Committing to Effective Climate Governance in Northern Ireland: A Defining Test of Devolution


Autoria(s): Turner, Sharon
Data(s)

01/07/2013

Resumo

This is the second of a two-part analysis exploring the interaction between UK devolution and governance of the national low carbon transition. It argues that devolution shaped the national climate governance regime created by the Climate Change Act 2008, but will itself be tested and even altered as the traction of the low carbon imperative intensifies. This dynamic is explored in the specific context of the UK’s most devolved region. The first article argued that devolution facilitated and arguably forced Northern Ireland’s devolved administration to give a highly qualified and potentially illusory consent to the regional application of the UK Act. The second article argues that making a more effective commitment to climate governance will be a defining test of its devolution arrangements but will require constitutional arrangements designed for conflict resolution to mature. Failure to do so will have important implications for the UK’s putative ‘national’ low carbon transition and the longer-term viability of devolution in the region.

Identificador

http://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/committing-to-effective-climate-governance-in-northern-ireland-a-defining-test-of-devolution(3c1938e0-a8b6-4d0a-b0b9-5f4f0ae10542).html

http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1093/jel/eqt003

Idioma(s)

eng

Direitos

info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

Fonte

Turner , S 2013 , ' Committing to Effective Climate Governance in Northern Ireland: A Defining Test of Devolution ' Journal of Environmental Law , vol 25 , no. 2 , eqt003 , pp. 203-234 . DOI: 10.1093/jel/eqt003

Palavras-Chave #Climate governance #devolution #power sharing #Northern Ireland Climate Act #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2308 #Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law #/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3308 #Law
Tipo

article