Cases in Climate Change Policy

Uti Collier is a research fellow at the European University Institute, Florence, where she is also coordinator of the Working Group on Environmental Studies.Ragner E Lofstedt is a lecturer in social geography at the Centre for Environmental Strategy, University of Surrey, and a visiting fellow at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

• The Climate Change Challenge * The Energy Dimension * Routes of Reducing Transport-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions * The EU and Climate Change Policy: The Struggle Over Policy Competences * Leadership and Unification: Climate Change Policies in Germany * 'Windfall' Emission Reductions in the UK * Italy: Implementation Gaps and Budget Deficits * France: Relying on Past Reductions and Nuclear Power * Spain: Fast Growth in CO2 Emissions * Sweden: The Dilemma of a Proposed Nuclear Phase Out * Comparative Analysis and Conclusions * Index