Climate Change (generally)
Optimizing Nudges for Climate Change: Insights From Behavioral and Environmental Economics
Author
Anjali Narang
Author Bios (long)

Anjali Narang is a Visiting Graduate Researcher at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, SC Johnson College of Business, Cornell University.

Date
August 2024
Volume
54
Issue
8
Page
10646
Type
Comment(s)
Summary

Prof. Felix Mormann’s Climate Choice Architecture comprehensively catalogs and classifies different types of nudge interventions that can be used to combat climate change. He argues that choice architecture can complement command-and-control mandates, market-based incentives, and other forms of regulation while also acknowledging its limitations. Despite choice architecture’s shortcomings, this Comment wholeheartedly concurs that it is an underutilized tool in the environmental policymaker’s toolbox, and makes two recommendations drawn from the academic behavioral and environmental economics literature to supplement Professor Mormann’s article.

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Author
Felix Mormann
Author Bios (long)

Felix Mormann is a Professor of Law, Dean’s Research Chair, and Professor of Engineering at Texas A&M University.

Date
August 2024
Volume
54
Issue
8
Page
10638
Type
Articles
Summary

Successful climate change mitigation and adaptation require behavioral change at an unprecedented scale. Fortunately, behavioral research has proven that minor tweaks to the choice environment can usher in a paradigm shift toward more climate-friendly decisionmaking. This Article makes the case for greater reliance on choice architectural nudges as a catalyst for more climate-friendly decisionmaking across a wide range of contexts.

H.J. Res. 177
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/177
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Palmer
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Al.
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
19
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4451

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.”

H.R. 8957
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8957
Committee Name
Committees on Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, and Foreign Affairs
Sponsor Name
Curtis
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Utah
Issue
9
Volume
54
Update Issue
19
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H4527

would require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study and submit a report on the greenhouse gas emissions intensity of certain products produced in the United States and in certain foreign countries.

S.J. Res. 92
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/92
Committee Name
Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsor Name
Capito
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-W. Va.
Issue
8
Volume
54
Update Issue
16
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. S3991

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.”

H.J. Res. 163
Update Type
Bills Introduced
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-joint-resolution/163
Committee Name
Committee on Energy and Commerce
Sponsor Name
Balderson
Sponsor Party Affiliation
R-Ohio
Issue
8
Volume
54
Update Issue
16
Update Volume
54
Congress Number
118
Congressional Record Number
170 Cong. Rec. H3673

would provide for congressional disapproval under Chapter 8 of Title 5, U.S. Code, of the rule submitted by EPA relating to “New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; Emission Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric Generating Units; and Repeal of the Affordable Clean Energy Rule.”

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