Psychology of climate change

L Steg - Annual Review of Psychology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Human behavior plays a critical role in causing global climate change as well as in
responding to it. In this article, I review important insights on the psychology of climate …

Radical interventions for climate-impacted systems

TH Morrison, WN Adger, A Agrawal, K Brown… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Standard solutions to the threat of> 1.5° C global average warming are not ambitious
enough to prevent large-scale irreversible loss. Meaningful climate action requires …

The social anatomy of climate change denial in the United States

D Gounaridis, JP Newell - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Using data from Twitter (now X), this study deploys artificial intelligence (AI) and network
analysis to map and profile climate change denialism across the United States. We estimate …

Harnessing the power of communication and behavior science to enhance society's response to climate change

EW Maibach, SS Uppalapati, M Orr… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A science-based understanding of climate change and potential mitigation and adaptation
options can provide decision makers with important guidance in making decisions about …

Adaptation, exposure, and politics: Local extreme heat and global climate change risk perceptions in the phoenix metropolitan region, USA

M Yazar, A York, KL Larson - Cities, 2022 - Elsevier
Cities around the planet are facing climate change risks including (but not limited to)
extreme heat, drought, wildfire, and flooding. Urbanites perceptions of the risks posed by …

Hopium or empowering hope? A meta-analysis of hope and climate engagement

N Geiger, T Dwyer, JK Swim - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Researchers are increasingly examining whether hope can motivate action on climate
change, or conversely, whether it might demotivate such action. We present a meta-analysis …

Communicating the scientific consensus on climate change: diverse audiences and effects over time

MH Goldberg, A Gustafson… - Environment and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Prior research has demonstrated that communicating the scientific consensus that human-
caused climate change is happening is an effective way to increase public understanding …

[HTML][HTML] Four Europes: Climate change beliefs and attitudes predict behavior and policy preferences using a latent class analysis on 23 countries

O Kácha, J Vintr, C Brick - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Building public will for climate action requires designing messages for different audiences.
Previous studies that identified groups based on similar beliefs, behavior, and political …

[HTML][HTML] Climate beliefs, climate technologies and transformation pathways: Contextualizing public perceptions in 22 countries

L Fritz, CM Baum, E Brutschin, S Low… - Global Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
As emerging methods for carbon removal and controversial proposals around solar
radiation modification are gaining traction in climate assessments and policy debates, a …

Engaging diverse audiences with climate change: Message strategies for global warming's six Americas

C Roser-Renouf, N Stenhouse… - … of environment and …, 2015 - taylorfrancis.com
Introduction Global climate change is an environmental threat of the gravest magnitude,
recognized by virtually the entire climate science community. Among Americans, however, it …