Public support for decarbonization policies in the UK: exploring regional variations and policy instruments

References

• Baranzini, A., van den Bergh, J. C. J. M., Carattini, S., Howarth, R. B., Padilla, E., & Roca, J. (2017). Carbon pricing in climate policy: Seven reasons, complementary instruments, and political economy considerations. WIRES Climate Change, 8(4), e462. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.462
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bergquist, M., Nilsson, A., Harring, N., & Jagers, S. C. (2022). Meta-analyses of fifteen determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws. Nature Climate Change, 12(3), 235–240. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01297-6
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bergquist, P., Mildenberger, M., & Stokes, L. C. (2020). Combining climate, economic, and social policy builds public support for climate action in the US. Environmental Research Letters, 15(5), 054019. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab81c1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Brannlund, R., & Persson, L. (2012). To tax, or not to tax: Preferences for climate policy attributes. Climate Policy, 12(6), 704–721. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2012.675732
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bretter, C., & Schulz, F. (2023). Why focusing on “climate change denial” is counterproductive. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(10), e2217716120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2217716120
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bretter, C., Unsworth, K. L., Kaptan, G., & Russell, S. V. (2023). It is just wrong: Moral foundations and food waste. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 88, 102021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102021
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bretter, C., Unsworth, K. L., Russell, S. V., Quested, T. E., Doriza, A., & Kaptan, G. (2022, October). Don’t put all your eggs in one basket: Testing an integrative model of household food waste. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 185, 106442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106442
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Buller, A. (2022). The value of a whale: On the illusion of green capitalism. Manchester University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Burstein, P. (2003). The impact of public opinion on public policy: A review and an agenda. Political Research Quarterly, 56(1), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1177/106591290305600103
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Butt, S., Clery, E., & Curtice, J. (2022). British social attitudes: The 39th report.
   Google Scholar
• Bynum, E., Fluegel-Carew, L., Jones, S., Kishi, R., & Raleigh, C. (2021). France yellow vest movement. Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project.
   Google Scholar
• Cames, M., Harthan, R. O., Füssler, J., Lazarus, M., Lee, C. M., Erickson, P., & Spalding-Fecher, R. (2016). How additional is the clean development mechanism? Institute for Applied Ecology
   Google Scholar
• Clayton, S., Devine-Wright, P., Stern, P. C., Whitmarsh, L., Carrico, A., Steg, L., Swim, J., & Bonnes, M. (2015). Psychological research and global climate change. Nature Climate Change, 5(7), 640–646. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2622
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Coleman, E. A., Harring, N., & Jagers, S. C. (2023). Policy attributes shape climate policy support. Policy Studies Journal, November 2022, 51(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12493
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cullenward, D., & Victor, D. (2020). Making climate policy work. Boston: Polity Press.
   Google Scholar
• De Groot, J. I. M., & Steg, L. (2007). Value orientations and environmental beliefs in five countries: Validity of an instrument to measure egoistic, altruistic and biospheric value orientations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38(3), 318–332. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022107300278
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Drews, S. (2021). Public support for climate policy. In A. Franzen, & S. Mader (Eds.), Research handbook on environmental sociology (pp. 237–249). Edward Elgar Publishing.
   Google Scholar
• Drews, S., & van den Bergh, J. C. J. M. (2016). What explains public support for climate policies? A review of empirical and experimental studies. Climate Policy, 16(7), 855–876. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1058240
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dunlap, R. E., & McCright, A. M. (2015). Challenging climate change: The denial countermovement. In R. E. Dunlap, & R. J. Brulle (Eds.), Climate change and society: Sociological perspectives (pp. 300–332). Oxford University Press.
