Context Matters: Variation in the Shortsightedness of European Climate Policy
研究欧盟气候政策短视行为随时间与政策领域的变化，分析欧盟委员会、议会和理事会在2030气候框架与汽车CO2排放标准案例中的决策机制，揭示选举与利益集团关注如何影响不同机构的短视程度。
Abstract When governments are faced with long‐term issues like climate change, it is often argued that they bias the short term over the long term, leading to inadequate policy responses. However, the shortsightedness of European Union (EU) climate governance has varied over time and between policy areas. This suggests that, under certain conditions, EU policy‐makers can formulate policies for the long term. This article examines the shortsighted mechanisms in the decision‐making of the European Commission, European Parliament and Council of the EU on two groups of cases: (1) the 2030 Climate Framework and the Fit for 55 Package and (2) the 2014, 2019 and 2023 Regulations on the CO 2 emission performance standards for new passenger cars. The article reveals that responsiveness to electoral and interest group concerns differs amongst EU institutions, and depending on the shortsightedness of these concerns, their own shortsightedness may likewise vary.