CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Lamus Quintero, Sofia |
|---|---|
| Title | Cooling the Great White North: A Mixed-Methods Approach Analysing Canada's Challenges to Implementing Effective Policies Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Summary | This research explores the challenges that the current Canadian government faces in implementing effective policies tackling greenhouse gas emissions. Canada has a significant role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions as a large G7 emitting nation, yet studies show that there has been slowed and ineffective implementation of climate policies, which have limited Canada’s capacity to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030, and a commitment to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Previous literature indicates that there are three main challenges that influence the federal government’s capacity to implement effective climate policies, which include public opinion, lobbying from the oil and gas industry, and Canada’s federalist system. This thesis seeks to determine whether these three independent variables continue to influence Canadian climate policymaking in the context of the current federal government since 2015. The methodology used was a mixed-methods approach including expert interviews and descriptive statistics of each independent variable, utilizing a QUAL-Quant approach to best capture the opinions from experts in climate policymaking, as well as descriptive statistical analysis to attempt to achieve data triangulation. The summary of the findings shows that all three independent variables influence the outcome of climate policymaking, however, Federalism has a higher degree of influence, demonstrated by the number of climate policies yet to be implemented from ongoing negotiations and opposition, as well as the expert testimonies on effective climate policy making. |
| Supervisor | Wieler, Florian; Rogers, Charles |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/lamus-quintero_sofia.pdf |
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