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View article: Understanding misperceptions of climate actions amongst climate-concerned individuals
Understanding misperceptions of climate actions amongst climate-concerned individuals Open
Despite growing concern about climate change, current action remains insufficient to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Psychological research finds that publics often overestimate the effectiveness of low-impact individual climate actions (…
View article: Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders
Advancing and integrating climate and health policy in the United States: Insights from national policy stakeholders Open
Introduction: Many experts have called for integrating climate policy with health policy. We investigated U.S. federal policy stakeholders’ views on these goals and strategies for achieving them. Materials and methods: We conducted 65 semi…
View article: Drivers and disparities in air conditioning access across the United States
Drivers and disparities in air conditioning access across the United States Open
Air conditioning (AC) access is a critical adaptation to rising temperatures and extreme heat under climate change. Yet, fine-scale, national estimates of AC prevalence—and the social and geographic factors that shape access—remain scarce.…
View article: Understanding misperceptions of climate actions amongst climate-concerned individuals
Understanding misperceptions of climate actions amongst climate-concerned individuals Open
Despite growing concern about climate change, current action remains insufficient to keep global warming below 1.5°C. Psychological research finds that publics often overestimate the effectiveness of low-impact individual climate actions (…
View article: Predictors of willingness to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate
Predictors of willingness to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate Open
Some climate activists use nonviolent civil disobedience (NVCD) to protest the slow pace of climate policy action. Civil disobedience theorists posit that building a critical mass of support for and participation in NVCD increases the like…
View article: Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy
Understanding six “key truths” about climate change predicts policy support, discussion, and political advocacy Open
Effective communication is critical in efforts to limit and manage the risks of climate change. One empirical approach to crafting effective communication is to start with communication objectives, that is, the attitudes and actions one se…
View article: Breaking the climate silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends
Breaking the climate silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends Open
Climate change is a pressing issue that requires action across multiple levels, from individual behavior to international cooperation. On the individual level, one of the easiest and most important actions people can take is to talk about …
View article: Repeated Messaging Increases the Durability of Political Persuasion, But Only In the Short Term
Repeated Messaging Increases the Durability of Political Persuasion, But Only In the Short Term Open
What affects the durability of political persuasion? This study evaluates the influence of two factors—the number of times an individual is treated, and the time between treatments—on persuasion around climate change. We conducted a five-w…
View article: Understanding the policy features that affect Indians' support for India's 2070 net-zero goal
Understanding the policy features that affect Indians' support for India's 2070 net-zero goal Open
In 2021, the Indian government announced the goal of net-zero carbon emissions in India by 2070. India’s vulnerability to climate impacts and central role in reducing global emissions make it essential to understand the policy features tha…
View article: Predicting the performance of Facebook advertisements about climate change using self-report data
Predicting the performance of Facebook advertisements about climate change using self-report data Open
Social media has become an important medium for climate change communication, where sponsored content can be delivered to specific audiences. However, studying message effects on social media platforms has limitations and therefore scholar…
View article: Americans’ support for climate justice
Americans’ support for climate justice Open
Collaborating with climate justice practitioners, we conducted a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults (n = 1,011) to measure and explore predictors of Americans’ climate justice beliefs and intentions to engage in related behavi…
View article: The unique roles of breadth and depth in climate change persuasion
The unique roles of breadth and depth in climate change persuasion Open
Reducing climate change requires persuading people about climate change and climate solutions. The nearly universal way of evaluating which climate and environmental messages are most effective is to calculate and compare average treatment…
View article: Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S.
