<p>The aim of this study is to clarify the Swedish government’s purpose of participating in the</p><p>European Union Emission Trading Scheme. Taking as its departure point state-centric</p><p>international political economy this study presents three plausible hypotheses on what the</p><p>purpose might be. Either it is to promote consumers interests, or to promote the Swedish</p><p>national climate goal “Reduced impact on climate”, or to promote the profit of Swedish</p><p>companies. The study sets out to test the hypotheses through four different methods in order</p><p>to disprove them. Through a text analysis of four different government proposals, through a</p><p>questionnaire sent out to 98 companies included in the Swedish National Allocation Plan,</p><p>through an interview with a ministerial civil servant and through a game theoretical matrix</p><p>based on the government’s own preferences.</p><p>The conclusion should be of interest to industry, environmentalists, politicians as well as to</p><p>journalists and scientists. From a theoretical point of view the conclusion explains the reason</p><p>for priorities and setting of rules by the government within energy politics as well as within</p><p>climate politics. The study concludes that the climate is priority number one and industry is</p><p>priority number two and this explains why, according to an industrial spokesperson, industrial</p><p>interests are not being met to a full extent. However the tide may turn in the future if the</p><p>government decides to include carbon dioxide sinks in the Emission Trading Scheme. The</p><p>government believes that storing carbon dioxide for a limited amount of time is worse than</p><p>reducing actual emissions.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:vxu-631 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Jonasson, Kim |
| Publisher | Växjö University, School of Social Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
| Relation | Rapport : Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap, Växjö universitet, 1401-6346 ; |
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