Drew Dau / Unsplash Climate policy in check – an assessment framework for the design of policy pathways
Germany is not “on track” to meet its climate targets by 2030 and 2045. To comply with the Climate Protection Act, the framework conditions should be designed in such a way that businesses and society change their actions and investment ...
Report: Mapping variation in institutions for climate policymaking – Climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia
This report seeks to answer three research questions. First, what are climate institutions and how can we characterise them across countries? Second, what effects do climate institutions have on climate policymaking? Third, based on these findings, what lessons can ...
Executive summary for policymakers: Mapping variation in institutions for climate policymaking – Climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia
This report seeks to answer three research questions. First, what are climate institutions and how can we characterise them across countries? Second, what effects do climate institutions have on climate policymaking? Third, in light of these findings, what insights ...
Denis Yevtekhov / Adobe Stock Effective climate governance through strong climate institutions
In a new Ariadne report, researchers from the Hertie School analyse and compare climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia. They draw on this analysis to offer reform options for German climate institutions in the context ...
Arno Senoner / Unsplash Options for a targeted reform of the European climate and energy Governance Regulation
The European Governance Regulation is the pivotal procedural control element for achieving the EU's 2030 energy and climate targets. However, since it came into force in 2018, it has been seen as deficient. Ariadne experts now discuss the reform ...
Background: Governance capacities in reflexive climate policymaking: the scope, role, and institutional arrangements of policy mix evaluation in the German domestic buildings sector
In this research, we are interested in the governance of the building sector and the role of evaluation climate policy making : the government-mandated processes used to evaluate policy in terms of the actors, organisations and ministries involved in ...
ebenart Knowing what works: How to improve the evaluation of existing climate protection measures
In order to assess the success or failure of strategies to reduce emissions in the building sector, reliable data, evaluation of all policy programs, good timing of evaluations and their inclusion in political reform processes are necessary - foundations ...
Analysis: Selling CBAM – Diplomacy for the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The analysis addresses the question of how the EU’s key institutions understood their diplomatic role with regard to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Which EU institutions communicated with third coun-tries? What channels did they use? Who was taking the ...
Adobe Stock / studio v-zwoelf Under scrutiny: How EU diplomacy handled the design and launch of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
The European Union’s outreach to third countries during the introduction of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism was rigid and uncoordinated, new Ariadne analysis has found. Researchers investigated how the EU organized its diplomacy to counter trade concerns during the ...