Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/249969 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 034.2021
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
This paper compares the different multi-level climate and energy governance in China, the European Union and the United States. While many comparisons across these three economies exist, they concentrate on comparing the climate and energy “policy instruments” and their results. This paper puts a focus on the importance of institutionalized multi-level governance processes, i.e., the “politics” - the actors and interaction processes inherent in a mode of governance, and the “polities” - the institutional setting. How are priorities and targets decided from both bottom-up and top-down processes? How do the central governments exert control over local authorities and ensure the implementation of their policies? How do the central governments enforce and evaluate the results of the policies? And finally, how do citizens play a role in the multi-level governance in these three blocs? Analysis of multilevel governance highlights the importance of target setting and cadre evaluation in China whereas legislation is the dominant process in the EU and the US.
Subjects: 
Multi-level Governance
Climate Policy
Energy Policy
Energy Transition
China
the European Union
the United States
JEL: 
N50
Q48
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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