In view of the challenges posed by climate change and the increasingly ambitious climate
targets around the world, the search for effective climate policy instruments is gaining …

All humans contribute to climate change but not equally. Here I estimate the global
inequality of individual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 1990 and 2019 using a …

Carbon taxes are generally well accepted in countries with significant experience thereof but
there is still public resistance to raising them. We study attitudes toward carbon taxation and …

Consumption taxes on meat have recently been under consideration in several European
countries as part of their effort to achieve more sustainable food systems. Yet a major …

The energy transition represents an economic opportunity in many countries, but it can also
disproportionately affect vulnerable households. Although increasing attention has been …

The objective of this investigation was to conduct a systematic analysis of the existing
research literature on public acceptance of carbon pricing. The study utilized bibliometric …

Addressing the total energy cost burden of elderly people is essential for designing
equitable and effective energy policies, especially in responding to energy crisis in an aging …

The distributional consequences of environmental policies are a major issue for the public
acceptability of energy transitions, as the Yellow-vest demonstrations highlighted. Our …

There is general agreement among economists and climate policy practitioners that carbon
pricing should play a central role among all policies used to tackle climate change …

This article analyzes the recently decided EU-wide emission trading scheme for road
transport and heating fuels. The so-called ETS2 is part of the 'Fit for 55'policy package …