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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Challenges of coordination between climate and technology policies : A case study of strategies in Denmark and the UK
:
A case study of strategies in Denmark and the UK
Contributor:
Budde, Björn
Published:
Emerald, 2013
Published in:
Construction Innovation, 13 (2013) 1, Seite 98-116
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1108/14714171311296075
ISSN:
1471-4175
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
PurposeThe issue of climate change raises new requirements for the way our societies work. Even though climate policy is regarded as being crucial on the way to a low carbon society, the coordination of technology and climate policy proves difficult. The purpose of this paper is to look closer into the challenges and experiences related to the coordination between climate and technology policy in order to draw lessons for the future integration of both policy fields.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper a case study approach is applied to the policy coordination efforts in two countries: Denmark and the UK. From a theoretical point the study is informed by the literature on the dimensions of policy learning and the findings of innovation and transition studies.FindingsThe case studies provide important lessons how important flexibility and continues policy learning and its institutionalization will be on the way towards a low carbon society. However, it becomes clear that the price of this flexibility is the risk of “symbolic action”, respectively, postponing emission reduction measures.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings are drawn from two countries, however it remains not fully clear in how far the instruments and approaches from countries like Denmark and the UK can be applied in a similar way in other countries.Originality/valueThe paper provides an important discussion of contradictions between climate and technology policy from the perspective of the literature in innovation studies and policy learning.