Constant carbon pricing increases support for climate action compared to ramping up costs over time

Nature Climate Change, Published online: 21 September 2020; doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00914-6

Introducing carbon prices is considered central to climate change mitigation. This study shows that publics prefer constant carbon cost schedules rather than those that gradually increase, even when average costs are the same, because of a desire to smooth consumption over time.