Expanding climate policy adoption improves national mitigation efforts

The research finds that a higher number of climate policies is associated with lower projected emission change rates up to 2030, a result that remains robust when controlling for GDP, historical emissions, and the rule of law. The study identifies specific policy gaps based on emission trends: countries with fast-increasing emissions lack policies in energy-demand sectors like buildings and transport, while those with stalling emissions lack cross-sectoral climate strategies. Across all groups failing to reduce emissions, there is a notable deficiency in policies targeting the reduction of energy and material demand.

• There is a correlation between a higher total density of climate policies and lower average projected emission change rates for the period between 2021 and 2030. This association holds true across all analyzed clusters and remains robust even when controlling for GDP, historical emissions per capita, the rule of law, and the number of high-impact policies.
• Countries experiencing fast-increasing emissions exhibit a significant overall lack of policies, with a particular deficiency in energy-demand sectors, specifically transport and buildings.
• Countries with stalling emissions are characterized by a lack of cross-sectoral policies and climate strategies, indicating a requirement for improved coordination of mitigation efforts across different sectors.
• A commonality among all country groups that are unable to reduce emissions is a substantial lack of policies aimed at reducing material and energy demand.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2023). Expanding climate policy adoption improves national mitigation efforts. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/expanding-climate-policy-adoption-improves-national-mitigation-efforts

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Expanding climate policy adoption improves national mitigation efforts. 2023. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/expanding-climate-policy-adoption-improves-national-mitigation-efforts.

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2023expanding, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Expanding climate policy adoption improves national mitigation efforts}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2023}, month = jun, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/expanding-climate-policy-adoption-improves-national-mitigation-efforts}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }