种技术中立、基于目标的方法，以在 2050 年前实现适度减排；而由绿色交通非政府组织运输与环境组织领导的联盟则主张采用特定技术乘数和零碳燃料分配额，以在 2050 年前实现碳中和。文章解释了运输与环境组织及其盟友如何影响欧洲议会和欧盟理事会中的一些成员国，使其站在反对现任航运业和化石燃料行业的立场上，从而影响欧盟委员会提出一个淡化的政策建议。最后，文章举例说明了与以可再生电力为重点的第一代能源转型相比，去碳化所需的第二代能源转型的复杂性。

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期刊介绍： The Review of Policy Research (RPR) is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of research and analysis examining the politics and policy of science and technology. These may include issues of science policy, environment, resource management, information networks, cultural industries, biotechnology, security and surveillance, privacy, globalization, education, research and innovation, development, intellectual property, health and demographics. The journal encompasses research and analysis on politics and the outcomes and consequences of policy change in domestic and comparative contexts.