ACCELZ Accelerating Climate Action and the State: Getting to Net Zero

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Duration: 01.08.2023–31.01.2028

The project ACCELZ wants to enhance our understanding of how states can design public organizations, practices, and policies, to accelerate climate action towards net-zero emissions

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Elin Lerum Basson Department of Political Science Principal Investigator

About the project

The project aims to establish the study of the stateʼs role in accelerating climate action as a research frontier within climate research.

We will also specify how governments, and Norway in particular, can design its political-administrative apparatus and climate policy mix to ensure acceleration of climate action. If we succeed, ACCELZ may ease the processes of combatting climate change.

Objectives

The main objective of ACCELZ is to enhance our understanding of how states can design public organizations, practices, and policies, to accelerate climate action towards net-zero emissions.

Methods

We will study the EU, US and India, at the central and federal levels but also explore climate governing and climate action at the state levels.

Further, we will conduct a comparative study of the Nordic countries, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

The project combines comparative qualitative case studies, with quantitative social science studies and establishment of a new data base. We will also draw on energy and emissions data as well as policy scenarios.

We map how climate organized into the governmental apparatus and practices, and explain differences across countries and over time, and examine the inter-relationship between how climate is organized into the state apparatus and climate policy mixes.

Further, we explore how the climate governing of states translate into GHG emission developments and lastly develop recommendations to policy makers.

The project is cross disciplinary, situating political science at the core of climate science.

Background

The Paris Agreementʼs goal of pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels requires global emissions to peak as soon as possible and reach net-zero by 2050.

This cannot happen without unprecedented acceleration of climate action. Getting to net-zero represents a pressing governing challenge.

Participants

Elin Lerum Boasson University of Oslo Principal Investigator
Tobias Bach University of Oslo
Maryna Povitkina University of Oslo
Yves Steinebach University of Oslo
Helena Seibicke University of Oslo
Jale Tosun University of Oslo
Mette Undheim Sandstad University of Oslo

