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Jeroen van den Bergh

@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social

ICREA Professor & Head research group Environmental & Climate Economics at @icta-uab.bsky.social • Systemic solutions, Energy rebound, Instrument synergy, Carbon pricing, Public support, Low-carbon innovation, Evolutionary modelling, GDP paradox & Agrowth

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New paper "The paradox of climate justice" explores trade-off btw climate justice, effectiveness & political feasibility for mainstream & heterodox policies. Ambitious justice goals may inadvertently reduce support for effective policies - resulting in long-term injustice. dx.doi.org/10.1002/wcc....

The Paradox of Climate Justice

Climate justice may paradoxically undermine ambitious emissions-reduction policies, causing greater long-term injustice through insufficient climate action. Heterodox instruments often are not system...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‘Beyond GDP’ requires replacement, not just additional metrics. GDP dominates public policy, sidelining social & environmental aims. Dashboards did not change this at all. Solution is to replace GDP by more comprehensive metric. Advantage: low "perception distance". link.springer.com/article/10.1...

‘Beyond GDP’ Requires Replacement, Not Just Additional Metrics - Social Indicators Research

Social Indicators Research - Political decision-making remains dominated by GDP, often at the expense of social and environmental concerns. Indicator dashboards have so far had limited impact on...

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Keith Smith@ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Read the full findings, published today in @NatureClimate : rdcu.be/e7Sn4 Also, an article on these finding in ETH News : ethz.ch/en/news-and-... And a blog on the CAPABLE website : capableclimate.eu/the-middle-s...

Climate policy feasibility across Europe relies on the conditional middle

Nature Climate Change - The feasibility of climate policies hinges on public support. A survey of 13 EU countries shows that ‘middle groups’—citizens whose support across...

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Keith Smith@ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Climate politics sounds increasingly polarised. But in Europe, support for climate isn’t driven by die-hard supporters or opponents. It tends to be shaped by a large “conditional middle” (33%).

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In Nov 2024, a Dutch Court of Appeal overturned a 2021 District-Court verdict on obligations of Shell to reduce carbon emissions. This article examines the scientific basis of both rulings. It suggests legal action against governments enacting weak policies is more effective. doi.org/10.1016/j.er...

Comparing two court rulings on Shell's carbon emissions with climate-policy science

In November 2024, a ruling by a Dutch Court of Appeal overturned a 2021 District Court verdict concerning the obligations of the oil and gas company S…

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Here is a new review of studies assessing hypothetical & actual carbon-pricing schemes for low- and middle-income countries, organized by main world regions. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...

A review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries

We review studies that assess hypothetical and actual carbon-pricing schemes in developing countries, focused on policy effectiveness in terms of emissions reduction. The article opens with gatheri...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Deep decarbonization needs lifestyle change. Our new model introduces a “cultural multiplier”: spillovers across consumers boost the impact of carbon pricing. Policies can then achieve emission targets with lower carbon prices - also good news for public acceptance. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Cultural Multiplier of Climate Policy - Environmental and Resource Economics

To achieve deep decarbonisation, the design of climate policy needs to account for consumption choices being influenced not only by pricing but also by social learning. This involves changes that pert...

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Gabriel Leite Mota@galemo.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm very glad to share that the second paper coming from the doctoral research of my PhD student Margarida Casau (which I co-supervise with Marta Ferreira Dias) has just been published at "Environment, Development and Sustainability". Feel free to read and cite ;) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Economics, happiness and climate change: exploring new measures of progress - Environment, Development and Sustainability

This research explores the relationship between environmental sustainability, well-being, and economic output, specifically critiquing the predominant reliance on GDP as the main progress indicator. T...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 9mo ago

You should expect this as the Paris Agreement includes no mechanism for limiting (rational) free riding by countries. Only an expanding climate club like the EU-ETS can overcome this.

Climate Action Tracker @climateactiontracker.org · 9mo ago

Almost none of the 40 governments we analyse have updated their 2030 target, which is critical to keep warming levels below 1.5°C ... nor have they set out the kind of action in their new 2035 targets that would change the warming outlook.

