Democratic countries tend to be rated “greener,” or more environmentally friendly, compared to other countries—but this may be because they more often outsource the environmental impacts of their consumption to other nations, according to a study published in PLOS Climate by Thomas Bernauer and Ella Henninger from ETH Zurich, Switzerland and Tobias Böhmelt from the University of Essex.
Shifting pollution abroad may help democratic nations appear more environmentally friendly than non-democratic countries