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Jewell, Jessica; Cherp, Aleh; Geels, Frank Willem; Suzuki, Masahiro; Nacke, Lola & Tosun, Jale [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2026). Policy-driven growth of technologies to accelerate climate action. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 7(4), p. 235–252. doi: 10.1038/s43017-026-00765-3. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
More than 70% of climate policies target low-carbon technologies, with hopes that policy support will trigger tipping points and self-reinforcing growth. In practice, however, trajectories of policy-driven technologies remain difficult to explain and anticipate because their growth is nonlinear and often constrained by backlash, policy reversals and systemic barriers. In this Perspective, we develop a framework to explain, diagnose, and anticipate the growth of policy-driven technologies through four phases. In the formative phase, rapid innovation, uncertainties and frequent failures lead to erratic growth; in the accelerating growth phase, increasing economic and political returns progressively increase deployment speed; in the steady growth phase, emerging barriers dampen acceleration leading to a pattern in which growth pulsates around its peak; and in the slowdown phase, barriers stall growth and technology reaches its limits. Surprisingly, the scale and complexity of supporting policies do not necessarily diminish as technologies mature. Effective acceleration requires phase-specific policies to support technical and commercial viability in the formative phase, amplify increasing returns in the accelerating growth phase, manage barriers in the steady growth phase, and withdraw or reinvigorate support during the slowdown phase. Further advancing this phase-aware understanding of the co-evolution of policy and technology is essential for improving climate policy design and for developing more realistic technology projections and climate mitigation scenarios.
Nikas, Alexandros; Sampedro, Jon; Khourdajie, Alaa Al; Arto, Iñaki; Balderrama, Sergio & Boasson, Elin Lerum [Show all 42 contributors for this article] (2026). The challenge with climate-energy-economy models in constructing fair and equitable climate futures. Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies. ISSN 0016-3287. 181. doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2026.103850. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Climate change and policy are unevenly experienced across nations, social groups, households, sectors, and generations. Understanding how benefits and burdens of climate action can be equitably shared is therefore critical. While the cornerstone concept of ‘common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities’ is broadly accepted, the absence of consensus on equitable effort-sharing principles presents a challenge that permeates science underpinning climate policy. Climate-energy-economy models exhibit considerable conceptual, structural, and technical limitations in constructing equitable climate futures: they aggregate diverse Global South countries into homogeneous regions, fail to capture critical elements of international climate finance, and tend to produce one-size-fits-all strategies with limited consideration of local contexts. Model-based studies, additionally, have been argued to reflect Global North narratives in international scenario ensembles, assume persisting inequalities between the Global North and the Global South in the future, obscure ethical or normative choices behind operationalised principles of justice, and fail to systematically include stakeholders and scientists from the Global South. Here, we explore how modelling science can be more inclusive and effective in recognising these issues and co-constructing just climate futures. While acknowledging the inherent limitations of any modelling exercise, we argue that progress depends on several key actions, including meaningfully collaborating with stakeholders and scientists from other disciplines and critically from hitherto underrepresented and underfunded regions, incorporating wider policy priorities beyond mitigation, improving data and modelling capabilities to better represent the varied conditions of different communities, and integrating elements, policies, and governance structures that are indispensable to representing climate finance considerations.
Heinz-Fischer, Christin & Boasson, Elin Lerum (2026). Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations. Global Policy. ISSN 1758-5880. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.70154. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The growing significance of informal intergovernmental organisations (IIGOs) in global politics necessitates a re-evaluation of leadership dynamics. We develop a theory framework that enables us to explain why countries take on leadership roles in IIGOs, with a specific focus on climate politics. Governments do not assume leadership in IIGOs because they want to shape bargaining processes within traditional and formal organisations, such as the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC); rather, they do this for reasons particular to informal international cooperation. For instance, when governments take on leadership roles because they want to bolster their national green industry transition or help national corporate actors learn from green industrialisation elsewhere, then green industry transition is driving leadership. In contrast, informal diplomacy drives leadership when governments assume leadership roles to help them bolster their international presence and strengthen their diplomatic ties. A comparative case study of the leadership of three Nordic countries (Denmark, Norway, Sweden) within the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) concludes that both approaches contribute to explaining leadership patterns in the CEM. We argue that these dynamics probably also play out in other IIGOs, particularly in those relating to climate politics.
Schaub, Simon; Tosun, Jale & Becker, Maria (2025). Moralization in Policy Narratives: Insights From the Politics of Climate Change and Public Health. Policy Studies Journal (PSJ). ISSN 0190-292X. 54(1). doi: 10.1111/psj.70050. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
