dc.contributor.author
Quandt, Alexandra
dc.date.accessioned
2018-06-08T08:01:46Z
dc.date.available
2010-11-11
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19206
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-22869
dc.description.abstract
This paper investigates the effectiveness of voluntary approaches in a
comparative case study on European and Swiss climate legislation. Voluntary
approaches are known to be less environmentally effective and economic
efficient than other climate policy instruments but easier to implement and
more acceptable for the business community. Voluntary approaches are preferred
for approaching ‘new policy issues’ where more stringent policies and measures
could hardly be implemented. However, they are known to dilute or postpone
effective legislation. Moreover, voluntary agreements may impose a potential
threat on competition due to the high level of collaboration of its
signatories. This case study compares the voluntary accords signed by the
European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) and the Association of
Swiss car importers (ASIA) signed in 1998 and 2002, respectively. Whereas ACEA
committed to decrease average CO2 emissions from new passenger to 140g/km,
ASIA committed to reduce average fuel consumption to 6.4l/100km by 2008. Both
agreements failed. Average emissions of new cars in Europe was still greater
than 150g CO2/km, and average fuel consumption of newly imported cars to
Switzerland was 7.1l/100km in this year. Our case study discusses the reasons
for failure and assesses the effectiveness of voluntary agreements as climate
policy instrument. Based on expert interviews with Swiss car importers and
Swiss and German car experts, the achievements of the voluntary accords signed
in Switzerland and the EU are compared. In Europe, stringent legislation had
been postponed several times particularly due to political pressure of German
premium car brands. In Switzerland, the majority of the interviewed firm
representatives shows only low awareness of the motivation and purpose of the
agreement and different understanding of responsibility.
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urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-fudocsseries000000000089-6
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http://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/refubium/rechtliches/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject.ddc
300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft
dc.title
Voluntary approaches in climate policy
dc.type
Konferenzveröffentlichung
dc.title.subtitle
comparing European and Swiss transport legislation
refubium.affiliation
Politik- und Sozialwissenschaften
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Otto-Suhr-Institut für Politikwissenschaft / Forschungszentrum für Umweltpolitik (FFU)
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FUDOCS_document_000000007000
refubium.note.author
F2: Mixing Modes of Governance
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no
refubium.series.name
Berlin Conference on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change
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FUDOCS_derivate_000000001376
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open access