While carbon pricing is widely seen as a crucial element of climate policy and has been
implemented in many countries, it also has met with strong resistance. We provide a …

The lack of broad public support prevents the implementation of effective climate policies.
This article aims to examine why citizens support or reject climate policies. For this purpose …

Revenue recycling through lump-sum dividends may help mitigate public opposition to
carbon taxes, yet evidence from real-world policies is lacking. Here we use survey data from …

The rise of right-wing populism (RWP) poses a challenge for the climate agenda, as leaders
and supporters tend to be climate sceptics and hostile to policy prescribing action on climate …

There is a strong political divide on climate change in the US general public, with Liberals
and Democrats expressing greater belief in and concern about climate change than …

Despite the gravity of the climate threat, governments around the world have struggled to
pass and implement climate policies. Today, politicians and advocates are championing a …

Taxes on fossil fuels could be a useful policy tool for governments seeking to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions. However, such taxes are politically challenging to introduce, as …

Around the world, most people are aware of the problem of climate change, believe it is
anthropogenic, and feel concerned about its potential consequences. What they think …

Over the last three decades, climate change has become publicly defined as an important
social problem deserving action. A substantial body of social science research examines the …

Ambitious climate mitigation policies face social and political resistance. One reason is that
existing policies insufficiently capture the diversity of relevant insights from the social …