ABSTRACT

Given the crosscutting character of climate change, improving our understanding of its integration into sectorial policy domains is relevant. We contribute empirically with a case study in Mexico where we analyze climate policy integration in terms of policy outputs and processes. Firstly, we adapted an approach to measure events of regulatory output change and applied it to our original dataset of changes in Mexican environmental and energy laws and regulations between 1997 and 2018. Secondly, based on expert interviews and using the multiple streams as theoretical framework, we explored the role of policy entrepreneurs on influencing policy change towards climate policy integration, in particular the enactment of the law for energy transition in 2015. The Energy Reform in 2013, which aimed at increasing private participation in fossil fuels production, was framed as a solution to the problem of ‘uncertainties over oil reserves and energy demand growth’. Paradoxically, policy entrepreneurs advocated for a transition toward clean electricity as a solution to the same problem. They also identified the 21st UNFCCC Conference of the Parties as an event influencing the political stream and opening a window of opportunity for the enactment of the law for energy transition.

摘要

鉴于气候变化的跨领域特征，提高我们对其与部门政策领域整合的理解是相关的。我们通过在墨西哥进行的案例研究进行实证贡献，我们在政策输出和流程方面分析气候政策整合。首先，我们采用了一种方法来衡量监管输出变化事件，并将其应用于我们在 1997 年至 2018 年期间墨西哥环境和能源法律法规变化的原始数据集。其次，基于专家访谈，并使用多个流作为理论框架，我们探讨了政策企业家在影响气候政策整合的政策变化方面的作用，特别是 2015 年能源转型法的颁布。 2013 年的能源改革，旨在增加私人对化石燃料生产的参与，旨在解决“石油储量和能源需求增长的不确定性”问题。矛盾的是，政策企业家主张向清洁电力过渡作为解决同一问题的方法。他们还将第 21 届 UNFCCC 缔约方会议确定为影响政治潮流的事件，并为颁布能源转型法打开了机会之窗。