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DOI	10.1080/14693062.2020.1730151
	Consumption-oriented policy instruments for fostering greenhouse gas mitigation
	Grubb M.; Crawford-Brown D.; Neuhoff K.; Schanes K.; Hawkins S.; Poncia A.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	14693062
起始页码	S58
结束页码	S73
卷号	20 期号:sup1
英文摘要	Most policy instruments to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have focused on producers, and on the energy efficiency of buildings, vehicles and other products. Behavioural changes related to climate change also impact ‘in-use’ emissions, and potentially, emissions both ‘upstream’ (including from imported goods) and ‘downstream’ (eg disposal). Consumption-oriented policies may provide avenues to additional and cost-effective emission reductions, but are less prevalent, in part because of political sensitivities around government efforts to shape individual-level mitigation behaviour. In this paper, we explore policy instruments for encouraging low carbon behaviour in the EU context. Drawing on a literature survey and interviews, as part of the EU Carbon-CAP project, we develop a list of 33 potential instruments, present a systematic methodology for assessing their potential impact and feasibility, and apply this to rank instruments of most interest. Most instruments involve a clear trade-off between their potential impact and feasibility; about half feature in the top three scoring categories, many being voluntary approaches, which may be easier to implement, but with limited or highly uncertain impact. However, we identify a handful of top-scoring instruments that deserve far more policy attention. The complexity of consumer and corporate motivations and behaviours suggests that instruments should be trialled and monitored (e.g. in regions / individual States) before widespread introduction. Most would also be most effective when nested within wider policy packages, to address the varied behavioural motivations and stages of supply chains. Key policy insights Influencing consumer behaviour has been little used in climate policy and is politically sensitive and complex, but can address emissions that have largely escaped influence to date. A few instruments stand out as particularly promising, including: technology lists; supply chain procurement by leading retail companies; a carbon-intensive materials consumption charge; and key infrastructure improvements. A common trade-off between potential impact and likely feasibility points to the importance of government-business collaboration to secure support and impact. More ambitious transformation would require a mix of production and consumption-oriented policy instruments. © 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
英文关键词	behavioural change; Carbon consumption; climate change consumer policy; embodied carbon; materials consumption; multi-attribute decision-making
语种	英语
scopus关键词	carbon emission; climate change; emission control; environmental policy; European Union; greenhouse gas; literature review; state-business relations; trade-off; Europe
来源期刊	Climate Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/153296
作者单位	Institute of Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Eminent Scholar, Kyung-Hee University, Soeul, South Korea; Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) and Technical University Berlin, Germany; Department of Economics and Social Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria; Climate & Trade Policy, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Grubb M.,Crawford-Brown D.,Neuhoff K.,et al. Consumption-oriented policy instruments for fostering greenhouse gas mitigation[J],2020,20(sup1).
APA	Grubb M.,Crawford-Brown D.,Neuhoff K.,Schanes K.,Hawkins S.,&Poncia A..(2020).Consumption-oriented policy instruments for fostering greenhouse gas mitigation.Climate Policy,20(sup1).
MLA	Grubb M.,et al."Consumption-oriented policy instruments for fostering greenhouse gas mitigation".Climate Policy 20.sup1(2020).