💚 How to design better climate policies

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Hej, Here in Stockholm we're slowly moving toward brighter days. Today's love letter highlights Sverker Jagers' research article on public opinion about climate change policies in Nature Climate Change, a report on EU's electricity generation in 2022, and some exciting news from our team (hint: we're growing).  Research  Designing better climate policy instruments In honour of the approaching one year anniversary of the research article 'Meta-analyses of fifteen determinants of public opinion about climate change taxes and laws' published in Nature Climate Change, we wanted to highlight our interview with Sverker Jagers on his massive accomplishment.  Sverker's research focused on how understanding public perception and acceptance of climate change taxes and laws can help design better climate policy instruments, and therefore provide valuable insights for policymakers and decision-makers.  Why did you choose to do research in this area? Sverker: Over the past 20 years, an increasing number of researchers have realised the importance of determining what factors affect acceptance for various climate-related policy instruments, such as carbon taxes, fees and legislative instruments. This is because we need to understand these factors both to be able to explain why it is usually so difficult to implement them, why people tend to react strongly against them, and in prolongation also how the policies can be designed and combined to avoid such negative reactions, and thus to enable the political system to take a firm grip on the climate crisis.  What are the main insights from your research? Sverker: The two factors primarily affecting the degree to which people accept a climate-related policy instrument is, whether they believe that it is fair (it affects the right groups and in the right proportions) and effective (it has its intended effect on peoples’ climate-affecting behaviour). Concern for the climate is another factor strongly affecting peoples’ acceptance. Read the full interview here.  Curated Wind and solar became EU's top electricity source in 2022  A new report by climate think tank Ember shows that wind and solar generated 22.3% of EU electricity in the past year — overtaking both nuclear and gas. This especially due to the 'triple crisis' of restricted Russian gas supplies, a dip in hydro caused by drought, and nuclear outages, the EU turned to wind and solar which provided one fifth of the electricity generation in 2022.  Solar generation alone rose by 24% helping to avoid €10bn in gas costs according to the report. Around 20 EU nations such as the Netherlands, Germany and Spain sourced a record share of their power from solar.  2023 outlook  "Coal generation will fall, but gas generation, which is expected to remain more expensive than coal until at least 2025, will fall the fastest", according to the report. With wind and solar expected to grow and hydro and nuclear power recovering, fossil fuel generation could drop by an unprecedented 20% which is double the previous record of 2020.  "Not only are European countries still committed to phasing out coal, they are now striving to phase out gas as well. Europe is hurtling towards a clean, electrified economy and this will be on full display in 2023. Change is coming fast, and everyone needs to be ready for it," says Dave Jones, Head of Data Insights at Ember.  Download the report here.  Growth Another Tomorrow is looking for a Business Designer!  Look at how much fun we have!  Exciting news, we are hiring! Another Tomorrow is looking for an experienced Business Designer to join us in a time of growth, develop new products and service offerings, and take our clients’ transformations to the next level.  Find the full job ad here and if this sounds like you (or someone you know), please email your CV and cover letter to Linnéa — we'd love to hear from you! Last day for applying is February 15th.   Stay safe and stay curious!  / Linnéa & Team Another Tomorrow Seeing this for the first time? Sign up to the love letter here.