On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited
As part of the EU Green Deal initiative in 2019, the EU Commission decided to develop a proposal to include emissions from shipping in the EU emissions trading system. This occurred only one year after the Commission had heralded the emissions reduction agreement negotiated in the International Mari...
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| author | Jørgen Wettestad Lars H. Gulbrandsen |
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| description | As part of the EU Green Deal initiative in 2019, the EU Commission decided to develop a proposal to include emissions from shipping in the EU emissions trading system. This occurred only one year after the Commission had heralded the emissions reduction agreement negotiated in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a significant step forward—thereby signalling support for the IMO process. We apply a multi-level reinforcement perspective to explain this apparent policy volte-face, resulting in a Commission proposal in July 2021 which is now moving through institutions in the EU. Such a perspective notes the “friendly” competition for leadership among central actors at various levels in the EU—particularly the Commission, the European Parliament, and leading member states. We find, first, that the inclusion of shipping is in line with the broadening ambitions of the Commission since the start of the emissions trading system. Second, until 2019, the Parliament carried the regulatory torch. A turning point in the policymaking process was the inclusion of the shipping issue in Ursula von der Leyen’s programme for getting accepted by the Parliament and elected as Commission leader in 2019. From then on, the Commission again took the lead. Third, despite the 2018 IMO agreement, progress there was deemed slow, which further motivated EU policymakers to act unilaterally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-568ab08bb9f14a92b242e589eacf4fa62022-12-22T02:07:07ZengCogitatioPolitics and Governance2183-24632022-03-0110124625510.17645/pag.v10i1.48482428On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement RevisitedJørgen Wettestad0Lars H. Gulbrandsen1Fridtjof Nansen Institute, NorwayFridtjof Nansen Institute, NorwayAs part of the EU Green Deal initiative in 2019, the EU Commission decided to develop a proposal to include emissions from shipping in the EU emissions trading system. This occurred only one year after the Commission had heralded the emissions reduction agreement negotiated in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) as a significant step forward—thereby signalling support for the IMO process. We apply a multi-level reinforcement perspective to explain this apparent policy volte-face, resulting in a Commission proposal in July 2021 which is now moving through institutions in the EU. Such a perspective notes the “friendly” competition for leadership among central actors at various levels in the EU—particularly the Commission, the European Parliament, and leading member states. We find, first, that the inclusion of shipping is in line with the broadening ambitions of the Commission since the start of the emissions trading system. Second, until 2019, the Parliament carried the regulatory torch. A turning point in the policymaking process was the inclusion of the shipping issue in Ursula von der Leyen’s programme for getting accepted by the Parliament and elected as Commission leader in 2019. From then on, the Commission again took the lead. Third, despite the 2018 IMO agreement, progress there was deemed slow, which further motivated EU policymakers to act unilaterally.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4848emissions tradingetseuropean uniongreen dealinternational maritime organizationshipping emissions |
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| title | On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited |
| title_full | On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited |
| title_fullStr | On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited |
| title_short | On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi-Level Reinforcement Revisited |
| title_sort | on the process of including shipping in eu emissions trading multi level reinforcement revisited |
| topic | emissions trading ets european union green deal international maritime organization shipping emissions |
| url | https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4848 |
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