Open AccessClimate Change Warning Labels on Gas Pumps: The Role of Public Opinion Formation in Climate Change Mitigation Policies
Author(s) -
Brooks James R.,
Ebi Kristie L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
global challenges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2056-6646
DOI - 10.1002/gch2.202000086
Subject(s) - climate change , public opinion , legislation , scholarship , government (linguistics) , climate change mitigation , global warming , greenhouse gas , willingness to pay , political science , extant taxon , business , warning system , public health , public policy , environmental planning , natural resource economics , public economics , environmental science , economics , engineering , politics , law , medicine , ecology , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , biology , microeconomics , aerospace engineering , evolutionary biology
This article analyzes City of Cambridge, Massachusetts legislation that requires all gasoline and diesel pumps to display a consumer warning label outlining the climate change and public health impacts from fuel combustion. This review of empirical and theoretical scholarship on efficacy of carbon label programs and health warning labels suggests government‐sponsored “warming labels” may increase self‐efficacy beliefs. The analysis reveals warming labels may activate extant climate concern norms and shift public opinion toward long term support of sustainable transportation emissions policies and practices.