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Mitigating climate change at sub-national scales: the Yorkshire & Humber experience

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In the 1990s, regionalisation in England held out the promise that regions could forge their own unique policies to address climate change. This paper considers the Yorkshire & Humber region's climate change action plan. The study uses critical discourse to analyse the plan and a series of interviews with those who helped develop the initiative. It shows that in the case of Yorkshire & Humber, the Regional Development Agency was a key player in shaping the policies. This resulted in a focus on un-proven large-scale technological projects to mitigate climate change and create significant economic development for the region. Little came of this. The need to maintain economic growth seriously undermined the drive to reduce carbon emissions. The findings suggest that the proposed new sub-national governance arrangements will face similar problems in which short-term economic drivers outweigh efforts to reduce carbon emissions.

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  • Frances Drake, 2013. "Mitigating climate change at sub-national scales: the Yorkshire & Humber experience," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 56(3), pages 435-454, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:56:y:2013:i:3:p:435-454
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2012.684793
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    1. Capasso, Marco & Hansen, Teis & Heiberg, Jonas & Klitkou, Antje & Steen, Markus, 2019. "Green growth – A synthesis of scientific findings," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 390-402.

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