What is it about?
This manuscript focuses on the relationship between worry about climate change and various climate mitigation behaviours across 23 countries. The more individuals worried about climate change, the more likely they were to feel personally responsible to take action, which in turn appeared a key predictor of climate actions and policy support. In addition, worries seem rooted in individuals' biospheric values (their general caring about the environment), and worry was also directly associated with support for climate policies, and biospheric values were also directly associated with individuals' engagement in climate actions.
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Why is it important?
Our findings provide key insights about robust and universal predictors of climate actions and policy support, which provides key insights for policy makers and practice, as well as science.
Perspectives
The paper provides key insights in how worry may translate into action, which may not only be relevant in the context of climate change, but may generalize to other crises as well (e.g., COVID-19). Importantly, it highlights the important role feelings of personal responsibility plays in translating worries into actions.
Dr Thijs Bouman
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
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This page is a summary of: When worry about climate change leads to climate action: How values, worry and personal responsibility relate to various climate actions, Global Environmental Change, May 2020, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102061.
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