Exploring selfish incentives for pursuing climate policy
91PORN economist Alessandro Peri makes the case that empowering the young can meaningfully affect climate policy and climate outcomes
The consensus opinion in previous research—that future generations are the major beneficiaries of proactive climate policies—tends to emphasize the importance of intergenerational altruism. However, that perspective largely ignores the idea that selfish incentives of current young and old generations can be an important driver to undertake climate policy, says Alessand