In this study, we examine the process of moralization—defined as the use of moral values to mobilize support for or against policy proposals. Specifically, we investigate how political parties strategically employ moralization to influence policy processes, varying their approach depending on their political ideology and institutional position. We address several key questions: How do policy actors integrate moral values into policy narratives? Does their institutional position and policy-shaping power affect their use of moralization? Can ideology explain variation in moralization strategies? Our research combines theoretical refinement of the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) with in-depth analysis of policy narratives from German political debates on climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings indicate that both party ideology and institutional role (government versus opposition) explain variation in the degree and type of moralization employed in narratives. More broadly, our work suggests that the NPF, as a relatively new conceptual framework, would benefit from explicitly incorporating moral values and moralization, as these elements provide a more nuanced understanding of the diverse narratives used in policy processes.
Tosun, Jale; Saad, Emiliano Levario & Tobin, Paul (2025). Latin American NGOs’ perceptions of cross-scale and cross-actor interactions in polycentric climate governance. Climate and Development. ISSN 1756-5529. doi: 10.1080/17565529.2025.2564740. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The governance of climate change has increasingly been characterized as polycentric, with non-state actors playing particularly influential roles as climate intermediaries. Yet, there has been limited empirical analysis of climate intermediaries within polycentric climate governance systems. We examine how Latin American non-governmental organisations experience and navigate polycentric climate governance by analysing their roles as climate intermediaries. Drawing on the Ecology of Games framework, we analysed the experiences of 22 non-governmental organizations across 14 Latin American countries to examine agency within polycentric climate governance systems. Our findings reveal that the organizations perceive themselves as climate intermediaries, connecting diverse actor types including government agencies, international organizations, local communities, and private sector entities across multiple governance scales from local to international levels. In evaluating their relationships with other governance actors, these organisations emphasize three critical dimensions: learning through knowledge exchange and capacity building, coordination through collaborative planning and resource sharing, and equity and fairness in decision-making processes and outcome distribution. These findings enhance our understandings of how Latin American non-governmental organisations experience the polycentric landscape of climate governance, contributing to the transnational advocacy literature while demonstrating the analytical value of the Ecology of Games framework for actor-centred analysis of polycentric climate governance systems.
Sandwell, Philip; Winchester, Benedict; Mittal, Shivika; Markides, Christos N.; Beath, Hamish & Nelson, Jenny (2025). Opportunities for decentralised solar power to improve reliability, reduce emissions and avoid stranded assets. Nature Communications. 16(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-62948-8. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Despite recent improvements to electricity access in lower-income countries, reliability remains low for many. Local renewable electricity infrastructure supplementing the national grid offers a promising route to improved reliability for rural communities. However, improvements in the reliability of national grids create risks for investors including the possibility of “stranded” renewable assets. We use energy-system modelling to explore ways in which solar photovoltaic (PV)-based mini-grids could be interconnected with national grids. We explore the impact of reduced electricity demand to quantify the investment risks of losing customers. Our results indicate that national grid–connected mini-grids can reduce the unit electricity costs for communities whilst also increasing reliability and reducing the carbon intensity of electricity in line with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7. Reductions in demand have a minimal impact at lower levels but at moderate levels are likely to undermine economic viability. Finally, we discuss policy interventions to facilitate and protect investing in national grid-connected mini-grids.
Boasson, Elin Lerum & Gulbrandsen, Lars Harald (2025). Paradoxes of Twin Crises: Nature Protection and Climate Governance in Norway. In Kolltveit, Kristoffer; Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid & Rasch, Bjørn Erik (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780198888581. p. 697–714. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198888581.013.0037. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Abstract This chapter examines and compares nature protection and climate policies in Norway. Whereas nature protection policies are characterized by a limited number of targets, many regulations, some public–private collaboration, and no nature pricing, climate policies are dominated by many targets and timetables, carbon pricing, and some European Union (EU)-induced regulations. These differences can partly be explained by the political history and political economy of each issue area and partly by the fact that Norway, as an associated non-Member State, participates in EU climate policies but not in the EU’s nature protection policies. Trade-offs between climate, energy, and nature protection policies are evident in several countries, but the strong influence of the petroleum industry on climate policies is a particular feature in Norway. Although synergistic solutions are possible, the Norwegian case indicates that differences in climate and nature protection policies can amplify conflicts between the two issue areas.
