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Climate policy

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Climate policy or climate change policy is policy about climate change. It is often decided by national governments - for example the climate policy of China. It may include policy on reducing greenhouse gas emissions to limit climate change, and also adapting to climate change. Or not.[1] National climate policy sometimes conflicts with sub-national or bloc policy, for example the climate change policy of Washington (state) diverges from the climate change policy of the United States,[2] and EU climate policy can conflict with other national policies.[3]

Climate policies may have very big co-benefits for health policy such as by: reducing air pollution, increasing walking and cycling, and eating less beef; they may also help energy policy by reducing oil imports.[4] Public support for policies depends on: how effective people think they are in reducing emissions, their impact on poor people, their effect on respondents’ households, and how well they understand them.[5] Climate-economy modelling may help when deciding policy.[6] Policy, such as target dates for net-zero emissions, may be put into law.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "The US is about to make a sharp turn on climate policy". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  2. ^ "Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives". KLFY.com. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  3. ^ "Hungary says EU not doing enough to end Russian gas dependence".
  4. ^ Karlsson, Mikael; Alfredsson, Eva; Westling, Nils (2020-03-15). "Climate policy co-benefits: a review". Climate Policy. 20 (3): 292–316. doi:10.1080/14693062.2020.1724070. ISSN 1469-3062.
  5. ^ Dechezleprêtre, Antoine; Fabre, Adrien; Kruse, Tobias; Planterose, Bluebery; Sanchez Chico, Ana; Stantcheva, Stefanie (July 2022), Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies (Working Paper), Working Paper Series, doi:10.3386/w30265
  6. ^ Doukas, Haris; Nikas, Alexandros (2020-01-01). "Decision support models in climate policy". European Journal of Operational Research. 280 (1): 1–24. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2019.01.017. ISSN 0377-2217.
  7. ^ "European Climate Law - European Commission". climate.ec.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-11-06.