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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | e12619 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Geography Compass |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Apr 2022 |
Abstract
Climate change can only be tackled with public support for sustainable policies. Thus, public attitudes towards climate change matter. More than 3 decades of climate change opinion (CCO) research—conducted by geographers, environmental psychologists, behavioural scientists, sociologists etc.—have provided us with a wealth of information about which predictors shape public CCOs. This review synthesises these findings and highlights the different geographies (the self, the nation, the region, the digital) that emerge within this research. Given the increased importance of social media, virtual geographies of climate change scepticism are increasingly being identified. Our paper argues that new research agendas must be developed to address the meshwork of virtual space and small scale geographies (regions, towns, districts) in which CCOs are formed.
Keywords
- climate change awareness, climate change opinion, climate change scepticism, digital geographies, nation state, sub-national
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Water Science and Technology
- Social Sciences(all)
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Earth-Surface Processes
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Computers in Earth Sciences
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)
- Atmospheric Science
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Geography Compass, Vol. 16, No. 5, e12619, 27.04.2022.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Geographies of climate change opinion
AU - Tuitjer, Leonie
AU - Dirksmeier, Peter
AU - Mewes, Lars
N1 - Funding Information: We thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor of this journal for their insights and helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. We had no specific funding for this paper. Open access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.
PY - 2022/4/27
Y1 - 2022/4/27
N2 - Climate change can only be tackled with public support for sustainable policies. Thus, public attitudes towards climate change matter. More than 3 decades of climate change opinion (CCO) research—conducted by geographers, environmental psychologists, behavioural scientists, sociologists etc.—have provided us with a wealth of information about which predictors shape public CCOs. This review synthesises these findings and highlights the different geographies (the self, the nation, the region, the digital) that emerge within this research. Given the increased importance of social media, virtual geographies of climate change scepticism are increasingly being identified. Our paper argues that new research agendas must be developed to address the meshwork of virtual space and small scale geographies (regions, towns, districts) in which CCOs are formed.
AB - Climate change can only be tackled with public support for sustainable policies. Thus, public attitudes towards climate change matter. More than 3 decades of climate change opinion (CCO) research—conducted by geographers, environmental psychologists, behavioural scientists, sociologists etc.—have provided us with a wealth of information about which predictors shape public CCOs. This review synthesises these findings and highlights the different geographies (the self, the nation, the region, the digital) that emerge within this research. Given the increased importance of social media, virtual geographies of climate change scepticism are increasingly being identified. Our paper argues that new research agendas must be developed to address the meshwork of virtual space and small scale geographies (regions, towns, districts) in which CCOs are formed.
KW - climate change awareness
KW - climate change opinion
KW - climate change scepticism
KW - digital geographies
KW - nation state
KW - sub-national
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85127195117&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/gec3.12619
DO - 10.1111/gec3.12619
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AN - SCOPUS:85127195117
VL - 16
JO - Geography Compass
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