№115: Socioeconomic and Security Challenges to Climate Change Policy in Britain
№115: Socioeconomic and Security Challenges to Climate Change Policy in Britain

Author(s): Przemysław Biskup
Contributor(s): Sławomir Dębski (Editor), Patrycja Sasnal (Editor), Wojciech Lorenz (Editor)
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Environmental and Energy policy, Security and defense, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: UK; climate change; policy; socio-economic challenges; security;
Summary/Abstract: The United Kingdom remains one of the leaders in climate change policy in Europe and globally. The green transformation reached consensus among all major political parties and enjoys broad public support. Despite these favourable conditions, the public debate related to it has been revealing strong tensions over the costs, scale, and pace. In recent months, this debate has significantly deepened in the security dimension. Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine has placed the issues of control over critical infrastructure, self-sufficiency, and security of energy supplies at the centre of the British climate debate. For these reasons, the UK is an interesting case study highlighting the challenges for the climate transformation in Poland.

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