Published: September 10th, 2024,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Public acceptance of CO2 pricing increases as soon as there is „some form of revenue redistribution“. This is the result of a study recently published by the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). The authors analyzed 35 studies with 70 surveys on carbon pricing and revenue redistribution. The result: „CO2 pricing consistently meets with more approval with redistribution than without.“