Environmental Politics sits at the crossroads of policy, public opinion, and economic strategy in a world facing climate risks, and it shapes how societies interpret trade-offs, set priorities, and mobilize resources around climate policy; by framing questions about risk, responsibility, and resilience, it connects citizen values with outcomes that affect health, security, and opportunity, while also guiding how governments communicate visions to business leaders, workers, and voters during times of rapid technological change.This field studies how policies are crafted, debated, and implemented—from drafting bills and regulatory reviews to monitoring outcomes—revealing how design choices influence sustainable growth, the rate and direction of investment, and the long-run competitiveness of economies in a highly interconnected global market; it also examines the distributional impacts of policy mixes across regions, sectors, and income groups, and how communication strategies can build public support for ambitious but credible reform.