Boasson, Elin Lerum; Peters, Glen Philip & Tosun, Jale (2025). Policy-driven acceleration of climate action. PLOS Climate. 4(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000626. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Since the signing of the Paris Agreement, the term “acceleration” has become increasingly prevalent in the global discourse on climate change mitigation. Its meaning, however, is ambiguous. While this ambiguity arguably contributes to its popularity, it also diminishes its analytical and policy value. To achieve a more productive scholarly discourse and design more effective policies, we propose a conceptual framework for the term. Drawing on scientific definitions, we specify what acceleration of climate action entails. Specifically, we contend that policy-driven “acceleration” in this domain ultimately refers to increasing the speed of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. While policies play a crucial role in achieving this acceleration of climate action, their impact is mediated or moderated by multiple factors. Consequently, we argue for distinguishing three levels when referring to acceleration in the context of policymaking: the policies adopted by policymakers to reduce GHG emissions (policy outputs), the behavioral changes these policies induce in their target groups (policy outcomes), and the resulting changes in the reduction of GHG emissions (policy impacts).
Seibicke, Helena (2025). The Institutional Design of Scientific Advisory Boards on Climate Change: A Comparison at the Intergovernmental, Supranational, and National Level. Global Challenges. 9(9). doi: 10.1002/gch2.202400371. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This article investigates the institutional design of scientific advisory bodies (SABs) on climate change across three levels of governance: intergovernmental Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), national (UK's Climate Change Committee (CCC)), and supranational (European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change – ESABCC). Drawing on original empirical data and comparative analysis, the paper examines how institutional features (mandate, composition, autonomy, capacity, and knowledge provision) shape the potential roles and influence of these bodies in climate governance. The ESABCC, established in 2021, represents a novel institutional innovation within the EU's climate policy architecture. As the first supranational advisory body of its kind, it navigates a complex political space, balancing scientific independence with embeddedness in European Union's (EU) policymaking structures. Through a comparative lens, the analysis shows that while all three bodies aim to provide credible scientific input, their design reflects different governance logics and degrees of proximity to policy. The paper argues that institutional design is a critical determinant of how effectively SABs contribute to legitimate, evidence-informed climate policy. By mapping the ESABCC's position within the EU's multi-level governance framework, the study highlights its evolving role and outlines the implications for the broader use of expert knowledge in turbulent policy environments.
Steinebach, Yves; Hinterleitner, Markus; Knill, Christoph & Fernandez-i-Marin, Xavier (2024). A review of national climate policies viaexisting databases. npj Climate Action. 3. doi: 10.1038/s44168-024-00160-y. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Various databases have been developed to track national climate policy efforts. These datasets facilitate comparisons across countries regarding policy activity, instrument choice, and policy effectiveness. This article evaluates these datasets to see whether they converge in their observations about climate policy development. Our findings reveal that all datasets agree at the aggregate level in that they show that ever-more climate policies are being adopted. However, they diverge significantly when scrutinizing more nuanced elements like policy instrument types and their stringency. The main contributions of our review are to highlight what research endeavors are already possible with existing datasets and to identify the gaps that still remain. We also provide concrete suggestions on how to enhance the existing datasets, making them more useful for social science research on climate policy. The article provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date source for scholars and practitioners interested in the comparative analysis of governmental climate policy efforts.
Limberg, Julian; Steinebach, Yves & Nyrup, Jacob (2024). Dedicated climate ministries help to reduce carbon emissions. npj Climate Action. 3. doi: 10.1038/s44168-024-00147-9. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Several countries have introduced dedicated national climate ministries in the last two decades. However, we know little about the consequences of these ministries. We demonstrate that the introduction of climate ministries helps to reduce carbon emissions. A difference-in-differences analysis of a global sample of countries reveals robust and statistically significant evidence that introducing a dedicated climate ministry lowers carbon emissions substantially. At the same time, establishing such climate ministries does not significantly influence the introduction of new climate policies. This indicates that climate ministries primarily amplify climate action by improving the effectiveness of the governmental measures taken rather than by increasing the number of climate policies themselves.
Dupont, Claire; Moore, Brendan; Boasson, Elin Lerum; Gravey, Viviane; Jordan, Andrew & Kivimaa, Paula [Show all 14 contributors for this article] (2023). Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality? Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change (WIRESs). ISSN 1757-7780. doi: 10.1002/wcc.863. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
The European Union (EU) began developing climate policy in the 1990s. Since then, it has built up a broad portfolio of mitigation policy measures and governance tools, including legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and policy measures addressing emissions trading, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and more. In 2019, the European Commission—the EU's executive arm—published the European Green Deal (EGD), an overarching policy framework to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. The EGD aims to push EU climate policy and governance far beyond incremental policy development. In this article, we ask: does the EGD represent a break from past patterns of EU climate governance? We argue that it maintains several past patterns, but nevertheless breaks from other established policy and governance trends. We review insights from politicization and new institutionalist theoretical lenses to help us understand these findings. We reveal certain tensions and challenges inherent in the EU's climate governance approach—around speed and coherence, effectiveness and just transition—that highlight future research needs, and raise questions about the EU's ability to implement its climate policy goals.

