Climate Change Inaction in Canada: Political Subsystems and Policy Outcomes in the Oil & Gas Industry, 1999-2019

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dc.contributor.advisorLaurin-Lamothe, Audrey
dc.contributor.authorViens, Nicolas
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-06T12:48:55Z
dc.date.available2021-07-06T12:48:55Z
dc.date.copyright2021-04
dc.date.issued2021-07-06
dc.date.updated2021-07-06T12:48:55Z
dc.degree.disciplineDevelopment Studies
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractDespite increasing urgency of the climate crisis, Canada is unlikely to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target under the Paris Agreement. The expansion of the countrys fossil fuel industry is one of the main causes for Canadas emissions. Consequently, recent studies have adopted a policy network approach to outline the relationship between the federal government and the fossil fuel industry to explain the countrys inaction. However, the relationship between this network and actual policy outcomes remains unclear. Hence, this study determines the extent to which climate and energy policy change applied by the federal and Alberta provincial governments reflect the interests of the fossil fuel industry. The main findings point to the fossil fuel industry having had substantial political influence on climate and energy policy decisions over the last twenty years, although its influence has been increasingly contested over time. However, this network remains influential in Canadian politics.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/38466
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectCanadian studies
dc.subject.keywordsclimate crisis
dc.subject.keywordsclimate change
dc.subject.keywordsfossil fuel industry
dc.subject.keywordsclimate policy
dc.subject.keywordspolicy network
dc.subject.keywordsclimate inaction
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsCanadian politics
dc.subject.keywordspublic policy
dc.subject.keywordsenergy policy
dc.subject.keywordssustainable development
dc.titleClimate Change Inaction in Canada: Political Subsystems and Policy Outcomes in the Oil & Gas Industry, 1999-2019
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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