Farstad, F., Carter, N. and Burns, C.J. orcid.org/0000-0001-9944-0417 (2018) What does Brexit mean for the UK’s Climate Change Act? Political Quarterly, 89 (2). pp. 291-297. ISSN 0032-3179
Abstract
This article examines the potential implications of the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union (so-called ‘Brexit’) for the success and survival of the country’s flagship climate policy, the Climate Change Act 2008. The impact of a ‘soft’ and a ‘hard’ Brexit for the main features of the Climate Change Act are assessed, building on documentary evidence and elite interviews with key policy-makers and policy-shapers. The article argues that the long-term viability of the Climate Change Act was being threatened even before the EU referendum, and that Brexit will do little to improve this situation. Even though the existence of the Climate Change Act is not under immediate threat, a range of issues presented by Brexit risk undermining its successful implementation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Authors 2018. The Political Quarterly © The Political Quarterly Publishing Co. Ltd. 2018 Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Political Quarterly. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Brexit; EU referendum; Climate Change; Climate Change Act; Emissions Trading Scheme; Energy |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2018 10:24 |
Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2021 10:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1467-923X.12486 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:127292 |