Do economic trade-offs matter in climate policy support? Survey evidence from the United Kingdom and Australia

被引：0

作者：

Bell, Christopher ^{[1
]}

Rhodes, Ekaterina ^{[1
]}

Long, Zoe ^{[2
]}

Salemi, Colette ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Victoria, Sch Publ Adm, POB 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada

[2] Simon Fraser Univ, Sch Resource & Environm Management, 8888 Univ Dr W, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada

[3] Univ Victoria, Dept Econ, POB 1700 STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada

来源：

ENERGY POLICY | 2025年 / 197卷

基金：

瑞典研究理事会;

关键词：

Climate policy; Public opinion; Survey; Economic growth; Emissions reduction; Growth paradigms; PUBLIC-OPINION; GROWTH; EMISSIONS; CANADA;

D O I：

10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114430

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Countries vary in their success in decoupling greenhouse gas emissions from economic growth to meet emissions reduction targets. Using a web-based survey of citizens in the United Kingdom (n = 1009) and Australia (n = 1029), with different decoupling rates, this study assesses levels of citizen support for different types of climate policies, beliefs in trade-offs between emissions reduction and economic growth, and associations between these emissions-economy trade-off beliefs and support for climate policies. The results show compulsory policies, including carbon taxes and bans, receive the highest opposition. There is little variation between the studied countries for climate policy support and emissions-economy trade-off beliefs. The results also show that citizens who are agnostic about economic growth support policies the most. Therefore, decision-makers should focus on communicating climate policies' economic and social benefits for the economic growth-concerned citizens to increase overall policy support.

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