Socio-political dynamics of global environmental problems @ETH Zurich.
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May 28
Policymakers in polluted cities often hold back on ambitious clean air policy, worried the public will resist costs or prioritise economic growth instead.
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May 28
Link to full article: nature.com/articles/s44284-0…
And the policy brief: nature.com/articles/s44284-0… @IPEEP_eth @bernauereth
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Apr 7
A lot of climate mitigation advice ignores a key constraint: will people actually do it?
In our new @ClimateActionSN paper, we use a neat “personalised scenario testing” tool and ask people to build a plan to cut their own emissions by 30% (Swiss sample, n=2,793).
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Apr 7
Policy takeaway: support the most accepted low-cost actions, make high-impact tech affordable for lower-income households, and don’t spend political capital on measures with little emissions payoff.
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Apr 7
OA: nature.com/articles/s44168-0…
Big thanks to my co-authors Florian Lichtin, Daniel Heimgartner, Kay Axhausen and @bernauereth for a great collaboration!
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Mar 25
Swiss and EU climate debates often focus on the loudest camps. But our data suggest the action is in the middle. Curious what others think: what design choices most change acceptability — revenue recycling, exemptions, phase-ins?
Mar 24
In Europe the success of climate initiatives relies on a large “conditional middle” – voters who care about the climate but judge each proposal through a personal cost–benefit lens, a new study shows. buff.ly/fiNHhcP
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Mar 11
Small swings amongst the conditional middle can have a big impact on what’s politically feasible. In a simple simulation, moving only the fence-sitting slice from neutral → support raises # of majority-backed policies across Europe from 4/15 to 10/15.
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Mar 11
Also, an article on these finding in ETH News : ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/e…
And a blog post on the @capableclimate website : capableclimate.eu/the-middle…
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