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Public Support for Climate Change Mitigation Policies: A Cross Country Survey
Author: Ms. Era Dabla-Norris, Salma Khalid1, Giacomo Magistretti, and Alexandre Sollaci2
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2023: Issue 223
Language:
English
Publication Date:
27 Oct 2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400258138.001
ISBN:
9798400258138
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
49
Keywords:
Climate mitigation policies; survey; experiments; mitigation policy; policy progressivity; carbon pricing; climate mitigating policy; IMF working paper 23/223; Climate policy; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Global; Europe
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Building public support for climate mitigation is a key prerequisite to making meaningful strides toward decarbonization and achieving net-zero emissions. Using nationally representative, individual-level surveys for 28 countries, this paper identifies the current levels and drivers of support for climate mitigation policies. Controlling for individual characteristics, we find that pre-existing beliefs about policy efficacy, perceived costs and co-benefits (e.g., cleaner air), and the degree of policy progressivity are important drivers of support for carbon pricing policies. The knowledge gap about climate mitigation policies can be large, but randomized information experiments show that support increases (decreases) after individuals are introduced to new information on the benefits (potential costs) of such policies.
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IMF Working Papers
ISSN:
1018-5941
Publisher:
International Monetary Fund