Is conservative opposition to climate change threat‐based? Articulating an integrated threat model of climate change attitudes
Samantha K. Stanley,
Kirsti M. Jylhä,
Zoe Leviston
et al.
Abstract:Throughout the literature, there are assertions that those endorsing conservative ideologies reject the science and solutions of climate change due to perceived threat. That is, they fear that accepting climate change means accepting problems with a favoured socioeconomic system and supporting action on climate change threatens to disrupt these systems. We draw together lines of research and reasoning on this topic to outline three key predictions this perspective makes about the drivers of conservative denial… Show more
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