Fighting Climate Change through Shaming

The Element suggests that regulators use shame to encourage companies to be more climate-responsible by publicly disclosing information about their contributions to climate change. It proposes a regulatory climate shaming framework that leverages corporate reputational sensitivities and stakeholder willingness to hold firms accountable. The Element explores the growing practice of climate shaming by governmental regulators worldwide and offers a normative and descriptive theory and practical policy directions for regulatory climate shaming, considering its potential benefits and challenges.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 75 pages
Publication date: 10 August 2023
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

The Element argues that regulators can and should use shame to encourage companies to adopt climate-responsible behavior by publicly disclosing information about their contributions to climate change. Building on theories of regulatory shaming and environmental disclosure, the Element proposes a regulatory climate shaming framework that leverages corporate reputational sensitivities and the willingness of stakeholders to hold firms accountable for their actions in the context of the climate crisis.

The Element delves into the evolving landscape of climate shaming practices employed by governmental regulators across different jurisdictions through various means, such as rankings, ratings, labeling, company reporting, lists, online databases, and other forms of information-sharing regarding corporate climate performance and compliance.

In the face of inadequate climate law and regulation globally, the Element provides a robust normative and descriptive theory as well as practical policy recommendations for regulatory climate shaming, considering the potential benefits and challenges of this emerging approach, as well as insights drawn from implementing regulatory shaming in other fields.

Weight: 164g
Dimension: 152 x 229 x 9 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781009256261