Chilean institutional policies and multi-level agents: Challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and carbon footprint

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datacite.alternateIdentifier.citationFRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION,Vol.8,,2023
datacite.alternateIdentifier.doi10.3389/fcomm.2023.1059053
datacite.creatorBergamini, Kay
datacite.creatorOjeda, Carolina G.
datacite.creatorGutierrez, Patricia
datacite.creatorSalazar, Gonzalo
datacite.creatorCurillan, Christian
datacite.date2023
datacite.subject.englishpandemics
datacite.subject.englishcarbon footprint
datacite.subject.englishpolitical institutions
datacite.subject.englishclimate change
datacite.subject.englishgovernment policies
datacite.subject.englishChile
datacite.titleChilean institutional policies and multi-level agents: Challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and carbon footprint
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T15:48:13Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T15:48:13Z
dc.description.abstractIntroductionAs a result of the increasing number of multilateral agreements that Chile has signed, different sectors of consumption have become sources of emissions. In this context attempts to implement guidelines to address this issue have been made. Nevertheless, international policies such as sustainable development goals (SDG) 11-12 often generate dissonance in national and local administrations and have been approached by different instruments to reduce the effects of emissions, mostly focused on the private industrial sector. MethodsThis article focuses on four of the most polluted cities in south-central Chile (Coronel, Temuco, Valdivia, and Osorno). Key agents (ministries, regional government, municipalities, and civil society) from three levels of policy development were selected at three scales (national, regional, and local) and interviewed considering three thematic axes: knowledge of carbon footprint areas (housing, heating, food, mobility, and energy), institutional governance, and adaptive changes due to COVID-19. ResultsThe results show that in Chile, there is a multiscale climate governance led by the Ministry of the Environment (national level), followed by the regional and local levels. Citizens are then left with few capacities, which is negatively viewed. In relation to the carbon footprint and COVID-19, it can be observed that the topic of energy was more addressed at the national and regional levels. Food and energy, followed by heating and then mobility were addressed at the communal level and in civil society. DiscussionDecision-making strategies and policies were discussed in this paper.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/5292
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherFRONTIERS MEDIA SA
dc.sourceFRONTIERS IN COMMUNICATION
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