2017 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report
Low carbon technology transfer policies of the European Union and its member states
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16F16800
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
蟹江 憲史 慶應義塾大学, 政策・メディア研究科(藤沢), 教授 (90326463)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
GROEN ELISABETH 慶應義塾大学, 環境情報学部, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-11-07 – 2019-03-31
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| Keywords | LCT transfer / Germany / France / United Kingdom / European Union / policies / India / JointCrediting Mechanism |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
In FY2017 I made field trips to collect data and attended workshops and conferences to present my research. By conducting interviews with European Commission (EC) officials and reading official documents I collected data about the low carbon technology transfer (LCT) policies of the European Union. There are various initiatives of which several are not directly promoted as LCT initiatives. At academic conferences in Krakow and Lund I presented a draft paper about French, German and UK LCT policies. I concluded that these policies have quite some overlaps but also distinct characteristics that can be explained by different paths that the countries have followed over time in terms of their institutions, ideas and interests. I also worked on the UNU-IAS LCT project. I collected data about the solar sector in India and LCT projects from Germany and Japan. I joined UNU-IAS to Bangkok to conduct interviews on Japanese Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) projects (city-to-city cooperation). I then attended the UNFCCC COP 23 climate change negotiations in Bonn to follow the discussions on technology transfer and speak with experts. Afterwards, I travelled to India to attend a conference and exhibition on solar energy and conducted interviews with stakeholders in German and Japanese LCT projects. From January to March I analysed my interview results from India and wrote a final report for the UNU-IAS project. I concluded that Japan can learn from the coordinated approach of Germany in the energy sector in India.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
I did a lot in FY2017, but my work could have been even more focused and efficient. I could have reserved more time for analysis and writing. I could have made more progress with the analysis of EU LCT policies and international cooperative initiatives. I mainly attended workshops and conferences to present my research and made field trips to collect data. I went to Brussels in early July to interview European Commission officials to get to know more about the LCT policies of the European Union. At an academic conference in Krakow in September I presented a draft paper about French, German and UK LCT policies with the data that I collected from interviews, official documents, academic literature, etc. I presented an improved version of the paper at an academic conference in Lund in October. That month I also started working on the UNU-IAS LCT project. I collected data about the solar sector in India and LCT projects from Germany and Japan. In late October I joined UNU-IAS to Bangkok to conduct interviews on city-to-city JCM projects. I worked on the project for a short but intense period, from October until March.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
In FY2018, first, I will carry out further analysis of French, German and UK low carbon technology transfer (LCT) policies. I want to improve the paper I wrote on this topic to make it ready for publication. I will do so by adding additional data where needed on the basis of more interviews and/or literature study.
Second, I will analyse the interview data on the European Union’s LCT policies that I collected in July 2017. Based on that analysis I will prepare a paper on the topic. For that paper, I will collect additional data where needed.
Third, I will undertake further analysis of the international LCT initiatives Mission Innovation and the International Solar Alliance. I will try to conduct more interviews.
Fourth, as a result of the work I did for the UNU-IAS project, I have quite some data on LCT in the solar sector in India (with a focus on German and Japanese projects in this sector) that I will try to put together in a paper. The interviews I conducted in India bring a perspective on LCT from actors on the recipient side.
For the four tasks above, I will also try to bring in more theoretical literature to add a theoretical perspective to the empirical material.
Finally, I may compare the three levels at which I studied LCT policies/initiatives: the national level, the EU level, and the international level. The aim of this comparison is to find out to what extent the three levels build on each other and/or conflict with each other.
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