Only by tackling climate change through regulation – and by monitoring and maintaining a stable climate – can we effectively address the problems it causes.
About Federica Genovese
"I am a Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Oxford. I specialize in studying the politics of crisis and specifically climate change. I am a 2011 Philip Leverhulme Prize Winner.
My research focuses on international and comparative political economy, with particular attention to climate politics and policy, globalisation, redistribution and the politics of crises in Europe, but not exclusively."
Key Points
• Mitigation and adaptation are complementary pillars of climate action and both must be advanced at the same time to manage existing impacts while cutting future emissions.
• Carbon taxes and cap-and-trade dominate mitigation debates; both can curb emissions effectively yet provoke political resistance, the former over taxation and the latter over rising allowance costs.
• A “just transition” requires climate policies to confront social inequities so that women, racial minorities, and other vulnerable groups gain real opportunities in the emerging green economy.