Climate change psychological distress is associated with increased collective climate action in the U.S. Open
The mental health impacts of climate change are increasingly documented; however, less research has investigated the relationship between climate change-related psychological distress and engagement with the issue. The results from two nat…
View article: The evolving climate change investing strategies of asset owners
The evolving climate change investing strategies of asset owners Open
Asset owners will play a foundational role in how the financial system will respond to the immediate and long-term physical, transition, legal, and other risks and opportunities emerging from global climate change. We investigated how asse…
View article: Can large language models estimate public opinion about global warming? An empirical assessment of algorithmic fidelity and bias
Can large language models estimate public opinion about global warming? An empirical assessment of algorithmic fidelity and bias Open
Large language models (LLMs) can be used to estimate human attitudes and behavior, including measures of public opinion, a concept referred to as algorithmic fidelity. This study assesses the algorithmic fidelity and bias of LLMs in estima…
View article: Communicating the links between climate change and heat waves with the Climate Shift Index
Communicating the links between climate change and heat waves with the Climate Shift Index Open
Extreme weather, including heat waves, poses a significant threat to ecosystems and human health. As global temperatures continue to rise, the frequency and severity of heat waves will increase. Because of this, communicating heat-related …
View article: Emotional signatures of climate policy support
Emotional signatures of climate policy support Open
The optimal emotional tone for climate communication has been debated by scholars and the press, but little is known about the effects of emotions on different types of policy support. In this paper we examine multiple discrete emotions pe…
View article: Climate change belief systems across political groups in the United States
Climate change belief systems across political groups in the United States Open
Beliefs and attitudes form the core of public opinion about climate change. Network analysis can reveal the structural configuration of these beliefs and attitudes. In this research, we utilize a belief system framework to identify key psy…
View article: Geeks versus climate change: Understanding American video gamers’ engagement with global warming
Geeks versus climate change: Understanding American video gamers’ engagement with global warming Open
As climate change impacts increase, communicators must engage as many audiences as possible in climate action. One potentially underrated audience is video gamers. Two-thirds of Americans play video games, and video games are a potentially…
View article: Predictors of U.S. public support for climate aid to developing countries
Predictors of U.S. public support for climate aid to developing countries Open
Effectively responding to global warming requires mitigation and adaptation efforts worldwide. Although developed countries have pledged substantial financial support to help developing countries respond to climate change, these pledges ha…
View article: Can Large Language Models Capture Public Opinion about Global Warming? An Empirical Assessment of Algorithmic Fidelity and Bias
Can Large Language Models Capture Public Opinion about Global Warming? An Empirical Assessment of Algorithmic Fidelity and Bias Open
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated their potential in social science research by emulating human perceptions and behaviors, a concept referred to as algorithmic fidelity. This study assesses the algorithmic fidelity and bias of…
View article: Evaluating the terms Americans use to refer to “carbon emissions”
Evaluating the terms Americans use to refer to “carbon emissions” Open
The effectiveness of climate change communication depends in part on how people perceive common terms used to describe key climate concepts. In a mixed methods study (N = 2859), we examined affect, top-of-mind associations, beliefs, policy…
View article: Evaluating the Terms Americans Use to Refer to “Carbon Emissions”
Evaluating the Terms Americans Use to Refer to “Carbon Emissions” Open
The effectiveness of climate change communication depends in part on how people perceive common terms used to describe key climate concepts. In a mixed methods study (N = 2859), we examined affect, top-of-mind associations, beliefs, policy…
View article: The theoretical bases of the definition of capital investment of sustainable development
The theoretical bases of the definition of capital investment of sustainable development Open
The need to define the term capital investment of sustainable development is due to the availability of various theoretical and methodological approaches to the definition of capital investment as such, challenges of a socio-economic and e…
View article: The potential role of descriptive and dynamic norms in promoting climate change advocacy
The potential role of descriptive and dynamic norms in promoting climate change advocacy Open
Political advocacy is arguably the most powerful form of action that citizens concerned about climate change can take. One motivator for political advocacy is the perception that there is a social norm (i.e. inherently understood social ru…
View article: Change in US state-level public opinion about climate change: 2008–2020
Change in US state-level public opinion about climate change: 2008–2020 Open
Public attitudes toward climate change influence climate and energy policies and guide individual mitigation and adaptation behaviors. Over the last decade, as scientific certainty about the causes and impacts of, and solutions to the clim…