Putting a price on carbon is, as agreed by most, an important tool to address climate change. But as many examples around the world have recently highlighted, public engagement is critical to the success of climate policies.
If key stakeholders and voters do not understand or support the policy – however well designed – it will be vulnerable to attack, concessions to powerful interests or removal altogether. At the COP24 UN climate summit, we released a guide to communicating carbon pricing, which provides policymakers and their communications colleagues with recommendations for designing and implementing effective carbon pricing communication strategies.