Prospects for local Green New Deals in the UK [V10]_clean.pdf (579.3 kB)
The Green New Deal: historical insights and local prospects in the United Kingdom (UK)
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posted on 2023-06-10, 06:26 authored by Donal BrownDonal Brown, Marie Claire BrisboisMarie Claire Brisbois, Max Lacey-BarnacleMax Lacey-Barnacle, Tim FoxonTim Foxon, Claire CopelandClaire Copeland, Giulia MininniThis paper provides a detailed review of the basis and prospects for United Kingdom (UK) proposals for the most ambitious mainstream social, economic, and environmental policy program of the 21st century: the Green New Deal (GND), providing critical reflection for its implementation at a local or regional level. Through a review of academic, policy and book publications we examine the key proposed features of a UK GND, identifying five core elements: financial reforms; green infrastructure investment; financing the GND; ownership structures; and economic, social and climate justice. We subsequently review these policy areas through the lens of multi-level governance (MLG) to understand what scales of policy action are required for these aims to be achieved. We find that, whilst core elements of a UK GND, such as reforms to the financial system, and expansionary fiscal and monetary policy require policy change at national and supra-national level, the majority of GND investments require implementation at the local level. We suggest that, in the context of contemporary UK MLG, there are challenges for fully funding and delivering a GND without a national programme, while highlighting emerging options for coordinating and implementing a GND by local government actors, in the absence of national support.
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Ecological EconomicsISSN
0921-8009Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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205Page range
a107696 -11Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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2023-03-09First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2023-03-09Usage metrics
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