6.3.6 (HL)—Response types

Climate responses may be led by governments or non-governmental actors and work through economic incentives, enforceable law, organizational commitments or personal demand change.

Lever	Examples	Conditions for impact
Economic	carbon price, emissions trading, renewable subsidy, fossil-fuel tariff	credible measurement and protection from regressive costs
Legislation	country-specific emission or efficiency rules	enforcement and coverage
Industry goals	B Corp branding, company emission and renewable targets	transparent accounting and verification
Personal change	reduce waste, meat and energy consumption	affordable infrastructure and supportive policy

A carbon price without household support can shift costs unfairly; a voluntary company target without disclosure may not change emissions.

For each category, identify actor, enforcement or incentive, measurable outcome and distributional effect.

No single actor or lever guarantees system-wide reduction; trace implementation and interaction among policies.