This review examines the alleged crisis of trust in environmental science and its impact on
public opinion, policy decisions in the context of democratic governance, and the interaction …

Adopting public policies to deliver the ambitious long-term goals of the Paris Agreement will
require significant societal commitment. That commitment will eventually emerge from the …

Recent proposals in the US and elsewhere aim to tackle climate change and socioeconomic
inequalities together through a Green New Deal (GND). GND proposals have been criticized …

Carbon taxes are considered a key instrument for achieving deep decarbonization but are
often unpopular among voters. While existing studies indicate that public opposition to …

The pandemic spread of COVID-19 grew inexorably to be the main topic of global news after
it was first identified in 2019 in China. This article analyzes how heads of state and heads of …

The Netherlands aims to have a climate‐neutral society in 2050, for which a timely climate
neutrality of the energy system is crucial. This is challenging as its geographical location …

Policy decisions, and public preferences about them, often entail judgements about costs
people should be willing to pay for the benefit of future generations. Economic analyses …

This paper studies the determinants of support for future generations, using novel survey
data for the case of Germany. I find significant, but not overwhelming support for prioritizing …

This article studies individual-level attitudes towards long-term investment policies using
novel survey data for the case of Germany. Building on a budding literature on the …

COVID-19 (coronavirus) and climate change are both global issues that have wide-reaching
and serious consequences for human health, the economy, and social outcomes for …