French attitudes on climate change, carbon taxation and other climate policies
By Thomas Douenne, A. Fabre. Ecological Economics, 2020
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This paper aims to assess the prospects for French climate policies after the Yellow Vests crisis halted the planned increase in the carbon tax. From a large representative survey, we elicit knowledge, perceptions and values over climate change, we examine opinions relative to carbon taxation, and we assess support for other climate policies. Specific attention is given to the link between perceptions of climate change and attitudes towards policies. The paper also studies in detail the determinants of attitudes in terms of political and socio-demographic variables. Among many results, we find limited knowledge but high concern for climate change. We also document a large rejection of the carbon tax but majority support for stricter norms and green investments, and reveal the rationales behind these preferences. Our study entails policy recommendations, such as an information campaign on climate change. Indeed, we find that climate awareness increases support for climate policies but no evidence for the formation of opinions through partisan cues as in the US, suggesting that better access to science could foster support for climate policies.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science
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- The effect of carbon pricing on technological change for full energy decarbonization: A review of empirical ex‐post evidence (2020, methodology): “Following social protest by the Yellow Vest movement, the planned doubling of the carbon tax was halted and, at least for the moment, the tax has not further increased (Douenne & Fabre, 2020; Gloriant, 2018).”