Experience to date has shown that calling for and relying on enhanced ambition and moral imperatives need to be complemented by supportive incentives. Climate policy action needs to be aligned with the national interest and the short-term focused priorities of governments. Effective and rapid mitigation action needs to be a rational choice at level of the decision-makers and not only from a global and intergenerational perspective. Our submission outlines and makes the case f

Aligning climate action with the self-interest and short-term dominated priorities of decision-makers With its very long-term and globally distributed effects, mitigating climate change runs up against two of the strongest forces of political and economic reality: short-termism and self-interest. The article discusses how these forces can be harnessed to drive climate action. The Version of Record of this manuscript has been published and is available in Climate Policy, 1 Jun