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New Publication: Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy

13 April 2023

A comparative analysis of multilevel climate policymaking in the EU and ASEAN, published in the Cambridge Element series.

Someone walks along a flooded street in Asia

 

Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy: Multilevel Problems, Policies and Politics


We are pleased to announce the publication of Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy: Multilevel Problems, Policies and Politics, which forms part of the Cambridge University Press Elements in Organizational Response to Climate Change series. The book is the product of a collaboration between GGI researchers (David Coen, Julia Kreienkamp and Tom Pegram) and colleagues from Indonesia (Charanpal Bal and Paramitaningrum) and it offers a first-of-its-kind comparative analysis of climate policy dynamics in the EU and ASEAN. More specifically, it provides novel insights into the conditions under which policy entrepreneurs can bring about transformative policy change in different regional settings. It finds that opportunity structures in the EU have been conducive to successful climate-progressive policy entrepreneurship at several key junctures, but not consistently. In contrast, the ASEAN governance context provides few access points for non-elite interests, making it fiendishly difficult for policy entrepreneurs to push for substantive policy change in the face of powerful domestic veto players. 

“Explaining Transformative Change in ASEAN and EU Climate Policy: Multilevel Problems, Policies and Politics” is freely accessible online