Politicians' engagement with climate change is the focus of an emerging literature, but this
research has not been subjected to systematic analysis. To address this important gap, we …

Social movements refer to collective groups of actors banding together to achieve desirable
social change through common agendas and tactics. This study examines the power of four …

Advancing literature on EU international climate strategy, this article offers a fresh and
comprehensive assessment of the EU's international leadership on climate change …

Drawing on a cost–benefit approach, policy dismantling literature typically examines case
studies following omitted and blame‐avoidance strategies, which contrasts with the highly …

The EU has long pursued relatively ambitious climate and energy policies, often against the
backdrop of what has been termed the EU 'polycrisis'. This paper introduces a special issue …

With this introduction to the special issue on climate politics, democracy, and populism, we
lay the ground for the multiplicity of analyses that follow. We highlight the essentially …

Why do populist citizens oppose climate change? Thus far, data constraints limited the
ability to test different theoretical mechanisms against each other. We argue that populist …

Amid the existing scientific consensus regarding anthropogenic climate change (ACC),
research on political ideologies and climate change indicates varying degrees of scepticism …

Populist radical right parties are often considered to be the most extreme opponents of
climate protection in Western Europe. Others predict a 'climate nationalism'among populist …

In this article, we explore the consequences of the increasing presence of both left-and right-
wing populist parties in government, critically reflecting on the recent scholarship on the …