ABSTRACT
Analysis I asks what influence substantive democratic quality has on climate performance. The corresponding hypothesis assumes that higher levels of democratic quality positively influence climate performance. This chapter proceeds by exploring data for the independent variable in the Democracy Barometer, for the dependent variable in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) and for the control variables. The climate performance index used for panel regressions is the CCPI. It consists of a policy component and two emission components as well as components focusing on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Panel regressions are estimated based on data from the Democracy Barometer and the CCPI. A closer look at the histogram shows that the Democracy Barometer features a nearby normal distribution. The variables in question are substantive democratic quality, income as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, climate vulnerability and oil, gas and coal production. The CCPI and the Democracy Barometer overlap between the mid-2000s and 2012.
