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From Anger to Activism? How Drivers of Climate Anger Predict Protest Intention and Support Open
This paper discusses findings from a survey ( N = 3,003) investigating relationships between climate anger, climate protest intention, and protest support across Norway and Australia. The relationships depended greatly on the specific reas…
Engaging through enraging: Does inciting anger about climate change increase support for climate action? Open
People are increasingly reporting feeling angry about climate change, but to what extent does this anger fuel climate change engagement? Climate anger is correlated with pro-climate action, but there is limited evidence about whether clima…
“The Poor Are Hit the Hardest”—Norwegians' Perceptions of Climate (In)Justice Open
The concept of climate justice is frequently discussed in academic literature focusing on the societal impacts of climate change and climate policy. Less attention has been paid to the public's understanding of the concept. In this paper, …
How the public understands and reacts to the term “climate anxiety” Open
The term climate anxiety has increasingly appeared in the academic literature and popular discourse since 2019, typically when discussing young people's negative emotional responses to climate change. This paper reports results from a nati…
Emotional researchers or emotional audiences? The effect of emotions in climate change communication Open
How should researchers communicate about (politicized) risks, such as climate change? Some argue that researchers should express more emotions to emphasize the seriousness of the climate issue and persuade the public to act. However, there…
The strength and content of climate anger Open
Climate-related anger is present in Greta Thunberg's speeches and the acts of Extinction Rebellion, but also in the rise of movements protesting climate policies, such as the Yellow Vests. The current study (N = 2,046) gives insight into t…
Expected climate change consequences and their role in explaining individual risk judgments Open
This study examines what individuals expect will be the most important impacts of climate change on their respective countries, and how these expectations relate to individual risk judgments. Open-ended responses from representative sample…
In the green? Perceptions of hydrogen production methods among the Norwegian public Open
This article presents findings from a representative survey, fielded through the Norwegian Citizen Panel, examining public perceptions of hydrogen fuel and its different production methods. Although several countries, including Norway, hav…
Outcome expectancies moderate the association between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors Open
This paper explores whether efficacy beliefs can alter the relationship between worry about climate change and personal energy-saving behaviors, controlling for climate change beliefs and socio-demographics. For this purpose, we used data …
Political Orientation Moderates the Relationship Between Climate Change Beliefs and Worry About Climate Change Open
Public perceptions are well established as a key factor in support for climate change mitigation policies, and they tend to vary both within and between countries. Based on data from the European Social Survey Round 8 (N = 44,387), we exam…