Public perceptions of climate change are known to differ between nations and to have
fluctuated over time. Numerous plausible characterizations of these variations, and …

A frequent suggestion to increase individuals' willingness to take action on climate change
and to support relevant policies is to highlight its proximal consequences, that is, those that …

As climate change intensifies, global publics will experience more unusual weather and
extreme weather events. How will individual experiences with these weather trends shape …

The winter of 2013/2014 saw a series of severe storms hit the UK, leading to widespread
flooding, a major emergency response and extensive media exposure. Previous research …

This study advances a detailed social-psychological model of climate change risk
perceptions by combining and integrating cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors …

Many people perceive climate change as psychologically distant—a set of uncertain events
that might occur far in the future, impacting distant places and affecting people dissimilar to …

Addressing climate change in the United States requires enactment of national, state and
local mitigation and adaptation policies. The success of these initiatives depends on public …

One political barrier to climate reforms is the temporal mismatch between short-term policy
costs and long-term policy benefits. Will public support for climate reforms increase as …

Many publics remain divided about the existence and consequences of anthropogenic
climate change despite scientific consensus. A popular approach to climate change …

This paper examines whether experience of extreme weather events—such as excessive
heat, droughts, flooding, and hurricanes—increases an individual's level concern about …