Politicization of climate change and Central and Eastern European countries’ stance towards the European Green Deal

IF 8.6 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Global Environmental Change Pub Date : 2024-10-03 DOI:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102932

Baiba Witajewska-Baltvilka , Florenta-Elena Helepciuc , Diana Mangalagiu , Arpad Todor

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Abstract

This paper investigates the factors that led to the national adoption of the European Green Deal (EGD) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and shows how politicization affects national governments’ positions and commitments. Using a comparative analysis of Hungary, Poland, and Romania, our study shows that while issues of public opinion ideological leaning, fossil fuel dependency, economic context, and parties’ ideological leaning all contribute to the national position on the EGD, the influence of these factors is mediated and shaped by the politicization of climate change issues. Our analysis unveils the process and actors of climate change politicization and shows the non-linearity of this process. This study sheds light on the highly intricated mechanisms between climate change and climate change action at the national level and underlines the importance of understanding the political mechanisms through which international regulation can be operationalized through national-level policies and strategies.

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气候变化政治化与中东欧国家对欧洲绿色交易的立场

本文调查了导致中东欧国家采用欧洲绿色协议（EGD）的因素，并说明了政治化如何影响国家政府的立场和承诺。通过对匈牙利、波兰和罗马尼亚的比较分析，我们的研究表明，虽然公众舆论的意识形态倾向、化石燃料依赖性、经济环境和政党的意识形态倾向等问题都有助于国家对 EGD 的立场，但这些因素的影响受到气候变化问题政治化的中介和影响。我们的分析揭示了气候变化政治化的过程和参与者，并显示了这一过程的非线性。这项研究揭示了气候变化与国家层面气候变化行动之间错综复杂的机制，并强调了理解政治机制的重要性，通过这些机制，国际法规可以通过国家层面的政策和战略得以实施。

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Global Environmental Change 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

18.20

自引率

2.20%

发文量

146

审稿时长

12 months

期刊介绍： Global Environmental Change is a prestigious international journal that publishes articles of high quality, both theoretically and empirically rigorous. The journal aims to contribute to the understanding of global environmental change from the perspectives of human and policy dimensions. Specifically, it considers global environmental change as the result of processes occurring at the local level, but with wide-ranging impacts on various spatial, temporal, and socio-political scales. In terms of content, the journal seeks articles with a strong social science component. This includes research that examines the societal drivers and consequences of environmental change, as well as social and policy processes that aim to address these challenges. While the journal covers a broad range of topics, including biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate, coasts, food systems, land use and land cover, oceans, urban areas, and water resources, it also welcomes contributions that investigate the drivers, consequences, and management of other areas affected by environmental change. Overall, Global Environmental Change encourages research that deepens our understanding of the complex interactions between human activities and the environment, with the goal of informing policy and decision-making.