Eskander, Shaikh ORCID: 0000-0002-3325-5486, Higham, Catherine, Hamley, Maggie, Setzer, Joana
ORCID: 0000-0002-7705-7684 and Fankhauser, Samuel
ORCID: 0000-0003-2100-7888
(2024)
Testing the ambition loop: do country- and company-level net-zero targets reinforce each other? A global comparison.
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice, 26 (3-4).
266 - 282.
ISSN 1387-6988
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Abstract
One theory about company- and country-level climate actions is that they interact with one another through a mutually reinforcing “ambition loop”. Using publicly available data on country- and company-level net-zero targets, our econometric analysis reveals a positive relationship between state and company: a country introducing a domestic net-zero target in law increases the likelihood of companies introducing their own voluntary targets and vice-versa. Our findings offer important insights into the mechanisms of climate governance – knowledge that will be critical if we are to meet global net-zero targets by 2050.
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