This paper suggest that we need to better understand the relationship between policy rationales and their scalar orientation. The former refers to the underlying motivations for proposing policies. The latter refers to two dimensions: the geography of challenges that policy seek to address, and the geography of effects that policy seek to instigate. Such variations in the scalar orientation of national level climate and energy policy, may lead to differing rationales for (not) supporting technologies that can contribute to decarbonization, depending also on their alignment with broader context structures. In this way, scalar orientation of policy rationales may have significant implications for technology legitimacy. We develop a conceptual framework that distinguishes four types of scalar orientation in local/global challenges and effects. Empirically, we analyse how shifting scalar orientation of policy rationales in Norway has influenced legitimacy for LNG in shipping, offshore wind in the energy sector, and CCS for various user sectors.

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政策和技术合法性的标量取向：挪威的脱碳案例


本文表明，我们需要更好地理解政策原理与其标量取向之间的关系。前者是指提出策略的潜在动机。后者指的是两个维度：政策寻求解决的挑战的地理范围，以及政策试图激发的效果的地理范围。国家层面气候和能源政策标量取向的这种变化，可能导致支持（而不是）支持有助于脱碳的技术的不同理由，这也取决于它们与更广泛的背景结构的一致性。通过这种方式，政策理由的标量取向可能对技术合法性产生重大影响。我们开发了一个概念框架，该框架区分了局部/全球挑战和影响中的四种标量定向。从实证角度来看，我们分析了挪威政策理由的标量方向转变如何影响航运中 LNG、能源部门的海上风电以及各种用户部门的 CCS 的合法性。