Abstract
In 2001, the Third Assessment Report (TAR) presented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) identified some major barriers inhibiting the deployment of technology that has the potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The TAR classifies such barriers into categories including prices; financing; trade and environment; market structure; institutional frameworks; information provision; and social, cultural, and behavioral norms and aspirations (IPCC 2001, 355). Similar categorizations have been made prior to and following the TAR (see e.g., Reiche and Bechberger 2004; Painuly 2001; Roos et al. 1999). This chapter examines the institutional framework of Finnish energy policy making, addressing the TAR’s request for “models of processes that reflect ‘real world’ decision making […] in order to identify and elaborate on the barriers that prevent or slow the diffusion of mitigation technologies” (IPCC 2001, 390).
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