Paolo Crosetto@paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma. It's *scientific publishing*. We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_... Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇

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Mark A. Hanson@hansonmark.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

A table showing profit margins of major publishers. A snippet of text related to this table is below. 1. The four-fold drain 1.1 Money Currently, academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it. The dominant four are Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley and Taylor & Francis, which collectively generated over US$7.1 billion in revenue from journal publishing in 2024 alone, and over US$12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024 (Table 1A). Their profit margins have always been over 30% in the last five years, and for the largest publisher (Elsevier) always over 37%. Against many comparators, across many sectors, scientific publishing is one of the most consistently profitable industries (Table S1). These financial arrangements make a substantial difference to science budgets. In 2024, 46% of Elsevier revenues and 53% of Taylor & Francis revenues were generated in North America, meaning that North American researchers were charged over US$2.27 billion by just two for-profit publishers. The Canadian research councils and the US National Science Foundation were allocated US$9.3 billion in that year.
Severin Borenstein@severinborenstein.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm back from vacation (and the huge Oakland No Kings protest). Lots to catch up on posting. In the EI blog today, Jim Sallee has an excellent analysis of the poorly designed, but good direction, of proposed international shipping GHG regulations. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...

Carbon Pricing on the High Seas?

The international maritime organization gets close to a carbon tax. If an environmental economist stumbled upon a magic lamp and got one wish from the genie, most of us would know what to ask for—a…

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James Morrison@morrison-james.bsky.social · 10mo ago

What can we do about it? Wealth tax are growing in popularity, eg in the UK, France and through a G20 plan for a minimum wealth tax on billionaires. We argue that a wealth tax would do little to reduce inequality-related emissions but would be a valuable source of revenue for decarbonisation.

James Morrison@morrison-james.bsky.social · 10mo ago

A more effective way of reducing inequality-related emissions would be to directly regulate carbon intensive consumption like private jets and limit the political influence of elites. Free eprint link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/WMBDY... @icta-uab.bsky.social

The impact of wealth inequality on carbon emissions and climate policy

Reducing inequality and carbon emissions represent interrelated global challenges. Whereas research has paid considerable attention to income inequality in relation to emissions and climate mitigat...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · 10mo ago

New publication examines how pricing instruments in environmental & climate policy perform under bounded rationality & social influence. The case is strengthened for cap-and-trade. We also discuss additional policy instruments under such conditions. rdcu.be/eLEyR

Pricing instruments in environmental and climate policy when polluters are boundedly rational

npj Climate Action - Pricing instruments in environmental and climate policy when polluters are boundedly rational

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ICTA-UAB@icta-uab.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🤔 Did you know Europeans support climate policies with subsidies for rail or home insulation, but strongly oppose taxes on polluting behaviors like cars or meat?👎👍 New survey conducted by @profjeroenbergh.bsky.social from ICTA-UAB explores this topic in depth. www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...

The climate policies that EU citizens like (and those they don't)

European citizens show greater support for climate change mitigation policies that allocate subsidies for rail transport or home insulation,...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · last yr.

Here is our review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries. It provides an overview of national modelling as well as of analyses of the international context. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 50 free copies are available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RVUUF...

A review of carbon-pricing studies for developing countries

We review studies that assess hypothetical and actual carbon-pricing schemes in developing countries, focused on policy effectiveness in terms of emissions reduction. The article opens with gatheri...

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Jeroen van den Bergh@profjeroenbergh.bsky.social · last yr.

New article on "System complexity vs environmental sustainability": Solutions to environmental challenges often increase #complexity in the overall socioeconomic system. This hampers achieving #sustainability. We discuss key mechanisms and policy cures. doi.org/10.1155/cplx...

System Complexity Versus Environmental Sustainability: Theory and Policy

We discuss the relationship between environmental sustainability and system complexity. This is motivated by the fact that solutions to environmental challenges often create additional complexity in ...

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Damien Meadows@damienmeadows.bsky.social · last yr.

EU legislation has been adopted today for 20 million EU ETS allowances, estimated at €1.6 billion, to speed up the use of e-fuels and sustainable biofuels for flights where there is also effective carbon pricing #climateaction #polluterpays climate.ec.europa.eu/news-your-vo...

Adoption of EU rules on the ETS support system to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuels

The Commission has adopted EU rules for ETS financed support to speed up the use of sustainable aviation fuels.

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