Yep, this is exactly what I needed; clarity about what industrial policy is and isn’t and how it overlaps with sustainability transitions literatures and an sstounding reference list Johnstone et al (2021) Exploring the re-emergence of industrial policy: Perceptions regarding low-carbon energy transitions in Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark Energy Research & Social Science... Continue Reading →
So, I read this one when it came out, loved it, [and did an interview with the lead author] and know I will get more from it second time around... Johnstone, Philip, Stirling, Andrew and Sovacool, Benjamin (2017) Policy mixes for incumbency: the destructive recreation of renewable energy, shale gas 'fracking,' and nuclear power in the United Kingdom. Energy Research &... Continue Reading →
So, this - Roeser, F. and Jackson, T. 2002. Early experiences with emissions trading in the UK. Greener management international, Vol (39), p.43-54 was a sobering read. Written in 2002 when it was clear already that the whole thing was full of holes. The excerpts below are only part of the whole sorry picture. Of... Continue Reading →
This superb article - Nye, M., & Owens, S. (2008). Creating the UK emission trading scheme: motives and symbolic politics. European Environment, 18(1), 1–15. doi:10.1002/eet.468 has really helped me get my head around both some key events (my brain seems to work on empirics/timelines first, theory second, at least sometimes) but also key debates and actions... I will... Continue Reading →
So, a book chapter rather than an article per se, and another good'un... Lorenzoni, I. O'Riordan T. and Pidgeon, N. 2008. Hot Air and Cold Feet: The UK Response to lLimate Change. in eds Compston H. and Bailey, I. 2008 Turning Down the Heat: the Politics of Climate Policy in Affluent Democracies.London: Palgrave Macmillan Thanks... Continue Reading →
Not an article, this time, but a report- Bailey, Daniel (2019) Industrial Policy in the Context of Climate Emergency: the case for a Green New Deal. Project Report. Future Economies UCRKE, Manchester Metropolitan University. This is a clear and compelling report, written in plain English, written at a very very specific moment (any report is,... Continue Reading →
Another stonkingly good piece, which helped me further contextualise the history of climate policy in the UK. Particularly good on the shift from 2005 onwards... Carter, N. 2014. The politics of climate change in the UK WIREs Clim Change 2014, 5:423–433. doi: 10.1002/wcc.274 Before 2005–2006, the environment (including climate change), was low on the national... Continue Reading →
So, I was looking for an article that explained "this is how UK climate policy has developed - here are the important policy [and other] documents, and here is how key points played out". And ... I found it. Bulkeley, H. 2015. Charting Climate Change Governance in the United Kingdom. ACCOMPLISHING CLIMATE GOVERNANCE, 24–53. Cambridge... Continue Reading →
For reasons that will become clear, I am planning to read 20 academic articles (that may include sections of a thesis or two) over the coming month, and to blog about them. First up is Matthew Lockwood (2021): A hard Act to follow? The evolution and performance of UK climate governance, Environmental Politics, DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2021.1910434... Continue Reading →
A few examples spring to mind. In 2007, while my eyes were opening wider and wider to the reality of Climate Camp, I was at an event in Manchester aimed at getting university students involved in the "non-hierarchical" organisation. And two self-described "non-hierarchical leaders designed the meeting that involved rather a lot of talking... by... Continue Reading →
