Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85054683389
论文题名: Unstoppable climate change? The influence of fatalistic beliefs about climate change on behavioural change and willingness to pay cross-nationally
作者: Mayer A. ; Smith E.K.
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 14693062
出版年: 2019
卷: 19, 期: 4 起始页码: 511
结束页码: 523
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Climate change behaviour
; efficacy
; fatalism
; risk perception
英文摘要: Although climate change is an urgent problem, behavioural and policy responses have not yet been sufficient to either reduce the volume of greenhouse gas emissions or adapt to a disrupted climate system. Significant efforts have been made to raise public awareness of the dangers posed by climate change. One reason why these efforts might not be sufficient is rooted in people’s need to feel efficacy to solve complex problems; the belief that climate change is unstoppable might thwart action even among the concerned. This paper tests for the effect of fatalistic beliefs on behavioural change and willingness to pay to address climate change using two cross-national surveys representing over 50,000 people in 48 nations. Key policy insights The perception that climate change poses a risk or danger increases the likelihood of behavioural change and willingness to pay to address climate change. The belief that climate change is unstoppable reduces the behavioural and policy response to climate change and moderates risk perception. Communicators and policy leaders should carefully frame climate change as a difficult, yet solvable, problem to circumvent fatalistic beliefs. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. 资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/122574
Appears in Collections: 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States; GESIS- Leibinz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, Germany
Recommended Citation:
Mayer A.,Smith E.K.. Unstoppable climate change? The influence of fatalistic beliefs about climate change on behavioural change and willingness to pay cross-nationally[J]. Climate Policy,2019-01-01,19(4)