The ship has sailed : On the risk of undermining the legitimacy
of EU Climate Policy through the implementation of EU ETS 2

J 2026

The ship has sailed : On the risk of undermining the legitimacy of EU Climate Policy through the implementation of EU ETS 2

VELIČKA ZAPLETALOVÁ, Veronika

Základní údaje

Originální název

The ship has sailed : On the risk of undermining the legitimacy of EU Climate Policy through the implementation of EU ETS 2

Autoři

VELIČKA ZAPLETALOVÁ, Veronika

Vydání

Energy Policy, London, Elsevier, 2026, 0301-4215

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 9.200 v roce 2024

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

eu ets; eu; czechia; green deal; legitimacy; energy governance

Štítky

Czechia, energy, energy governance, eu ets, European Union

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 27. 3. 2026 08:50, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This article examines the implementation politics of EU ETS 2 and their implications for the legitimacy and political sustainability of the EU's 2040 and 2050 climate targets. By extending carbon pricing to buildings and road transport, EU ETS 2 directly affects household energy and mobility costs, increasing its social visibility and politicisation. While designed to support decarbonisation, the system has triggered growing concerns among Member States regarding price volatility, distributive impacts, and administrative preparedness. Focusing on Czechia, the article analyses how delayed transposition, weak horizontal coordination, and a narrowly configured policy network may have limited the state's capacity to design credible compensation mechanisms and manage distributive risks. We shows how legitimacy challenges may emerge from the interaction of governance capacity constraints, insufficient public communication, and populist politicisation of carbon pricing. The Czech case is situated within broader EU implementation patterns, demonstrating that similar concerns are shared across many Member States, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, where lower-income and fossil-fuel-dependent regions face above-average exposure to ETS-2-related cost increases. These tensions reflect not only distributive vulnerability, but also structural weaknesses in the governance of climate policy implementation. The article argues that the political viability of EU ETS 2 will depend on vulnerability-based targeting of Social Climate Fund resources, stronger inter-ministerial and multi-level coordination, and more inclusive governance frameworks capable of translating price-based climate instruments into socially legitimate outcomes. Without such reforms, ETS 2 risks reinforcing public mistrust, energising Eurosceptic narratives, and weakening support for EU decarbonisation efforts.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1881/2025, interní kód MU

Název: Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VIII

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Perspektivy evropské integrace v kontextu globální politiky VIII

Přiložené soubory

1-s2.0-S0301421526001552-main.pdf

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Citovat

VELIČKA ZAPLETALOVÁ, Veronika. The ship has sailed : On the risk of undermining the legitimacy of EU Climate Policy through the implementation of EU ETS 2. Energy Policy. London: Elsevier, 2026, roč. 214, July, s. 1-6. ISSN 0301-4215. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115221.

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VELIČKA ZAPLETALOVÁ, Veronika. The ship has sailed : On the risk of undermining the legitimacy of EU Climate Policy through the implementation of EU ETS 2. \textit{Energy Policy}. London: Elsevier, 2026, roč.~214, July, s.~1-6. ISSN~0301-4215. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2026.115221.

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