Political process Denmark

Ireland is one of the fastest-growing economies of the EU and, like Denmark, it faces a significant projected shortfall in meeting its Kyoto goal. It was also one of the few that submitted on time. But, as explained by Conor Barry, the really unique aspect of the Irish NAP experience was the relatively technical nature of the process, and the structure of consultation with industry. While the Irish NAP is perhaps the least politically influenced and most rational of those included in this volume, the government reserved a final say on some key choices and in fact overruled some recommendations from the technical group. Despite its different process, the important choices were very similar to those taken in other countries where the process was more overtly political. The NAP process in Ireland was also facilitated by a carbon tax that had been adopted to go into effect for the non-covered... 

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