Estado:

Aprovado

Começa:

16 de Dezembro de 2025, 12:00

Termina:

16 de Dezembro de 2025, 13:00

Recursos:

PT

Tema

“ Climate policy is not fiscal policy: understanding attitudes towards climate action”

Several countries established ambitious climate goals to tackle the climate emergency. To fulfill these goals, bold climate policies are needed, upholding the political commitments and effectively addressing climate change. Given that social resistance is seen as a deterrent for action, this research provides a contribution to policy makers wanting to boost support for climate policies. Relying on randomized control trials over different design options within the same climate instrument -- including green taxes, subsidies and regulations --, we show the importance of design features, namely relating to funding options and the overall tax burden. We also show that individual perceptions on climate change and climate policies are significantly associated with support, providing scope for government action also in this front. Taken together, these factors can be enough to sustain a supporting majority for all policies considered.

Speakers

Ana Fontoura Gouveia is an economist specialized in public policy, with both an academic and practitioner background. She combines a range of diversified national, European and international experiences, going through the challenges of public policy design, implementation and assessment. Her experience ranges from academia and technical research to hands-on executive and advisory roles at the government level.

Ana is currently Head of Sustainability at the Portuguese Central Bank and a visiting Assistant Professor at Nova School of Business and Economics.  From January 2023 to March 2024, she was the Portuguese Secretary of State for Energy and Climate, and she served as the Principal Economic Advisor at the Cabinet of the Prime-Minister of Portugal from end-2019 to end-2022. Prior to that, she worked at Banco de Portugal (2004-2008; 2018), the European Central Bank (2009-2014) and at the research offices of the Portuguese Ministry for the Economy and Ministry of Finance (2015-2018). In those years, she participated as Portugal's representative in various international working groups, namely the OECD, the European Commission and the European System of Central Banks, and she published several publications on public policies.

João Carvalho is a specialised economic analyst and policy consultant dedicated to evidence-based policy design, with a deep-rooted interest in climate policy and climate change. His profile is characterised by a unique combination of rigorous academic study and high-impact international field practice, demonstrating expertise in policy assessment and implementation.

He currently leverages this foundation as a World Bank Consultant, providing crucial analytical support for a large-scale gender norms study designed to inform international development strategies. This role follows significant experience in executing large-scale quantitative research projects in Mozambique.

João was also instrumental at NOVAFRICA in Maputo, where he specialised in the strategic oversight of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs). This included managing complex logistics, leading field teams, and rigorously ensuring the quality and integrity of data collected across over 1,800 vendor surveys. Academically, João holds dual Master's degrees in Economics and Management both from NOVA SBE.

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