Christina Demski
Experience of extreme weather affects climate change mitigation and adaptation responses
Demski, Christina; Capstick, Stuart; Pidgeon, Nick; Gennaro Sposato, Robert; Spence, Alexa
Authors
Stuart Capstick
Nick Pidgeon
Robert Gennaro Sposato
ALEXA SPENCE ALEXA.SPENCE@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Abstract
The winter of 2013/2014 saw a series of severe storms hit the UK, leading to widespread flooding, a major emergency response and extensive media exposure. Previous research indicates that experiencing extreme weather events has the potential to heighten engagement with climate change, however the process by which this occurs remains largely unknown, and establishing a clear causal relationship from experience to perceptions is methodologically challenging. The UK winter flooding offered a natural experiment to examine this question in detail. We compare individuals personally affected by flooding (n?=?162) to a nationally representative sample (n?=?975). We show that direct experience of flooding leads to an overall increased salience of climate change, pronounced emotional responses and greater perceived personal vulnerability and risk perceptions. We also present the first evidence that direct flooding experience can give rise to behavioural intentions beyond individual sustainability actions, including support for mitigation policies, and personal climate adaptation in matters unrelated to the direct experience.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Oct 3, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 24, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Sep 12, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 7, 2019 |
Print ISSN | 0165-0009 |
Electronic ISSN | 1573-1480 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 140 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 149-164 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-016-1837-4 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1120410 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10584-016-1837-4 |
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