Abstract
Abstract The purpose of the study was to analyse to what extent Latvia’s National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 (NECP2030) is in synergy with climate policies formulated in other strategic and policy documents through applying Climate Policy Integration approach (CPI). CPI is defined as integration of activities aimed at mitigating climate change as well as adaptation activities in all policy making levels and stages in other policy sectors and commitment to reduce and prevent contradictions between climate policy and goals and policies and goals of other sectors. NECP2030 is intended to be the manual of policies and policy instruments aimed at achieving changes in production and use of energy resources and energy that result in sustainable economic policy, which functions in line with climate goals. NECP2030 has 12 activity groups covering a spectrum of policy measures. The study concludes that there are policies, which do not function in synergy with climate policy or are even of competitive nature vis-à-vis climate policy.
Highlights
Climate policy has returned to the core of EU policies and functions as the point of reference for many policy sectors
Reference to the assessment of NECP2030 according to the hugs, carrots and sticks approach is made in this assessment. Such an approach allows for a more effective assessment of interaction of NECP2030 policies with climate policy considering the type of policy instrument employed: impact of and role in interaction of one stick type policy instrument can be significantly bigger than several hugs and carrots
Carrots and sticks approach, 44 out of 255 activities in the NECP2030 belong to the group of horizontal policies and policy instruments
Summary
Climate policy has returned to the core of EU policies and functions as the point of reference for many policy sectors. The European Green Deal serves as a beacon for the transition to net-zero emission economy with carbon reduction at the centre of all policies, but especially those, which contribute most of carbon emissions – energy production, transport, and agriculture [1]. Transformation of such a vast scale is supported by industry, which has embraced the changes [2]. The situation can be explained by readiness of policy makers, innovators, energy producers, and energy consumers to embrace the logical stage in sociotechnical transition This can only take place with a sound policy making in place [3], which requires synergetic interaction of sectoral policies with climate policy. Lack of synergy may jeopardise reaching the desired climate policy goals in an optimal way or even be contrary to climate goals through competing or even mutually excluding definitions and goals [6]
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