How to win public support for a global carbon tax

Carattini, Stefano; Kallbekken, Steffen; Orlov, Anton

doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00124-x

Cited by 237 publications

(164 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

135

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…More generally, instead of proclaiming the desired effects of tentative policies or deriving rational predictions under simplistic modelling assumptions, we argue that it is important to test prospect changes using rigorous experimental methods [30]. This way, the design and acceptance of climate and energy policies could be greatly enhanced, while mistakes and counter-reactions potentially undermining their effects if not completely backfiring-as illustrated by the 2018 events in France where public opposition to a new carbon tax on transportation fuels forced the government to rethink its strategy [31]-could be prevented [30,32].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental evidence of an environmental attitude-behavior gap in high-cost situations

Farjam

Nikolaychuk

Bravo

2019

Ecological Economics

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

So far, there has been mixed evidence in the literature regarding the relation between environmental attitudes and actual "green" actions, something known as attitude-behavior gap. This raises the question of when attitudes can actually work as a lever to promote environmental objectives, such as climate change mitigation, and, conversely, when other factors would be more effective. We tested the effect of environmental attitudes on behavior in an online experiment with real money at stake and real-world consequences. We found that environmental attitudes affected behavior in low-cost situations while increasing contribution costs generally reduced their effect. This finding is consistent with the low-cost hypothesis of environmental behavior and has important consequences for the design of more effective climate policies in a democratic context.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Experimental evidence of an environmental attitude-behavior gap in high-cost situations

Farjam

Nikolaychuk

Bravo

2019

Ecological Economics

111

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Challenges with carbon accounting arise with BECCS supply chains crossing sectoral and national boundarieshow to allocate and ensure genuine effective CDR is further complicated by temporal aspects associated with carbon sequestered in biomass [84]. Other literatures explore the possible mechanisms through which BECCS could be incentivised or credited [83,[85][86][87], the potential relevance of existing policies exploiting co-benefits (such as utilising local waste products) [82] and how different policy approaches might influence public opinion or support [25,88]. McLaren et al (2019) recommend that to avoid a mitigation deterrence effect, policies relating to CDR should be separated from mitigation across four areas: defining targets, offsetting and emission trading, incentivisation, and modelling and evaluation [89].…”

Section: Governance Implications and Policy Responsesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Social Acceptability: Applying Lessons from CCS Social Science to Support Deployment of BECCS

Gough¹,

Mander²

2019

Curr Sustainable Renewable Energy Rep

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose of Review This paper assesses social science research relating to BECCS and considers the applicability of research on CCS to BECCS. Recent Findings In recent years, social science research on CCS and BECCS has gone beyond an evaluation of public acceptance to provide a more nuanced analysis of the wider social political, ethical, and governance contexts in which large-scale deployment might be achieved. This raises issues at global, local, and regional scales, requiring a wide array of methods and approaches. Summary Awareness of the scale and urgency needed to act on climate change is growing and the role of BECCS in delivering carbon dioxide removal forms a central argument for the use of this family of technologies. Here, framing becomes a critical factor in how society responds to BECCS technologies and we argue that making the case for BECCS as a means of extending mitigation to make a 'net zero' goal achievable could be the key to its acceptable and sustainable deployment. Keywords CCS. BECCS. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR). Negative emissions. Social responses. Acceptability This article is part of the Topical Collection on Deep Decarbonization: BECCS

show abstract

“…According to these guidelines, our calculated avoidance costs are in the recommended range of values of the guidelines. Carattini et al [49] propose a global carbon price of 40-80 $/t assuming a system of harmonized carbon taxes. Against this background, CCS technology in cement industry is an interesting option.…”

Section: Comparison With Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Carbon Capture for CO2 Emission Reduction in the Cement Industry in Germany

Markewitz

Ryssel

et al. 2019

Energies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The share of global CO2 emissions deriving from the cement industry is about 5%. More than 50% of these are process-related and cannot be avoided. This paper addresses the application of CO2 capture technology to the cement industry. Analyses focusing on post-combustion technology for cement plants are carried out on the basis of detailed model calculations. Different heat supply variants for the regeneration of loaded wash solution were investigated. CO2 avoidance costs are in a range of 77 to 115 EUR/tCO2. The achievable CO2 avoidance rate for the investigated cases was determined to be 70% to 90%. CO2 reduction potentials were identified using CCS technology, focusing on the German cement industry as a case study. The results show that adopting carbon capture technology could lead to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions.

show abstract

How to win public support for a global carbon tax

Cited by 237 publications

References 6 publications

Experimental evidence of an environmental attitude-behavior gap in high-cost situations

Experimental evidence of an environmental attitude-behavior gap in high-cost situations

Beyond Social Acceptability: Applying Lessons from CCS Social Science to Support Deployment of BECCS

Carbon Capture for CO2 Emission Reduction in the Cement Industry in Germany

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About