Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy
There is strong scientific evidence for the existence of the significant economic value of several climate-related co-benefits. However, these are seldom recognised in policy-making, and knowledge is still scarce on some co-benefit types and categories. To identify research needs and highlight polic...
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| description | There is strong scientific evidence for the existence of the significant economic value of several climate-related co-benefits. However, these are seldom recognised in policy-making, and knowledge is still scarce on some co-benefit types and categories. To identify research needs and highlight policy-making opportunities, we propose a new framework and three-type-taxonomy of climate-related co-benefits. We define climate policy co-benefits, such as improved air quality, as ‘Type 1’; co-benefits for climate objectives from policy-making in other fields, such as taxation, as ‘Type 2’; and co-benefits from policies designed to achieve multiple objectives as ‘Type 3’. In order to apply the framework and to analyse how co-benefits have been regarded in policy-making in a climate pioneering country, we also explore the case of Sweden. It is shown that several co-benefits exist, but that these are overlooked almost entirely in policy-making, constituting a bias against climate mitigation. In order to counteract this problem, the article presents a number of recommendations, including a call to researchers to identify and quantify additional co-benefits and to policy-makers on governance reforms, including the need to organise policy-making processes and set decision criteria that promote the consideration of co-benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2bbca70eefae4fa8adddb7139bf49f982023-11-16T19:51:31ZengMDPI AGClimate2225-11542023-02-011124010.3390/cli11020040Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish PolicyMikael Karlsson0Nils Westling1Oskar Lindgren2Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, SwedenSwedish Energy Agency, 631 04 Eskilstuna, SwedenDepartment of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, 752 36 Uppsala, SwedenThere is strong scientific evidence for the existence of the significant economic value of several climate-related co-benefits. However, these are seldom recognised in policy-making, and knowledge is still scarce on some co-benefit types and categories. To identify research needs and highlight policy-making opportunities, we propose a new framework and three-type-taxonomy of climate-related co-benefits. We define climate policy co-benefits, such as improved air quality, as ‘Type 1’; co-benefits for climate objectives from policy-making in other fields, such as taxation, as ‘Type 2’; and co-benefits from policies designed to achieve multiple objectives as ‘Type 3’. In order to apply the framework and to analyse how co-benefits have been regarded in policy-making in a climate pioneering country, we also explore the case of Sweden. It is shown that several co-benefits exist, but that these are overlooked almost entirely in policy-making, constituting a bias against climate mitigation. In order to counteract this problem, the article presents a number of recommendations, including a call to researchers to identify and quantify additional co-benefits and to policy-makers on governance reforms, including the need to organise policy-making processes and set decision criteria that promote the consideration of co-benefits.https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/2/40co-benefitclimate mitigationclimate policyimpact assessmentpolicy-making |
| spellingShingle | Mikael Karlsson Nils Westling Oskar Lindgren Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy Climate co-benefit climate mitigation climate policy impact assessment policy-making |
| title | Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy |
| title_full | Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy |
| title_fullStr | Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy |
| title_short | Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy |
| title_sort | climate related co benefits and the case of swedish policy |
| topic | co-benefit climate mitigation climate policy impact assessment policy-making |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2225-1154/11/2/40 |
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