Towards a mission-oriented green industrial policy in the EU - Mission: Industrial decarbonisation of the EU steel, cement and chemicals industries by 2050
(2024) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20241The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- Decarbonising the energy-intensive industries is a pressing issue for the EU to reach its climate target of climate neutrality by 2050. To tackle this challenge green industrial policy will be needed. A growing number of scholars argue that a mission-oriented and transformative approach to green industrial policy is needed to achieve climate neutrality objectives. Mission-oriented policy is a ‘transformation-oriented’ branch within innovation policy that aims to tackle grand societal challenges and is growing in popularity. Despite this, no literature was identified analysing EU green industrial policy using a mission-oriented lens. This thesis therefore aims to contribute with knowledge on advancing transformative change within EU green... (More)
- Decarbonising the energy-intensive industries is a pressing issue for the EU to reach its climate target of climate neutrality by 2050. To tackle this challenge green industrial policy will be needed. A growing number of scholars argue that a mission-oriented and transformative approach to green industrial policy is needed to achieve climate neutrality objectives. Mission-oriented policy is a ‘transformation-oriented’ branch within innovation policy that aims to tackle grand societal challenges and is growing in popularity. Despite this, no literature was identified analysing EU green industrial policy using a mission-oriented lens. This thesis therefore aims to contribute with knowledge on advancing transformative change within EU green industrial policy. The main research question the thesis aims to answer is: What are the current conditions to advance a mission-oriented approach to green industrial policy in the EU? To conduct the analysis, a mission-oriented framework for green industrial policy with twelve mission-oriented features was developed based on literature. Furthermore, 15 semi-structured interviews were conducted with EU stakeholders including EU institutions, trade associations and, NGOs and were complemented by a quantitative survey which all interviewees filled in beforehand. Research results show that mission-oriented green industrial policy in the EU is motivated and that there is a gap between current green industrial policy and a mission-oriented approach in relation to all twelve mission-oriented features in the analytical framework. Various types of measures were suggested by the interviewed EU stakeholders to enhance the fulfilment of all twelve features indicating opportunities to advance a mission-oriented approach. The feasibility of the measures however varies and are impacted by various challenges and barriers such as the complex structure of EU policymaking hampering coordinated green industrial policy and wide stakeholder involvement. A key enabler identified to overcome these obstacles is political will, strong leadership, and courage. (Less)
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- author
- Wikström, Emma LU
- supervisor
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- Sofie Sandin LU
- organization
- course
- IMEM01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- industrial policy, mission-oriented innovation policy, decarbonisation, industry, European Union
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master Thesis
- report number
- 2024.10
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 9171364
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-11 13:02:43
- date last changed
- 2024-08-11 13:02:43
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abstract = {{Decarbonising the energy-intensive industries is a pressing issue for the EU to reach its climate target of climate neutrality by 2050. To tackle this challenge green industrial policy will be needed. A growing number of scholars argue that a mission-oriented and transformative approach to green industrial policy is needed to achieve climate neutrality objectives. Mission-oriented policy is a ‘transformation-oriented’ branch within innovation policy that aims to tackle grand societal challenges and is growing in popularity. Despite this, no literature was identified analysing EU green industrial policy using a mission-oriented lens. This thesis therefore aims to contribute with knowledge on advancing transformative change within EU green industrial policy. The main research question the thesis aims to answer is: What are the current conditions to advance a mission-oriented approach to green industrial policy in the EU? To conduct the analysis, a mission-oriented framework for green industrial policy with twelve mission-oriented features was developed based on literature. Furthermore, 15 semi-structured interviews were conducted with EU stakeholders including EU institutions, trade associations and, NGOs and were complemented by a quantitative survey which all interviewees filled in beforehand. Research results show that mission-oriented green industrial policy in the EU is motivated and that there is a gap between current green industrial policy and a mission-oriented approach in relation to all twelve mission-oriented features in the analytical framework. Various types of measures were suggested by the interviewed EU stakeholders to enhance the fulfilment of all twelve features indicating opportunities to advance a mission-oriented approach. The feasibility of the measures however varies and are impacted by various challenges and barriers such as the complex structure of EU policymaking hampering coordinated green industrial policy and wide stakeholder involvement. A key enabler identified to overcome these obstacles is political will, strong leadership, and courage.}},
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title = {{Towards a mission-oriented green industrial policy in the EU - Mission: Industrial decarbonisation of the EU steel, cement and chemicals industries by 2050}},
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