Ending Transport Oil Dependency in the European Union: National Policy Activity at the Heart of the Transition to Alternative Fuels
Approved
Classifications
MinEdu publication type
A1
Category
Artikkelit ja abstraktit
Refereed
Kyllä
Sub category
Tieteelliset aikakauslehtiartikkelit
Type
Alkuperäisartikkeli
Publication channel information
Title of journal/series
Carbon and climate law review
ISSN (print)
1864-9904
ISSN (electronic)
2190-8230
ISSN (linking)
1864-9904
Publication forum ID
53117
Publication forum level
1
Internationality
Yes
Detailed publication information
Publication year
2017
Reporting year
2017
Journal/series volume number
11
Journal/series issue number
2
Page numbers
110-119
DOI
10.21552/cclr/2017/2/7
Language of publication
English
Co-publication information
International co-publication
No
Co-publication with a company
No
Classification and additional information
MinEdu field of science classification
513 Law
Additional information
The European Union's insufficient strategy on decarbonisation of road transport places the nationally determined policies of its Member States at the forefront of ending oil dependency and achieving climate change mitigation objectives in a sector responsible for a fifth of the Union's greenhouse gas emissions. This article analyses the implications of the Member States' policy discretion under the 2014 directive on alternative fuels infrastructure, and the national policies to implement the directive as exemplified by a case study of Sweden. The article explores the different governance levels and their interactions by illustrating how mitigation objectives at the supranational level are shifted to mitigation policies at national and sub-national levels, and emphasises the significance of enabling local climate activity in a policy area underpinned by the principle of subsidiarity.,