Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(4), pp. 269 - 278
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050401
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ENGO Impacts on Climate Change Policy in European Malta


Michael Briguglio *
Department of Sociology, University of Malta, Malta

ABSTRACT

This article analyzes the impacts of ENGOs with respect to Maltese climate change policy in an EU context. In particular, focus is made on the politics of climate change in Malta and the EU in the first five years following the country's EU accession, which led to the setting of energy emissions targets by 2020. The main conclusion of this article is that ENGOs formed part of an EU-wide hegemonic formation on climate change, wherein a common position with binding emissions targets was reached. The common position was signified around the discourse of ecological modernization. EU multi-level governance provided an opportunity for ENGOs to put forward discourses for climate-change adaptation.

KEYWORDS
Environmental NGOs, Climate Change Politics, EU Governance, Sociology of Climate Change

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Michael Briguglio , "ENGO Impacts on Climate Change Policy in European Malta," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp. 269 - 278, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050401.

(b). APA Format:
Michael Briguglio (2017). ENGO Impacts on Climate Change Policy in European Malta. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(4), 269 - 278. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.050401.