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Evaluates the success of the Swedish presidency of the 2001 European Union (EU) Council of Ministers in the area of environmental policy. Though Sweden lacked an overall political vision for its presidency, it was quite clear regarding this policy arena, outlining an ambitious plan for handling climate change & affirming its commitment to the Kyoto Protocol. The Swedish presidency's achievement of a common position on the Sixth Environmental Action Program is discussed, along with the adoption of the EU's Sustainable Development Strategy. The presidency's ability to establish strong relations with other EU institutions & member state governments on other environmental concerns is also documented, & judged highly successful. 9 References. K. Hyatt Stewart

Im Koalitionsvertrag der rot-grünen Bundesregierung von 1998 wurden neue Zeichen in der Umweltpolitik gesetzt: Einleitung eines längerfristig angelegten Ausstiegs aus der Atomenergie, Einstieg in die ökologische Steuerreform, Vorbereitung einer nationalen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie, Inkrafttreten des Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetzes (EnEG) usw. Im vorliegenden Papier wird ein kurzer Überblick über die Begriffsbildung und Entstehungsgeschichte der Umweltpolitik als Querschnittsaufgabe, über die Akteure und das Instrumentarium der Umweltpolitik sowie über Modelle umweltpolitischer Strategien gegeben. (ICI)

The popularity of 'New' Environmental Policy Instruments (NEPIs) has prompted widespread claims that contemporary environmental policy is undergoing a deep-seated & long-lasting revolution, characterized by a shift from environmental government to environmental governance. This study compares the adoption of NEPIs in the eight case study countries. It reveals that there are common drivers of change, but that the resulting pattern of use is highly differentiated across instrument types & countries. Very few countries are actually innovating in the way they use NEPIs; in most countries, certain types of NEPIs are either not being used or are being used but in a relatively incremental & evolutionary manner. These patterns of change are related to popular theories of comparative politics & public policy. It is concluded that a close empirical analysis of how NEPIs are actually being deployed in different national contexts, suggests that environmental governance is at best supplementing environmental government, not comprehensively supplanting it. 2 Figures, 44 References. Adapted from the source document.