To answer this question, this paper reviews the huge and growing body of empirical
literature on climate change awareness and summarizes insights emerging from a critical …

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 …

The ambitious 2050 decarbonization strategy of the European Union (EU) must implement
and reconcile several economic, social, and technological targets, such as continuous …

Carbon taxes are an effective tool to reduce carbon emissions but their use is hampered by
a lack of public support. We develop the theoretical argument that social insurance …

The European Union's energy policy confronts the intricate challenge of achieving energy
independence through integration and transition, necessitating a careful calibration of its …

The present study considers whether the Russian invasion of Ukraine constitutes an
opportunity for EU policy centralisation and polity-building in non-military domains …

Seminal works have highlighted a growing polarisation regarding the environment, with
supporters advocating for immediate emissions reduction and others downplaying or even …

This study explores the roles of selected European Union members in the struggle for
environmental externalities in the impact of energy and transport taxes on carbon dioxide …

This study explores support for the populist far-right Finns Party in the 2023 Finnish
parliamentary election. In the 2023 election, the Finns Party obtained their largest historical …

Wie lässt sich angesichts der krisenhaften sozialen, politischen und ökologischen
Herausforderungen der Gegenwart die gesellschaftliche Konfliktlage verstehen, aus der der …