Social acceptance of climate policies: Insights from Austria

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-06-17 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108708

Linus Eckert, Sigrid Stagl, Benjamin Schemel

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Abstract

Social acceptance of climate protection policies is essential in order to achieve national climate targets. This study analyses the social acceptance of several climate protection policies that are currently discussed in Austria, which have been identified as key measures for the National Energy and Climate Plan. To this end, a nationwide quota-representative survey was conducted with 1500 eligible voters with Austrian citizenship. This study breaks down climate policies into a more detailed and nuanced range of policies beyond the norm in the international literature. The results show a high level of support for key climate protection measures among the Austrian population. The majority of the analysed policies receive more support than objection. Only measures relating to speed limits and the prohibition of new combustion engine vehicles show increased objection. Furthermore, education is found to be the strongest and most consistent predictor of social acceptance of climate policies.

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气候政策的社会接受度：来自奥地利的见解

社会对气候保护政策的接受对于实现国家气候目标至关重要。本研究分析了社会对奥地利目前正在讨论的几项气候保护政策的接受程度，这些政策已被确定为国家能源和气候计划的关键措施。为此目的，在全国范围内对1500名具有奥地利国籍的合格选民进行了具有配额代表性的调查。这项研究将气候政策分解为超出国际文献规范的更详细和细致入微的政策范围。结果显示，奥地利人对关键的气候保护措施的支持程度很高。所分析的大多数政策得到的支持多于反对。只有与限速和禁止使用新型内燃机车辆有关的措施受到了越来越多的反对。此外，教育被发现是社会对气候政策接受程度最强和最一致的预测因素。

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来源期刊

Ecological Economics 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

12.00

自引率

5.70%

发文量

313

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature''s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity''s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership. Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.