SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE OF A GREEN DEAL IN UKRAINE AND SWITZERLAND: A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
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conference contribution
Date Issued
2023
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Abstract
Green Deals-policy packages aimed at streamlining climate mitigation investments-have recently been established in several countries to reach the 1.5°C global warming target (EC 2022). They are usually adopted on a national or supranational level, such as in the case of the European Green Deal, and as such follow a top-down approach of policymaking. At the same time, given the crucial role of social acceptance (Ellis & Ferraro 2016) in successful energy and climate policy implementation, a stream of literature has pointed out the important role of citizen co-investment and community participation (Knauf & Wüstenhagen 2023; Le Maître et al. 2023). This paper focuses on two countries that are currently considering the introduction of a Green Deal, namely Switzerland and Ukraine, and investigates citizen preferences for design options to enhance community participation. The results show varying degrees of preferences for local participation: Ukrainian respondents are particularly sensitive to local communities being involved in Green Deal-related decision-making, whereas this is less of an issue for Swiss respondents as long as there is transparency and they have veto rights on specific projects. While respondents from both countries prefer a Green Deal to involve a diversified portfolio of renewable energy, energy efficiency in buildings and clean transport, they exhibit interesting differences with regard to their preferred funding sources and who should be eligible for Green Deal financing.
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SNF other
Language
English
Event Title
18th IAEE European Conference The Global Energy Transition Toward Decarbonization: – a multi-scalar perspective and transformation
Event Location
Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Event Date
24-27 July, 2023
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