Exploring the role of emissions-economy trade-offs in climate policy support : comparative survey evidence from the United Kingdom and Australia

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dc.contributor.authorBell, Christopher
dc.contributor.supervisorRhodes, Ekaterina
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-25T22:30:46Z
dc.date.available2024-06-25T22:30:46Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administration
dc.degree.levelMaster of Public Administration MPA
dc.description.abstractCountries vary in their success in decoupling greenhouse gas emissions from economic growth to meet emissions reduction targets. Using a web-based survey of citizens in the United Kingdom (n = 1,009) and Australia (n = 1,029), with different decoupling rates, this study assesses levels of citizen support for different types of climate policies, beliefs in trade-offs between emissions reduction and economic growth, and associations between these emissions-economy trade-off beliefs and support for climate policies. The results show compulsory policies, including carbon taxes and bans, receive the highest opposition. There is little variation between the studied countries for climate policy support and emissions-economy trade-off beliefs. The results also show that citizens who are agnostic about economic growth support policies the most. Therefore, decision-makers should focus on communicating climate policies’ economic and social benefits for the economic growth-concerned citizens to increase overall policy support.
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduate
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16670
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Web
dc.subjectclimate policy
dc.subjectpublic support
dc.subjectcitizen support
dc.subjectsurvey
dc.subjecteconomic growth
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emissions
dc.titleExploring the role of emissions-economy trade-offs in climate policy support : comparative survey evidence from the United Kingdom and Australia
dc.typeThesis

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