This in-person workshop from the Political Studies Association (PSA Environment) will focus on the role that climate change is playing in elections around the world.
Recent months have witnessed several high-profile elections including in India, the US, the UK, Netherlands, France, the EU, Finland, Portugal and South Korea. In fact, 2024 has been called the year of elections with 1.5 billion people across the world estimated to have voted in some kind of poll.
Though political attention to climate change waxes and wanes, in recent years it has often played a prominent role in elections around the world, and fraught party competition on the issue has become common in many political systems.
Recent election results have also had pivotal impacts upon climate change policy, both at the domestic and international level.
In this context, the Political Studies Association (PSA) Environment Group and the PSA Elections, Public Opinion and Parties Group (EPOP) are co-organising a one-day academic workshop on elections and climate change.