Environmental Politics

Journal: Environmental Politics

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Routledge

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0964-4016
1743-8934

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The innovativeness of national policy portfolios – climate policy change in Austria, Germany, and the UK
Schaffrin, André; Sewerin, Sebastian; Seubert, Sibylle (2014)
Environmental Politics
Do global climate summits influence public awareness and policy preferences concerning climate change?
Bakaki, Zorzeta; Bernauer, Thomas (2016)
Environmental Politics
Regional integration to support full renewable power deployment for Europe by 2050
Patt, Anthony; Komendantova, Nadejda; Battaglini, Antonella; et al. (2011)
Environmental Politics
Climate pushers or symbolic leaders? The limits to corporate climate leadership by food retailers
Dupuis, Johann; Schweizer, Rémi (2018)
Environmental Politics
Survey research in environmental politics: why it is important and what the challenges are
Prakash, Aseem; Bernauer, Thomas (2020)
Environmental Politics
Why populism may facilitate non-state actors' access to international environmental institutions
Böhmelt, Tobias; Koubi, Vassiliki; Bernauer, Thomas (2023)
Environmental Politics
This article examines populists' relationship with non-state actors in international environmental agreements (IEAs). We ask whether populist governments favor transnational non-state actors' access to these institutions. Using data on the design of IEAs since the 1970s, evidence is reported suggesting that populists seek to institutionalize non-state actors' access to IEAs. To explain this relationship, we argue that populist governments likely want to reduce and undermine the influence of established elites, also in international institutions. To this end, they may want to institutionalize access of their own constituents within IEAs. The empirical implication of this claim is that institutionalized access of non-state actors in IEAs is more likely when populist governments are involved. The empirical results provide strong and robust support for our argument, and these findings contribute to our knowledge in a number of areas of environmental politics and political science in general.
Environmental innovation strategies: When and why NGOs go beyond public regulations
Schweizer, Rémi; Dupuis, Johann; de Buren, Guillaume (2016)
Environmental Politics
Does providing scientific information affect climate change and GMO policy preferences of the mass public? Insights from survey experiments in Germany and the United States
Diamond, Emily; Bernauer, Thomas; Mayer, Frederick (2020)
Environmental Politics
The use of information provision has been criticized as an ineffective way to increase support for evidence-based environmental policies, but it remains a dominant strategy among policy communicators. Using a survey experiment on climate change and genetically modified food (GMO) policy preferences in Germany and the United States (N = 3,000 total), we investigate how information provision shapes environmental policy attitudes and whether this effect is moderated by trust in science and trust in the source of messages. Findings show that information provision significantly shifted policy preferences towards the prevailing scientific opinion, but primarily among individuals whose prior attitudes conflicted with the scientific message. While trust in GMO science moderated message effectiveness in the U.S., generally the effects did not depend on levels of trust in science or trust in the message source. Results are similar for both countries, suggesting that the findings could be relevant to different political contexts.
Greening through trade: how American trade policy is linked to environmental protection abroad
Kolcava, Dennis (2023)
Environmental Politics
Public support for environmental policy depends on beliefs concerning effectiveness, intrusiveness, and fairness
Huber, Robert A.; Wicki, Michael; Bernauer, Thomas (2020)
Environmental Politics
In industrialised countries, emissions from fossil-fuelled vehicles show little sign of abatement, with citizens’ opposition to policy interventions arguably the key reason. To better understand the sources of public opinion towards particular types of policy instruments designed to reduce vehicle emissions, we focus on the perceived consequences of such instruments, notably the extent to which they are regarded as effective, fair, and unintrusive. Switzerland is the empirical focus because it lags behind neighbouring European countries. We assess public support for seven policy instruments, identified by existing literature and expert interviews. A survey-embedded experiment with a representative sample of 2,034 citizens provides support for the argument that policy instruments perceived as effective, fair, and unintrusive achieve higher levels of public support. These results may help policymakers design interventions that strike a balance between political feasibility and problem-solving effectiveness.

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