On the importance of qualitative research in environmental psychology
(2023)
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Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK (2023)
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This paper reports on an investigation in which risk perception and worry were assessed before and after information about possible consequences of ocean acidification was presented in the form of short-written messages. Study 1 (N = 289, Norway samp... Read More about Effects of information exposure on risk perception and worry about ocean acidification: Evidence from Norway and the UK.
Targeting Mental Models of Climate Change Risk to Facilitate Climate Action - Lagos Data Brief (2023)
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This report summarises the background and topline findings from the Lagos case study of the Targeting Mental models of Climate change risk to facilitate Climate Action (MECCA) project. The research was conducted between 2019 and 2022 with the aim of... Read More about Targeting Mental Models of Climate Change Risk to Facilitate Climate Action - Lagos Data Brief.
Spotlight - How people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain (2023)
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Climate change is a globally devastating phenomenon. Our response must therefore be a globally inclusive and creative transformation. Around the world, people of colour are disproportionately affected by climate change. Some of the most devastating e... Read More about Spotlight - How people of colour experience and engage with climate change in Britain.
Looking at Emotions to Understand Responses to Environmental Challenges (2023)
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Emotions are keys to understanding the response to environmental problems. We discuss three important roles. First, emotions like worry, anxiety, pride and hope can motivate pro-environmental behaviour. Second, emotions are also consequences; the emo... Read More about Looking at Emotions to Understand Responses to Environmental Challenges.
Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (2023)
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We present a study of emotional reactions to climate change utilizing representative samples from France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (UK). Drawing on appraisal theories of emotion, we examine relations between appraisals, emotions, and b... Read More about Emotional reactions to climate change: a comparison across France, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom.
Exposure to and learning from the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming, and public support for climate protests and mitigation policies (2023)
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Based on national survey data from Norway, the present study assesses if and how exposure to the IPCC special report on global warming of 1.5°C can be associated with support for climate protests and mitigation policies. Respondents were asked if the... Read More about Exposure to and learning from the IPCC special report on 1.5 °C global warming, and public support for climate protests and mitigation policies.
Interactions between migrant race and social status in predicting acceptance of climate migrants in Norway (2023)
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An emerging stream of research documents that climate migrants are more acceptable than economic migrants to citizens in high-income countries. However, extant research has not considered migrant race, and how race, along with socioeconomic status, i... Read More about Interactions between migrant race and social status in predicting acceptance of climate migrants in Norway.