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Tosun, Jale; Bulian, Simon; Gaffney, Alfie; Enguer, Joan & Saad, Emiliano Levario (2026). Subnational Climate Leadership Dynamics Among Under2 Coalition Members. Springer Nature Switzerland. ISBN 9783032126108. doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-12610-8. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
This open access book examines climate policy effort among subnational governments participating in the Under2 Coalition. The central research question investigates whether Under2 Coalition founding members demonstrate greater climate policy effort compared to early joiners (2015-2016) and later joiners (post-2016), and whether these performance differences persist over time. The empirical analysis focuses on subnational governments in five countries that played influential roles in founding and developing the Under2 Coalition: Canada, Germany, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The study makes three key contributions to climate governance literature. First, it systematically demonstrates how climate policy effort and leadership dynamics evolve within the Under2 Coalition framework. Second, it provides genuinely comparative insights across two dimensions—comparing different membership categories within countries and across nations. Third, it offers a replicable methodological template for expanding this research approach to other contexts. By examining quantifiable indicators including policies, policy instruments, and greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, the book provides valuable insights into how multilevel climate governance can be strengthened and sustained over time, bridging theory and practice in understanding subnational climate action.

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Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2026). Public Agencies in National Climate Governance. doi: https:/ecpr.eu/Events/Event/PanelDetails/17363. Full text in Research Archive
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2026). Balancing Welfare and Climate: Explaining Norway’s Inequality Inducing Electricity Price Support Scheme. Full text in Research Archive
Seibicke, Helena & Boasson, Elin Lerum (2026). Scientific Advisory Councils: Facilitating Climate Governance Implementation in Turbulent Times? Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2026). Factors influencing variations in climate governance procedures, focusing on Norway and Denmark. Full text in Research Archive
Tosun, Jale; Mittal, Shivika & Aamodt, Solveig (2026). State-Level Variations in Renewable Energy Implementation: Insights from India. Full text in Research Archive
Bach, Tobias & Steinebach, Yves (2026). How to Organize Government to Address Cross-Cutting Policy Issues. Full text in Research Archive
Bach, Tobias (2026). How to Organize Government to Address Cross-Cutting Policy Issues. Full text in Research Archive
Aamodt, Solveig & Kravik, Andreas Motzfeldt (2026). POLITISK FROKOST: En ny tidsalder? Verden etter den liberale verdensorden. Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Presentasjon av "Drivers of Climate Governance: a study of Norway and Denmark". Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Kan et eget klimaråd gi bedre klimapolitikk i Norge? doi: https:/www.tekna.no/fag-og-nettverk/klima-samfunnssikkerhet-og-beredskap/trenger-norsk-klimapolitikk-ei-vaktbikkje/. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Faglige foredrag og panelsamtale for TEKNA sine medlemmer i Oslo
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). En sammenligning av styring av klimapolitikken i Norge og Danmark. doi: https:/cicero.oslo.no/no/arrangementer/norge-og-danmark-i-mote-med-eus-klimamal-for-2040. Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Climate Governance Procedures: Insights from the Nordics. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Presentation of research article about climate governance procedures in the Nordics
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). A new dataset on public agencies and climate responsibilities. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
In this presentation I show new preliminary descriptive data and plans for research articles
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2025). Norway's big green lie – DW – 09/26/2025. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Hydropower, heat pumps and EVs made Norway a climate darling. Oil and gas exports made it rich. When one Norwegian started to question his role in this story, he came up against the paradox shaping this country's future – and the world’s energy transition.
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2025). Parlamentswahl in Norwegen 2025 - Tagesschau - Play SRF. [TV]. Lineær TV og på nett. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Reportasje om klima og EU i det norske valget
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2025). Norway’s Elections: A Fossil Consensus. [Journal]. Internett. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Could the rise of smaller parties drive Europe’s biggest gas supplier to change course?
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2025). Hvordan utforme gode klimamål? Klimastyring nasjonalt og lokalt - hva kan Norge lære av andre? Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Nå som Norge har satt mål for klimagassutslipp i 2035 er det viktig å også vurdere hvordan offentlig klimastyring kan styrkes.
