In person icon Simply Green - The Political Economy of Climate Action

Abstract

There is a varying commitment to climate action across and within countries. This panel aims to address the sources of this variation by looking at countries’ resources and how this informs their policy preferences. Established democracies like the United States and many of the Western European member states have already made sizeable and meaningful commitments to the fight climate change and have transformed their economies. In contrast, for many of the Central and Eastern European member states in the EU, the green transition is still vaguely represented both at the level of decision-makers and regular citizens. This panel seeks to explore what are the main challenges of the climate action agenda and how different countries (both advanced and new democracies) address and overcome them. Political will is an important determinant of the commitment to climate action in both EU and US. Proposing politically feasible measures to address the challenges of the climate action agenda is essential. The panel specifically explores methods to transform unpopular measures to flight climate change into politically feasible ones. It shows how addressing the equity concerns of the carbon tax can turn this measure into a politically appealing policy. The panel also explores other politically attractive alternatives to carbon tax.

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