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Global warming vs. climate change frames: revisiting framing effects based on new experimental evidence collected in 30 European countries

survey responses in some previous experiments. Furthermore, since the issue of climate change has become strongly polarized politically, framing effects were found to be moderated by political ... “global warming” compared to “climate change.” In general, skepticism was higher on the political right; however, leftists, rightists, green, and right-wing voters reacted similarly to the two frames in our

Political leaders with professional background in business and climate outcomes

The literature on how the ideology of political parties in power correlates with climate policy outcomes is abundant, but there is no similar literature for the individual characteristics of ... should pay attention to candidates' professional backgrounds, in addition to their party's ideology. Carbon emissions; Political leaders; Renewable energy; Business 1 Introduction The election of Donald

Environmental subjectivities and experiences of climate extreme-driven loss and damage in northern Australia

), which leads to different social, cultural, and political responses. For example, people in northern Australia are familiar with climate extremes, with the heat, humidity, fires, floods, storms, and ... climate change. A widespread subjectivity of anticipatory loss supplied people with an imagined temporal buffer, which contributes to non-urgency in political responses. Together with more structural

SRM on the table: the role of geoengineering for the stability and effectiveness of climate coalitions

of regional coalitions through numerical simulations. We posit a requirement in terms of global political or economic power and analyze the exclusive membership coalition formation process when ... effectiveness of SRM and mitigation require a minimum power to be enacted. r We also introduce elements of political feasibility of SRM interventions by assuming they r 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86

Alignment of values and political orientations amplifies climate change attitudes and behaviors

individual-level determinants of climate change attitudes and behaviors. In particular, political orientations and self-transcendent values are amongst the most consistent and substantive predictors. But ... rather are deeply related constructs. Accordingly, this analysis focuses on identifying the direct and interactive effects of political orientations and human values on climate change attitudes and

The messy politics of local climate assemblies

presents as linear a process that is in fact messy and political. LCAs emerge as a result of political pressure and bargaining. Once LCAs have run their course, the extent to which their recommendations are ... recommendations are implemented is dependent on power dynamics and institutional capacities. We argue that it is important to surface the messiness and political tensions that underpin the origins and aftermath of

How subjectivities and subject-making influence community participation in climate change adaptation: the case of Vietnam

examine how a hierarchical political structure systematically operates to influence community engagement in adaptation and how and why local communities are included or excluded from adaptation as a result ... subject-making constrain community participation under a centralised hierarchical political system. • Subtle but pervasive subjectivities and subject-making significantly influence perceptions and actions

Climate change information tailored to the agricultural sector in Central Europe, exemplified on the region of Lower Franconia

There is a growing societal, economic, and political demand to translate available data on regional climate change into sector-specific, practice-oriented, and user-friendly information. The study ... issues in the public and political debate with special focus on viticulture, agriculture, and forestry as main pillars of economic activity in Lower Franconia. 3.2 Temperature related indicators of

What is a heat(wave)? An interdisciplinary perspective

socio-political phenomena. Climatologists and meteorologists define heat(waves) as prolonged episodes of abnormally high temperatures. Epidemiologists perceive heat(waves) through raising morbidity and ... by socio-political changes and simultaneously explained through increasing concentrations of “carbon dioxide molecules” by natural scientists. Similarly, a heat(wave) is a biophysical object for

Coupling engagement with analytical rigor: advancing research on religion and entrepreneurship using a mechanism-based approach

marginalizes religion as a private or non-political concern. For over a century, a dominant assumption among social scientists is that secularization is strongly associated with modernization, with religion ... at ensuring that research is not used to support one’s beliefs or preferences, or specific political or social agendas. Yet, axiological neutrality is not easy to attain, especially in the social

Endorsement of scientific inquiry promotes better evaluation of climate policy evidence

conservative socio-political ideologies. Positive attitudes towards science can attenuate this effect. We investigated the association between endorsement of scientific inquiry (ESI) and decision-making with ... and McGrath 2019) and, for controversial topics, motivated reasoning may lead individuals to prioritise opinions or norms of socio-political in-groups over scientific evidence (DiMaggio 1997; Druckman

Becoming global billionaires from mainland China: 2004–2018

billionaire entrepreneurs (e.g., Jack Ma) could mitigate political economy as well as financial frictions via capital injections from foreign venture capitalists. By building a unique database, I report that (i ... Economics and Political Science (LSE). This paper has been presented with helpful comments and feedbacks at Growth and Development Seminar , LSE (May, 2018) , Government- Business Symposium, Hunan Business

Correction to: Inviting critical political economy to the table

original article has been updated. Unfortunately, the article was published with an incorrect title. This has been corrected to Inviting Critical Political Economy to the Table. - Publisher’s note Springer

Does democracy foster entrepreneurship?

social interchange and the direct involvement of civil society in political processes are two dimensions of democracy driving such effect. We additionally observe that entrepreneurship is sensitive to both ... political processes, which enhances institutional trust, are two channels driving the positive effect. We also find that entrepreneurship is sensitive to both contemporaneous and historical level of

Political events and public views on climate change

(McCright and Dunlap 2010; McCright et al. 2016). Hahnel et al. (2020) and Zawadzki et al. (2020) offer important insights into climate denial. They use a major political event in the USA, the election of ... election gives an opportunity to see how a large-scale political change impacted public opinion, thus linking the micro level of public views with the macro level of elites and national events. Most research

Social norms explain prioritization of climate policy

social norms from people’s own political party influence their climate policy prioritization beyond their personal belief in climate change. In Study 1, a large, diverse sample of Democratic and Republican ... issues. Participants' perceptions of their political ingroup's social norms about climate policy prioritization were the strongest predictor of personal climate policy prioritization-stronger even than

Integrating political and technological uncertainty into robust climate policy

robust climate policy given the convergence of unknowns in the climatic, technological, and political realms entails three components: (1) diverse, distributed, and transparent participation; (2) safe-to ... trajectories of climate policies. My claim is not that climatic, political, and technological uncertainties are exhaustive of pertinent uncertainties but that they should be of primary concern for robust climate

Green politics beyond the state: radicalizing the democratic potentials of climate citizens’ assemblies

democratic potentials of climate citizens’ assemblies, there is a need to think about how citizens’ assemblies might come to multiply and proliferate in political spaces away from, or at least in addition to ... speech, the frame shifts to Lars Klüver, the director of the Board of Technology. The political context of the climate assembly, Lars explains, is the Danish climate bill, which was adopted in the wake of

Migration as adaptation to freshwater and inland hydroclimatic changes? A meta-review of existing evidence

Due to its potential geo-political and environmental implications, climate migration is an increasing concern to the international community. However, while there is considerable attention devoted to ... adaptations that have been debated in the literature (Nabong et  al. 2023; Sakdapolrak et  al. 2023; Boas et  al. 2019; Klepp 2017; Piguet et al. 2011, 2018) . Given its magnitude, geo-political and

Effects of consensus messages and political ideology on climate change attitudes: inconsistent findings and the effect of a pretest

on climate outcomes. These results highlight the limitations of consensus messaging strategies at reducing political polarization and the importance of experimental designs that mimic real-world ... support for climate mitigation policies. While some work finds that both liberals and conservatives respond positively to consensus Scientific consensus; Political polarization; Pretest; Motivated