   Google Scholar
• European Commission and European Investment Bank. (2019). Supporting rural infrastructure and Smart Villages development. https://www.fi-compass.eu/sites/default/files/publications/supporting-rural-infrastructure-smart-villages-development-web_0.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Ferrara, P. J., & Miranda, J. J. (2013). Heterogeneous treatment effects and mechanisms in information-based environmental policies: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment. Resource and Energy Economics, 35(3), 356–379.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Fesenfeld, L. P., Wicki, M., Sun, Y., & Bernauer, T. (2020). Policy packaging can make food system transformation feasible. Nature Food, 1(3), 173–182. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-020-0047-4
   Google Scholar
• Fornell, C., & Larcker, D. F. (1981). Structural equation models with unobservable variables and measurement error: Algebra and statistics. Journal of Marketing Research, 18(3), 382–388. https://doi.org/10.1177/002224378101800313
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gillenwater, M., Broekhoff, D., Trexler, M., Hyman, J., & Fowler, R. (2007). Policing the voluntary carbon market. Nature Climate Change, 1(711), 85–87. https://doi.org/10.1038/climate.2007.58
   Google Scholar
• Goldberg, M. H., Gustafson, A., Ballew, M. T., Rosenthal, S. A., & Leiserowitz, A. (2021). Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy in the United States. Behavioural Public Policy, 5(4), 480–502. https://doi.org/10.1017/bpp.2020.39
   Google Scholar
• Green, J. (2021). Does carbon pricing reduce emissions? A review of Ex-post-analyses. Environmental Research Letters, 16(4), 043004. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdae9
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Grolleau, G., Ibanez, L., Mzoughi, N., & Teisl, M. (2016). Helping eco-labels to fulfil their promises. Climate Policy, 16(6), 792–802. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1033675
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Haites, E. (2018). Carbon taxes and greenhouse gas emissions trading systems: What have we learned? Climate Policy, 18(8), 955–966. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2018.1492897
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harring, N., & Jagers, S. C. (2013). Should we trust in values? Explaining public support for pro-environmental taxes. Sustainability (Switzerland), 5(1), 210–227. https://doi.org/10.3390/su5010210
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harring, N., Jagers, S. C., & Matti, S. (2019). The significance of political culture, economic context and instrument type for climate policy support: A cross-national study. Climate Policy, 19(5), 636–650. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2018.1547181
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Heath, Y., & Gifford, R. (2006). Free-market ideology and environmental degradation: The case of belief in global climate change. Environment and Behavior, 38(1), 48–71. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916505277998
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Höhne, N., Gidden, M. J., den Elzen, M., Hans, F., Fyson, C., Geiges, A., Jeffery, M. L., Gonzales-Zuñiga, S., Mooldijk, S., Hare, W., & Rogelj, J. (2021). Wave of net zero emission targets opens window to meeting the Paris agreement. Nature Climate Change, 11(10), 820–822. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01142-2
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hornsey, M. J., Harris, E. A., Bain, P. G., & Fielding, K. S. (2016). Meta-analyses of the determinants and outcomes of belief in climate change. Nature Climate Change, 6(6), 622–626. https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2943
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jaccard, M. (2020). The citizens guide to climate success - overcoming myths that hinder progress. Cambridge University Press.
   Google Scholar
• Jagers, S. C., Martinsson, J., & Matti, S. (2019). The impact of compensatory measures on public support for carbon taxation: An experimental study in Sweden. Climate Policy, 19(2), 147–160. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2018.1470963
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kachi, A., Bernauer, T., & Gampfer, R. (2015). Climate policy in hard times: Are the pessimists right? Ecological Economics, 114, 227–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.03.002
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kallbekken, S. (2023). Research on public support for climate policy instruments must broaden its scope. Nature Climate Change, 13(3), 206–208. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01593-1
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kenward, B., & Brick, C. (2021). Even conservative voters want the environment to Be at the heart of post-COVID-19 economic reconstruction in the UK. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 9(1), 321–333. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6917
   Google Scholar
• Kyselá, E., Ščasný, M., & Zvěřinová, I. (2019). Attitudes toward climate change mitigation policies: A review of measures and a construct of policy attitudes. Climate Policy, 19(7), 878–892. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1611534
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Larsson, J., Matti, S., & Nässén, J. (2020). Public support for aviation policy measures in Sweden. Climate Policy, 20(10), 1305–1321. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2020.1759499
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maestre-Andrés, S., Drews, S., & van den Bergh, J. (2019). Perceived fairness and public acceptability of carbon pricing: A review of the literature. Climate Policy, 19(9), 1186–1204. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2019.1639490
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Martin, G., & Saikawa, E. (2017). Effectiveness of state climate and energy policies in reducing power-sector CO2 emissions. Nature Clim Change, 7(12), 912–919. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-017-0001-0
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McCann, P. (2016). The UK regional-national economic problem. Geography, globalisation and governance. Routledge.
   Google Scholar
• Meckling, J. (2011). Carbon coalitions: Business, climate politics, and the rise of emissions trading. Boston: MIT Press.