Boasson, Elin Lerum & Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Designing National Climate Governance: Insights from Nordic Countries. Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Drivers of Climate Governance: a study of Norway and Denmark. Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Hva kan Norge lære av danske og svensk klimastyring? doi: https:/www.arendalsuka.no/programsoek/details/33752. Full text in Research Archive
Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). DFØ/SOL faglunsj med Mette Sandstad: Klimapolitikk. Full text in Research Archive
Boasson, Elin Lerum & Sandstad, Mette Undheim (2025). Climate Governance Procedures: Lessons learned from Denmark. doi: https:/klimaraadet.dk/sites/default/files/node/field_files/The%20Planet%20and%20Denmark%20-%20the%20DCCC%27s%2010th%20Anniversary%20Publication%20(English%20edition).pdf. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Many countries have elaborate climate governance procedures, and Denmark has been in the forefront of this development. In this chapter, we specify how such procedures can work, especially when it comes to facilitating broad participation in climate policy developments. We identify four key governance procedures, Emissions Monitoring, Reporting, Evaluation, and Innovation. We argue that the effectiveness of these procedures for climate action is improved when they are characterized by high levels of inclusion, transparency, and routinization. High scores on these aspects facilitates broad participation and reduces the chances of political stalemate. Denmark’s climate governance system performs well on all these aspects, although there is still room for improvement. The Danish Council on Climate Change is crucial for most of the procedures we assess. Even though this is an expert committee with narrow participation, we argue that it contributes to mobilize more actors into climate governance processes. This chapter does not examine how effective the Danish climate governance procedures are in practice. Rather, it presents arguments that can be tested in future research.
Boasson, Elin Lerum (2025). Klimameldingen – hvordan gjøre svak klimamelding til effektiv politikk? Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Regjeringen la frem Klimameldingen i april i år, og fikk kritikk for at den manglet både mål, styring og klimapolitiske virkemidler.
Umblijs, Janis & Seibicke, Helena (2025). Green Money, Big Impact? Public Sector Investment in Private Sector Environmental R&D. Full text in Research Archive Show summary
Public funding is a crucial driver of environmental research and development (R&D). Existing research indicates that government investment in environmental R&D has a positive impact on innovation, technology development, and subsequent commercialization of new climate technologies. Much of the evidence, however, is based on sector level data and does not investigate the potential added benefits of publicly funded projects that include collaboration between the private sector and universities. We utilize Norwegian firm-level register data, with a linked survey of R&D investment in the private sector, to investigate the impact of public funding and university collaboration on environmental R&D spending. We exploit the panel structure of the registry data and follow a stacked difference-in-differences event-study approach, to study how private firms react to receiving public research funding. We find that in the years following project funding, firms increased the amount of their own capital used for green R&D. On average for every 10 euros of public funding increased a firms own green spending by 4 euros. However, when looking at the difference between firms that collaborate with universities and those that don’t, we only find a significant effect for the former. We conclude that while public R&D funding clearly increases the amount of money spent on environmental research in the private sector, it only stimulates firms to increase their own green spending when projects include collaboration with research institutions. In this sense, only public funded university collaboration projects have a multiplicative, as well as direct, effect on private sector environmental R&D spending.
Bach, Tobias (2025). Hvordan organisere staten for å sikre sterkest mulig klimapolitikk? Full text in Research Archive
Seibicke, Helena (2024). The Supranational Institutionalisation of Legislative Science Advice: What Role for The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change? Full text in Research Archive
Andrew, Robbie (2024). Does climate policy reduce CO2 emissions? Full text in Research Archive
Boasson, Elin Lerum; Lindberg, Marie Byskov; Leiren, Merethe Dotterud; Jevnaker, Torbjørg & Hermansen, Erlend Andre T. (2024). EUs nye klimamål utfordrer regjeringen. Aftenposten. Full text in Research Archive
Boasson, Elin Lerum; Kverndokk, Snorre; Peters, Glen Philip; Strømman, Anders Hammer & Wettestad, Jørgen (2023). Ikke rom for nye oljeinvesteringer. Full text in Research Archive

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Funding

Project number: 335073

Collaborators

CICERO Center for International Climate Research

Heidelberg University

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