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This research examines the uptake of clean energy technology under a range of policy scenarios. Ireland’s climate ambition has increased significantly with the recent Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act (2021) setting out Ireland’s objective of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and targeting a 51% reduction of GHG emissions by 2030 (7% per annum) relative to 2018
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Policymakers all over the world have started using behavioural public policy instruments to encourage behavioural change in various areas such as health, finance, and the environment (UN Behavioural Science Group 2021). These instruments rely on insights from behavioural economics and psychology on how people behave and how they interact with their decision environments. The behaviourally informed approach contrasts with policies that are guided by theoretical models on how people should behave in given situations such as the rational actor model from economics (Thaler 2015). Behavioural insights allow policymakers to better anticipate how people actually react to policies and to design behaviourally informed interventions that can help citizens to make better choices for themselves and for society (Hansen 2019).
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The ESRI have published a working paper “Framing climate change as a generational issue: Experimental effects on youth worry, motivation and belief in collective action”. The paper is available HERE.
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Carbon taxes, poverty and compensation options is now available from the ESRI HERE
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The Economic and Social Review, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2018, pp. 145-172 Matthew Collins, Economic and Social Research Institute and Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland Seraphim Dempsey, Economic and Social Research Institute John Curtis, Economic and Social Research Institute and Trinity College Dublin The Digest Series presents summaries of papers that make contributions to […]
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The Climate Action Plan by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment is now available HERE
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Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action report now available HERE
