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Climate-Related Co-Benefits and the Case of Swedish Policy
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- Karlsson, Mikael, Docent (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling,Climate Change Leadership
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- Westling, Nils (author)
- Swedish Energy Agency, 631 04 Eskilstuna, Sweden
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- Lindgren, Oskar (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Naturresurser och hållbar utveckling
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- 2023-02-09
- 2023
- English.
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In: Climate. - : MDPI. - 2225-1154. ; 11:2, s. 40-40
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- 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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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- co-benefit; climate mitigation; climate policy; impact assessment; policy-making
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- art (subject category)
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