Winning coalitions
The projected global temperature increase with current climate policies.
What is 3.6°C?
Theoretical government structure characterized by hierarchy, clear administration, and meritocracy.
What is Weberian bureaucracies?
Name 2 of the 4 state strategies toward interest groups (hint: the 2x2 table!)
What is recruiting allies, limiting access, aligning interests, and quieting interests?
The year Germany planned to complete its coal phase-out.
What is 2038?
Amount of global greenhouse gas emissions that would be covered if all proposed carbon pricing schemes were implemented?
What is 12%?
Type of state capacity that focuses on the administrative parts of a state’s functioning.
What is bureaucratic state capacity?
This strategy involves giving favorable treatment to interest groups that support the state's goals
What is recruiting allies?
The strategy used by France to encourage automakers to adopt electric vehicle technology.
What is political signaling?
Approach to climate agreements that focus on individual countries’ domestic actions rather than global negotiations.
What is a bottom-up approach?
Mechanism economists recommend for controlling greenhouse gas emissions.
What is Carbon pricing?
Effectively paying people to be on your side if you can’t win them over otherwise.
What is quieting interests?
The country that used a commission-based approach to manage its coal phase-out policy.
What is Germany?
The type of policy that offers direct economic benefits to green industries to build support for climate action.
What is green industrial policy?
Two examples of green industrial policies that promote renewable energy.
What is Feed-in tariffs (FIT) and renewable portfolio standards (RPS)?
Signaling future action that may appease others to get outsiders on your team
What is aligning interests?
California’s main strategy to meet emissions goals involved delegating authority to this agency.
What is CARB ( California Air Resources Board)?
By which year had at least 132 countries or regions implemented FIT or RPS policies?
What is 2013?
Term describing the state's ability to mobilize or demobilize interest groups strategically.
What is state capacity?
Delegating power so things get done quicker.
What is limiting action?
The US Senate providing tax credits for car manufacturers, but only offering them to certain companies that could help them out most.
What is recruiting allies?