Public preferences for marine plastic litter management across Europe

Khedr, Salma; Rehdanz, Katrin; Brouwer, Roy; Beukering, P.J.H. van; Dijkstra, Hanna; Duijndam, Sem; Okoli, Ikechukwu C.

doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2022.107609

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“…For example, recent studies quantify the willingness to pay (WTP) of citizens to reduce plastic pollution domestically (Abate et al, 2020; Börger et al, 2021; Borrelle et al, 2017; Borriello & Rose, 2022; Leggett et al, 2018; Meginnis, Domanski, & Toledo‐Gallegos, 2022; Tyllianakis & Ferrini, 2021; Zambrano‐Monserrate & Ruano, 2020). Khedr et al (2023) take a regional perspective, comparing the WTP of citizens in eight EU countries for reductions in macro and micro plastics across all European waters versus only domestically. Yet even regionally focused studies such as Khedr et al (2023) fail to consider the explicit transboundary nature of the problem (i.e., the transmission of marine plastics between countries) or equity preferences for IEAs to reduce this type of pollution.…”

Section: Marine Plastics As a Transboundary Pollution Problemmentioning

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“…Khedr et al (2023) take a regional perspective, comparing the WTP of citizens in eight EU countries for reductions in macro and micro plastics across all European waters versus only domestically. Yet even regionally focused studies such as Khedr et al (2023) fail to consider the explicit transboundary nature of the problem (i.e., the transmission of marine plastics between countries) or equity preferences for IEAs to reduce this type of pollution. Hence, this emerging literature provides no insight into equity preferences related to transboundary pollution reductions in the context of marine plastics.…”

Section: Marine Plastics As a Transboundary Pollution Problemmentioning

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Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

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American J Agri Economics

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This paper examines empirically the importance of equity preferences for the formation of international environmental agreements (IEA) for transboundary pollution control. Although it has been shown theoretically that the existence of equity preferences among countries considering an IEA increases the chances for formation and stability of a coalition, empirical assessments of such preferences have been limited to climate change mitigation and single‐country studies. We consider the case of marine plastic pollution, of which a large share consists of food and beverage containers, representing a transboundary pollution control problem of increasing policy concern, with properties that lead to distinct considerations for equity and the sharing of abatement costs. We employ a coordinated choice experiment in the United Kingdom and United States to assess preferences for abatement‐cost allocations in a marine plastics IEA. Pairs of cooperating countries and the relative allocation of abatement costs are varied experimentally. Results show systematic aversion to both advantageous and disadvantageous inequality with respect to abatement costs but also that the relative strength of advantageous and disadvantageous inequality aversion differs across countries. Across both countries, there is evidence that left‐leaning voters generally favor more equal international sharing of abatement costs. Differences of these results from the case of greenhouse gas emission reduction, and implications for current efforts to establish a legally binding global treaty on marine plastic pollution, are discussed.

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Section: Marine Plastics As a Transboundary Pollution Problemmentioning

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Section: Marine Plastics As a Transboundary Pollution Problemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

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Hanley

Johnston

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American J Agri Economics

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“…The project also assessed risks of innovation and business models to understand the implications of designing a business model for the CLAIM devices specifically, the exploitation of the CLAIM research and development results, and to provide insights on the uptake and upscaling of the new technologies. Additionally, different consumer profiles were developed based on a large-scale European survey of public perceptions of and attitudes to marine plastics pollution, and willingness to pay to implement measures to prevent and remove plastic pollution from European seas (Khedr et al, 2023;Van Oosterhout et al, 2023). Besides the articles included in this Research Topic, a wide variety of additional papers were published in other high-impact journals.…”

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Editorial: Cleaning litter by developing and applying innovative methods in European seas

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“…For instance, health satisfaction and financial satisfaction have an insignificant positive association with migration intentions. 8 Solely social capital is strongly and significantly related to permanent migration intentions. First, respondents who have more people in their community with whom they are close with have lower migration intentions.…”

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Climate change and associated sea-level rise are expected to increase flood risk in many regions, impacting millions of people by impairing human safety and causing damage to agriculture, properties, and critical infrastructure. Migration to safer areas is one way for people to adapt to flood risk and presents an enormous policy challenge given the number of people affected. The main goal of this Thesis is to conduct novel empirical research to better understand the factors driving migration in different contexts. These empirical insights are critical for anticipatory policymaking and management of flood-induced migration, for improving migration forecasting, and for guiding vulnerability and resilience in the face of climate change. The first research chapter of this dissertation presents a systematic literature review that examines the existing (quantitative) empirical literature on how migration behavior is shaped by flood risk and other sea-level rise-related hazards. It reveals that existing empirical research finds mixed effects for the influence of flooding on migration. Floods sometimes decrease migration in lower-income contexts, possibly due to the financial resource depletion that they cause. The chapter also outlines a comprehensive research agenda for future research on the topic. A main limitation of existing empirical studies on flood risk and migration is that they focus on the influence of past flood events. Although learning from the past gives us important insights, the dynamics of migration and its drivers are likely to change considerably under increased flood risk from climate change and sea-level rise. Consequently, we miss a solid empirical understanding of migration under increased flood risk. To address this research gap and fulfill the main goal of this dissertation, the second, third, and fourth research chapters of this dissertation present empirical research on drivers of migration under increased flood risk, each contributing in their own way to key research gaps in the literature. In the research presented in these chapters, originally collected household survey data are analyzed from close to 5,000 respondents from six different countries with varying socio-economic contexts worldwide (Vietnam, The Netherlands, Argentina, France, Mozambique and the United States). Some universal findings on migration under increased flood risk are found in these chapters. First, migration intentions are lower in the lower/middle-income countries studied than in higher-income countries. Second, in all six researched case studies, migration intentions increased considerably under scenarios of increased flood risk. Third, the large majority of respondents, more than 90% in all studied countries, report that they would migrate internally within country borders instead of internationally. Fourth, the implementation of in-situ adaptation measures, another sensible approach for households to protect themselves against increased flood risk, is generally (strongly) associated with lower migration intentions. The three chapters also provide specific findings. Chapter 2 studies migration under increased flood risk in a context of vulnerable coastal livelihoods in Vietnam showing that social capital as well as past experiences during flooding such as evacuation and receiving aid are strong predictors of migration intentions. Chapter 3 compares drivers of migration and in-situ adaptation in a context of unique extreme flood experience in the Netherlands, showing that in-situ adaptation is mostly related to cognitive factors whereas migration is driven by flood-related emotions. Personal flood experience drives both behaviors. Finally, Chapter 4 provides a unique comparative study on migration under increased flood risk, researching determinants of migration under different flood risk scenarios in Argentina, France, Mozambique, and the United States. Our results have important implications for policy. Besides others, this Thesis discusses how policymakers should anticipate and plan for increased migration from flood risk, consider supporting in-situ flood adaptation to reduce migration needs, and incorporate that migration behavior is context-specific.

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Public preferences for marine plastic litter management across Europe

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

Equity preferences and abatement cost sharing in international environmental agreements

Editorial: Cleaning litter by developing and applying innovative methods in European seas

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