The Politics of Climate Policy Instruments

In: PS: political science & politics, Band 57, Heft 1, S. 21-24

Abstract

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change requires the adoption of costly policies with often uncertain efficacy and distributional consequences. Because these emissions occur across sectors of the economy—electricity, transportation, and agriculture—and the built environment, and they require action at all levels of government—global, national, regional, and local—there is no single "silver-bullet" solution.