Simon Otto

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics is a peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal that focuses on the theoretical, ...

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The EU's strategic dialogues — are they just 'participation washing'? | GreenDeal-NET EU's Strategic Dialogues risk 'participation washing'. Schewe, Otto, & Oberthür argue for inclusivity, transparency, & deliberation to strengthen democracy.

💬 Are the EU’s Strategic Dialogues truly democratic or just ‘participation washing’?

Meant to open up policymaking on climate, agriculture & industry, they now risk becoming symbolic.

New op-ed by Schewe, @simonohnen.bsky.social & @oberthuerseb.bsky.social explores the pitfalls & how to fix them👇

Lea Schewe, @oberthuerseb.bsky.social and I, argue that Strategic Dialogues do hold some potential to improve agenda setting, but the current formats lacks significantly on broad and balanced representation, transparency and accountability, and space for meaningful discussion.

The EU's strategic dialogues — are they just 'participation washing'? Most dialogues have taken place behind closed doors, with minimal public information about the agenda, participants, or outcomes. With no detailed records and no clear reporting, the public is left in...

Strategic Dialogues are the latest tool of the Commission to involve stakeholders in decision making - but are they actually delivering meaningful public participation?

In this op-ed for @euobserver.com, we reflect on their promises and pitfalls to enhance public participation in EU policy making.

Episode banner with simon otto & jana gheuenes and title of the episode 'carbon pricing at the border: CBAM"

How does the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism work & how are countries responding?

Find out in this episode where @simonohnen.bsky.social joins host @janagheuens.bsky.social to unpack CBAM’s global impact & role in EU climate diplomacy

Listen here 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/episode-18-C...

The external impact of EU climate policy: political responses to the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism | GreenDeal-NET Examining the international political impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

Does CBAM push global climate action or spark tensions?

@simonohnen.bsky.social's paper analyses 32 nations’ responses (2019–24), showing shifts from opposition to cooperation & policy adoption—suggesting CBAM’s potential to drive climate policy.

Read about it 👉 www.greendealnet.eu/external-imp...

This highlights the political relevant of the EU CBAM, and further suggests that unilateral climate policies, like the CBAM, can drive climate policy in third countries and internationally.

It maps political responses by 32 countries from 2019 to 2024, distinguishing along a typology of opposition, cooperation and policy adoption.

It finds that the analysed countries have shown a wide range of political responses, covering the entire spectrum analysed.

The external impact of EU climate policy: political responses to the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism - International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics With the adoption of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) the European Union (EU) is extending its carbon price to certain imported goods to advance the decarbonisation of European energy-intensive industries while preventing carbon leakage. The CBAM carries the potential to drive climate policy efforts in non-EU countries but also poses significant economic and political challenges to the EU’s trade partners. Accordingly, the CBAM has stirred up a vibrant international debate about the adequacy and legitimacy of unilateral climate policies. This article systematically analyses political responses to the EU CBAM to assess if and how it is driving climate policies internationally. To that end, it empirically maps political responses to the EU CBAM (covering opposition, cooperation and policy adoption) of 32 countries from 2019 to 2024 distinguishing across three perspectives on CBAM’s significant others. The article finds that the CBAM has triggered a wide range of political reactions across all countries analysed, highlighting its political relevance. Responses thereby seem to have shifted from opposition towards cooperation and policy adoption from 2021 onwards. Furthermore, the CBAM seems to have driven the development of climate policies in several countries, suggesting that unilateral climate policies can work as a climate policy driver internationally. The article advances the academic literature on unilateral climate measures as well as the literature on the EU’s regulatory power.

My latest article 'political responses to the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanisms' was just published in International Environmental Agreements.

This article systematically maps political responses to the EU CBAM to analyse if and how the EU CBAM can drive climate policy internationally.

🏭Can the Clean Industrial Deal drive a sustainable future for the EU’s energy-intensive industries?

Join to explore how policies can decarbonise sectors like steel & cement while tackling societal challenges like biodiversity loss & inequality

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🏭 Decarbonising energy-intensive industries is tough!

🌐 How can global governance help address this and how can we mobilise underexploited potentials?

👉 Find out more in a new paper by NDC ASPECTS members Simon Otto & Sebastian Oberthür in Climate Policy journal:

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We conclude that the main barrier to addressing these priorities is rooted in (geo)politics rather than a lack of suitable institutions. Consequently, international cooperation for EII decarbonization may best be advanced through incrementally developing existing institutions.

We find that international cooperation for industry decarbonization has advanced significantly in the 2020s, but key gaps remain regarding rules for collective action, means of implementation, landscape orchestration/coordination, and a more equal coverage of different sub-sectors and regions.

In this article we investigate the state of global governance for the deep decarbonization of EIIs and identify key options for mobilizing the so far underexploited potential of this global governance.

New open access article with Sebastian Oberthür on international cooperation for the decarbonization of energy-intensive industries in Climate Policy.

doi.org/10.1080/1469...

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EU elections may be over, but what lies ahead for the EU transition to climate neutrality in the global context?

Join @ndcaspects.bsky.social & www.4i-traction.eu in our Policy & Research Dialogue Conference on July 9-10, 2024 at Brussels (hybrid)!

Register: ndc-aspects.eu/news-events/...

Can industry drive the EU's sustainability transformation by 2040?

Join our roundtable with Emmanuelle Maire, @lukasbe.bsky.social,Tomas Wyns & @simonohnen.bsky.social to discuss essential alternatives to conventional (green) growth as viable pathways.
🗓️22 May

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Fortschritte in Klimapolitik: 2 J Ampel mit Unterschieden:
- Grünes Wirtschaftsminist.: Boom in Solarbranche u deutliche Überfüllung
- SPD Bauminist. Mittelmaß, Ziel für Gebäude leicht verfehlt
- FDP Verkehrsminist. abgeschlagen, verfehlt Ziel krachend 
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Geheimplan gegen Deutschland Hochrangige AfD-Politiker, Neonazis und finanzstarke Unternehmer planten die Vertreibung von Millionen von Menschen aus Deutschland.

Angriff gegen die Verfassung der Bundesrepublik: Bei einem geheimen Treffen haben einflussreiche AfD-Politiker mit bekannten Rechtsextremisten und Unternehmern einen Plan. Sie wollen Millionen von Menschen aus Deutschland vertreiben. Was die Anwesenden nicht wussten: CORRECTIV war vor Ort...

How does the #EGD represent a break from past patterns of EU #ClimateGovernance since the 90s? Our review, '3 Decades of EU Climate Policy: Racing Toward Climate Neutrality?' identifies patterns of action &critical developments through politicisation &new lenses
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