   Google Scholar
• Nature Sustainability. (2021). Weighing up policy tools. Nature Sustainability, 4(7), 561–561. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00754-y
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Parker, G., & Fisher, L. (2023). Rishi Sunak signals he is ready to soften UK green policies. Financial Times, July 24. https://www.ft.com/content/32a89204-0df8-4de1-a2dd-ab73c9cce202
   Google Scholar
• Peñasco, C., Anadón, L. D., & Verdolini, E. (2021). Systematic review of the outcomes and trade-offs of ten types of decarbonization policy instruments. Nature Climate Change, 11(3), 257–265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00971-x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Potoski, M., & Prakash, A. (2013). Do voluntary programs reduce pollution? Examining ISO 14001s effectiveness across countries. Policy Studies Journal, 41(2), 273–294. https://doi.org/10.1111/psj.12017
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Raymond, C. D. (2017). Voting behaviour on free votes: Simply a matter of preferences? Parliamentary Affairs, 70(4), 489–506. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx002
   Google Scholar
• Rehan, R., & Nehdi, M. (2005). Carbon dioxide emissions and climate change: Policy implications for the cement industry. Environmental Science & Policy, 8(2), 105–114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2004.12.006
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rhodes, E., Axsen, J., & Jaccard, M. (2017). Exploring citizen support for different types of climate policy. Ecological Economics, 137, 56–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.02.027
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ritchie, H., Roser, M., & Rosado, P. (2023). Our world in data: CO2 emissions. Our World in Data. https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions
   Google Scholar
• Rosés, J. R., & Wolf, N. (2021). Regional growth and inequality in the long-run: Europe, 1900–2015. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 37(1), 17–48. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxrep/graa062
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rubin, A. J. (2018). France’s yellow vest protests: The movement that Has Put Paris on edge. The New York Times. Published Online, December 3, 2018.
   Google Scholar
• Savin, I., Drews, S., Maestre-Andrés, S., & Van Den Bergh, J. (2020). Public views on carbon taxation and its fairness: a computational-linguistic analysis. Climate Change, 162, 2107–2138.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Smith, F. (2023). How popular are Labour policies in 2023? YouGov, published online 16 June 2023. https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2023/06/16/how-popular-are-labour-policies-2023
   Google Scholar
• Staude, J. (2023). Peter kritisiert Populismus beim “Heizungsgesetz.”, Klimareporter°. Published online 6 July 2023, https://www.klimareporter.de/gebaeude/peter-kritisiert-populismus-beim-heizungsgesetz
   Google Scholar
• Stavins, R. H. (2003). Experience with market-based environmental policy instruments. In K.-G. Maler, & J. E. Vincent (Eds.), Handbook of environmental economics (pp. 355–435). North Holland: Amsterdam.
   Google Scholar
• Steg, L., & Vlek, C. (2009). Encouraging pro-environmental behaviour: An integrative review and research agenda. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29(3), 309–317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.10.004
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sterner, T., Barbier, E. B., Bateman, I., van den Bijgaart, I., Crépin, A. S., Edenhofer, O., Fischer, C., Habla, W., Hassler, J., Johansson-Stenman, O., Lange, A., Polasky, S., Rockström, J., Smith, H. G., Steffen, W., Wagner, G., Wilen, J. E., Alpízar, F., Azar, C., … Robinson, A. (2019). Policy design for the anthropocene. Nature Sustainability, 2(1), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0194-x
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tobler, C., Visschers, V. H. M., & Siegrist, M. (2012). Addressing climate change: Determinants of consumers’ willingness to act and to support policy measures. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 32(3), 197–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2012.02.001
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tvinnereim, E., & Mehling, M. (2018). Carbon pricing and deep decarbonisation. Energy Policy, 121, 185–189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.06.020
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• UK Parliament. (2023). How MPs are elected. https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/electing-mps/
   Google Scholar
• Vainio, A., & Paloniemi, R. (2013). Does belief matter in climate change action? Public Understanding of Science, 22(4), 382–395. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662511410268
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• van Valkengoed, A. M., & Steg, L. (2019). Meta-analyses of factors motivating climate change adaptation behaviour. Nature Climate Change, 9(2), 158–163. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0371-y
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Wills, W., La Rovere, E. L., Grottera, C., Naspolini, G. F., Le Treut, G., Ghersi, F., Lefèvre, J., & Dubeux, C. B. S. (2022). Economic and social effectiveness of carbon pricing schemes to meet Brazilian NDC targets. Climate Policy, 22(1), 48–63. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1981212
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Worm, M. (2022). The concept of “freedom” in the climate policy discourse: A discourse- conceptual analysis of mediaed political debates during the German 2021 federal election campaign. Jönköping University.
   Google Scholar
• Wurzel, R. K. W., Zito, A. R., & Jordan, A. J. (2013). Environmental governance in Europe: A comparative analysis of New environmental policy instruments. Edward Elgar.
   Google Scholar
• Young, K. M., Gurganus, K., & Raymond, L. (2022). Framing market-based versus regulatory climate policies: A comparative analysis. Review of Policy Research, 39(6), 798–819. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12493
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Zabala, A. (2021). Comparing policy instruments for sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 4, 565–566.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar