British Climate Policy Under the Climate Change Act

• Autorzy: Arkadiusz Cygan

Warianty tytułu

Brytyjska polityka klimatyczna w świetle ustawy Climate Change Act

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The British Climate Change Act created the world's first long-term institutional and legal system aimed at reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions. Following its 2019 amendment, the UK also became the first G7 and G20 country to commit to climate neutrality. The Act, described as one of the most advanced legal acts in the field of climate policy, is still a reference point and source of inspiration for many countries around the world. The model established by it, however, struggles with the credible commitment problem, and the structural problems arising, inter alia, from the aforementioned amendment and the departure of the UK from the European Union may in the future additionally weaken its credibility and have a negative impact not only on British but also on global climate action. The aim of this article is to present the main elements of the British model of climate policy and to signal future challenges to its credibility against the background of the previous experience with the implementation of the Act and the latest emissions reduction targets announced at the end of 2020 and in the first half of 2021.(original abstract)

Brytyjska ustawa Climate Change Act stworzyła pierwszy na świecie długoterminowy system instytucjonalno-prawny mający umożliwić redukcję krajowych emisji gazów cieplarnianych. Po jej nowelizacji z 2019 r. Wielka Brytania stała się także pierwszym krajem grupy G7 i G20, który zobowiązał się do osiągnięcia neutralności klimatycznej. Ustawa, określana jako jeden z najbardziej zaawansowanych aktów prawnych w obszarze polityki klimatycznej, do dzisiaj stanowi punkt odniesienia i inspirację dla wielu krajów na świecie. Ustanowiony nią model zmaga się jednak z problemem wiarygodności zobowiązań, zaś problemy strukturalne wynikające m.in. ze wspomnianej nowelizacji oraz wyjścia Wielkiej Brytanii z Unii Europejskiej, mogą w przyszłości dodatkowo osłabić jego wiarygodność oraz negatywnie wpłynąć nie tylko na brytyjską, ale również światową politykę klimatyczną. Artykuł ma na celu przedstawienie głównych założeń brytyjskiego modelu polityki klimatycznej oraz zasygnalizowanie przyszłych wyzwań dla jego wiarygodności na tle dotychczasowych doświadczeń implementacji ustawy oraz najnowszych celów redukcji emisji ogłoszonych w końcu 2020 r. oraz pierwszej połowie 2021 r.(abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Climate change; Climate policy; Gas emissions

PL

Zmiany klimatyczne; Polityka klimatyczna; Emisja gazów

• Czasopismo: Myśl Ekonomiczna i Polityczna
• Rocznik: 2022
• Numer: nr 1 (72)
• Strony: 116--139

Twórcy

autor

Arkadiusz Cygan

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland

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DOI

10.26399/meip.1(72).2022.06/a.cygan