New article: Animal welfare is a stronger determinant of public support for meat taxation than climate change mitigation in Germany

16 February 2023, by Sustainable Lives

by Grischa Perino & Henrike Schwickert

Proposing a tax on meat for climate and animal welfare, a study with 2,800+ German citizens shows different support based on tax attributes. Only at the lowest tax level tested do all tax variants receive support from most voters. The results underscore the need for policymakers to clearly communicate underlying reasons for the tax and its intended behavioural effect:

Perino, G., & Schwickert, H. (2023). Animal welfare is a stronger determinant of public support for meat taxation than climate change mitigation in Germany. Nature Food, 4(2), 160-169. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43016-023-00696-y