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From global climate goals to local practice—mission-oriented policy enactment in three Swedish regions

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  • Nancy Brett
  • Thomas Magnusson
  • Hans Andersson

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As the national and supranational levels of government embrace the concept of missions to solve wicked problems, the importance of understanding how missions move from one level of governance to another becomes essential. In this paper, we present a comparative case analysis of evolving regional biogas systems to consider how global missions on climate action are enacted in local practice. Referring to wickedness in terms of contestation, complexity, and uncertainty of both problems and solutions, we examine how such framings affect the operationalisation of the missions. Our results indicate that in the process of local translation, wickedness often increases, but additional wickedness does not always worsen the outcomes.

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  • Nancy Brett & Thomas Magnusson & Hans Andersson, 2023. "From global climate goals to local practice—mission-oriented policy enactment in three Swedish regions," Science and Public Policy, Oxford University Press, vol. 50(4), pages 603-618.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:scippl:v:50:y:2023:i:4:p:603-618.
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