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Scaling the policy response to climate change

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:19 authored by Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool, Marilyn A Brown
This article assesses the advantages and disadvantages of fighting climate change through local, bottom-up strategies as well as global, top-down approaches. After noting that each scale of action—the local and the global—has distinct costs and benefits, the article explores the importance of scale in three case studies (the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, and efforts at adaptation/mitigation). It concludes that local thinking must be coupled with global and national scales of action in order to achieve the levels of carbon dioxide reductions needed to avoid dangerous climate impacts.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Policy and Society

ISSN

1449-4035

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

4

Volume

27

Page range

317-328

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-02

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