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Impact of COVID-19 on Attitudes to Climate Change and Support for Climate Policies

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  • Mr. Adil Mohommad
  • Evgenia Pugacheva

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This paper inquires into how individual attitudes to climate issues and support for climate policies have evolved in the context of the pandemic. Using data from a unique survey of 14,500 individuals across 16 major economies, this study shows that the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic increased concern for climate change and public support for green recovery policies. This suggests that the global health crisis has opened up more space for policy makers in key large economies to implement bolder climate policies. The study also finds that support for climate policies decreases when a person has experienced income and/or job loss during the pandemic. Protecting incomes and livelihoods in the near-term is thus important also from a climate policy perspective.

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  • Mr. Adil Mohommad & Evgenia Pugacheva, 2022. "Impact of COVID-19 on Attitudes to Climate Change and Support for Climate Policies," IMF Working Papers 2022/023, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2022/023
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    1. Timothy Mc Call & Susanne Lopez Lumbi & Michel Rinderhagen & Meike Heming & Claudia Hornberg & Michaela Liebig-Gonglach, 2023. "Risk Perception of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: Influencing Factors and Implications for Environmental Health Crises," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-14, February.
    2. Ferriani, Fabrizio, 2023. "Issuing bonds during the Covid-19 pandemic: Was there an ESG premium?," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 88(C).
    3. Rilwan Sakariyahu & Olayinka Oyekola & Rasheed Adigun & Temitope Fagbemi & Oluwagbenga Seyingbo & Rodiat Lawal, 2023. "Heterogeneous and time varying nexus between climate change and quality of life in Africa," Discussion Papers 2308, University of Exeter, Department of Economics.
    4. Graciela Schiliuk & Dominika Miernik & Jens Lapointe-Rohde & Carlos Giraldo & Iader Giraldo, 2023. "Global efforts to fight the consequences of climate change: the role of Regional Financing Arrangements," Documentos de Discusión FLAR 20681, Fondo Latino Americano de Reservas - FLAR.

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