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Greener than expected? EU finance ministries address climate finance

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Summary, in English

Climate finance constitutes an integral part of the European Union’s climate policy. Yet, climate policy is increasingly addressed by non-environmental institutions. In examining the transfer of climate finance from the Environment Council to the Council for Economic and Financial Affairs (ECOFIN) in spring 2009, I analyse how climate finance has been framed in ECOFIN. Two finance ministerial framings quickly became intrinsic to ECOFIN and had a substantial influence on climate finance decisions: securing an effective response to climate change and limiting public expenditure. While policy entrepreneurs managed to build a consensus on most issues around an effective response to climate change, Member States at the October 2009 ECOFIN Council could not agree on a joint position due to some Member States’ emphasis on limiting expenditure. Only the European Council was capable of resolving the issue.

Publishing year

2015

Language

English

Pages

951-969

Publication/Series

Environmental Politics

Volume

24

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Topic

  • Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalization Studies)

Keywords

  • bureaucratic politics
  • framing
  • European Union
  • climate finance
  • climate change

Status

Published

Project

  • Leadership Abandoned? – Explaining the EU’s Position in the Global Climate Change Negotiations 2007-2010

Research group

  • Miljöpolitik

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0964-4016