Scaling fairness: Balancing self-interest, community needs and societal justice for public acceptance of climate change mitigation policies in the Nordic Region
Carlos Tapia , Nora Sánchez Gassen , Anna Lundgren
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Abstract
Public perception regarding the fairness of climate mitigation policies is considered a key determinant of social acceptance. The literature distinguishes between perceptions related to the impacts of climate policies on individuals and households (self-interest) and broader concerns regarding the distributional impacts of climate policies (societal interest). This study also examines perceptions of fairness at the local community level. The aim is to examine the interplay between climate consciousness, perceptions of distributive justice at the societal level, expectations regarding climate policy impacts on the local community, and personal experiences at the household level to support climate change mitigation policies. Based on survey data from a representative sample of the Nordic population (N = 5080), we utilise ordinal logistic regression (OLR), confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM) to examine the role of these factors in promoting social support for the climate agenda across the Nordic Region. Our results highlight the key role played by climate concerns, expectations regarding the impacts of climate policies at the local community level and perceptions about their financial effects on respondents' households, rather than considerations regarding distributive justice at the societal level. Our results suggest that, within a Nordic context, individuals place more importance on the perceived and expected impacts of climate change mitigation policies at the household and local community levels (‘fairness to us’) than on distributive justice at the societal, level (‘fairness to others’).
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Environmental Science & Policy promotes communication among government, business and industry, academia, and non-governmental organisations who are instrumental in the solution of environmental problems. It also seeks to advance interdisciplinary research of policy relevance on environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity, environmental pollution and wastes, renewable and non-renewable natural resources, sustainability, and the interactions among these issues. The journal emphasises the linkages between these environmental issues and social and economic issues such as production, transport, consumption, growth, demographic changes, well-being, and health. However, the subject coverage will not be restricted to these issues and the introduction of new dimensions will be encouraged.