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Are current generations’ preferences the primary barrier to climate change mitigation?

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This paper argues that the climate economics literature often overlooks the role of generational self-interest in hindering ambitious climate change mitigation. A deeper examination of this self-interest could improve public awareness of their role in current low levels of mitigation and guide future research towards critical questions needed to overcome the generational barrier to significant climate action.

Source: Oxford Open Climate Change

DOI: 10.1093/oxfclm/kgaf016

Author: Arnaud Goussebaïle

Institutions: École nationale des ponts et chaussées, ETH Zurich, CIRED

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change Policy and Economics

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Climate action

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,899