Like other countries, the United Kingdom faces the unavoidable challenge of adapting to a
changing climate. However, public perceptions of the risk posed by climate change and …

Uncertainty is inherent to our knowledge about the state of the world yet often not
communicated alongside scientific facts and numbers. In the “posttruth” era where facts are …

Since the first edition of The Psychology of Risk there have been enormous macro-economic
and socio-political changes globally-the chaos in the world banking system and the financial …

Research on virtual reality (VR) in education and training has found that spatial presence,
the perception that the body is inside a mediated environment, increases engagement …

Current research shows that emotions can motivate climate engagement and action, but
precisely how has received scant attention. We propose that strong emotional responses to …

There is a growing research interest in the affective aspects of climate change and their links
with pro-climate engagement. Yet, psychometrically valid instruments assessing the wide …

A social representations approach offers an empirical utility for addressing myriad social
concerns such as social order, ecological sustainability, national identity, racism, religious …

This paper presents results from a large multi‐country study focusing on public perceptions
of climate change and relevant mitigation and adaptation policies in Spain, Netherlands, UK …

The benefit perception of aquatic ecosystems, knowledge, and emotion about climate
change influence peoples' support for marine protection. However, their interaction effects …

Climate anxiety discourse focuses predominantly on individualised and potentially mentally
disturbing aspects of emotional responses to the awareness of climate change which can …