Topic of thesis: Policymaking and Climate Change: The Normative Costs of Noncompliance. (Working Title)
Abstract: I wish to inquire what are the normative costs for the implementation of environmental policies aimed to climate change mitigation – a task that in actual politics has been so far afflicted by noncompliance. My hypothesis is that the normative costs depend on how we modulate the interplay between the two values of (i) consensus (i.e. a shared and widespread support and endorsement towards climate change mitigation policies) and (ii) efficacy (implementation of successful policies that hit the target of climate change mitigation). I will assess the dynamic between consensus and efficacy and their different normative implications through three case studies: a contractualist perspective in which the interplay is a trade-off; a top-down approach in which only efficacy is maximized and a bottom-up strategy in which consensus and efficacy seem to coexist without any trade-off. The main aim is to point out what are the normative costs that efficient climate mitigation policies would entail for both governments and individuals and, secondly, to assess if, at least normatively speaking, there is a viable solution to the issue of compliance regarding climate change policymaking. 

Research interests: Political Philosophy; Global Justice; Normative Ethics; Public Ethics; Applied Ethics; Environmental Ethics and Climate Change.
Graduated from: BA and MA, University of Eastern Piedmont “A. Avogadro”.
Degrees obtained: BA in Philosophy and Communication (Political Philosophy); MA in Philosophy (Public Ethics).
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