1. Public attitudes about climate policy options for aviation.
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Kantenbacher, Joseph, Hanna, Paul, Cohen, Scott, Miller, Graham, and Scarles, Caroline
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AERONAUTICS ,ENVIRONMENTAL policy ,AIR pollution emissions prevention ,ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis ,SUSTAINABILITY - Abstract
The current trend of increasing demand for air travel runs contrary to climate-related sustainability goals. The absence of behavioural and near-term technological solutions to aviation’s environmental impacts underscores the importance of policy levers as a means of curbing carbon emissions. Where past work has used qualitative methods to sketch public opinion of environmental aviation policies, this work uses data drawn from a survey of 2066 British adults to make a quantitative assessment of the acceptability of a broad range of aviation climate policy options. The findings indicate that there is significant support across demographic groups for a large number of policies, particularly those that place financial or regulatory burdens on industry rather than on individuals directly. Support for aviation policies strengthens with pro-environmental attitudes and is weaker among people who are aeromobile. Though self-interested considerations appeared to dominate policy option preferences, concern for fairness may also shape policy acceptability. Overall, this paper provides to policymakers a quantitative evidence base of what types of policies for addressing aviation climate emissions are most publically palatable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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