Knowledge as a driver of public perceptions about climate change reassessed

Shi, Jing; Visschers, Vivianne; Siegrist, Michael; Árvai, Joseph

doi:10.1038/nclimate2997

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“…Whilst many studies have highlighted the strong correlation between how informed respondents perceive themselves to be and how concerned they are (e.g., Malka et al, 2009;Tobler et al, 2012;Shi et al, 2016), it is clear that other factors, such as how issues are framed, as well as personal values such as experience, emotions and empowerment are important (Malka et al, 2009;Jefferson et al, 2014). Nevertheless, in this study there was a strong correlation shown between self-declared informedness and concern (see Gelcich et al, 2014), albeit with a few exceptions, most notably for "oceans becoming more acidic" with only 14% of people saying they were "informed" about this issue (with a figure as low as 7% in France) but with 58% of people being "concerned" about it.…”

Section: Differences In Views and Awareness Among Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…It is intuitive to assume that concern about climate change should be preceded by knowledge about its effects (Shi et al, 2016). However, several studies suggest that knowledge about climate change has only a limited effect on shaping concern about climate change issues.…”

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“…Общественному восприятию изменения кли мата уделяется большое внимание в зарубежной научной литературе [7][8][9][10][11] . В России этот во прос никогда не рассматривался, и настоящая работа -первый шаг для его изучения .…”

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Public perception of climate change in the cold regions of Russia: an example of Yakutia

Анисимов¹,

Zhil’tsova²,

Жегусов³

2017

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SummaryThe rate of climate change in the Russian cold regions is nearly twice larger than the global-mean rate. Besides climate risks, such changes lead to new possibilities, which require scientifically based regional adaptation strategies. Climate could be viewed as an inexhaustible public resource that creates opportunities for sustainable development. Long-term trends show that climate as a resource is becoming more readily available in the cold regions, notwithstanding the general perception that globally climate change is one of the challenges of the 21st century. Adaptation strategies are required for balancing the risks and potential benefits resulting from the changing climate. Success of such strategies depends on the public perception of climate change. This study compares the observational data on climate and environmental changes with the results of the public survey conducted in Yakutia in the period 2012-2017. The survey involved nearly 2000 respondents in several cities and 2 villages (Ust-Maja, Saskhulakh) representing different economical, sociological, permafrost, vegetation, and climatic conditions. Results indicated that public perception of the climatic and environmental changes is not univocal, and depends on many factors. Low probability extreme events, such as unusual weather patterns or abrupt landscape changes may have greater effect than the long-term climate trends. Currently less than half of the population in Yakutia consider climate change as an established fact, and are ready to take actions in this regard. Meanwhile, Yakutia is a region where observational records demonstrate the most pronounced changes in climatic regime compared to other Russian regions. The contrast between the actual changes and public perception of such changes has important implication for developing adaptation strategies. To be effective, such strategies should combine knowledge coming from instrumental-and model-based analysis of the climatic and environmental changes with the public perception of such changes. Ключевые слова: адаптация, изменение климата, общественное восприятие, социологический опрос. В статье исследуется вопрос о том, насколько население холодных регионов информировано об изменении климата и готово адаптироваться к нему. Анализируются результаты социоло-гических опросов, проводившихся в Якутии в 2012-2017 гг. Ответы почти 2 тыс. респондентов показали, что общественное восприятие климатических изменений не всегда объективно и зависит от многих факторов. Респонденты отмечают объективный характер современных изме-нений климата и их начавшееся воздействие на некоторые виды деятельности, условия труда и отдыха населения.

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“…Although political awareness and engagement can be polarizing, particularly regarding climate change (McCright and Dunlap, 2011), this trend is likely less pronounced at the scale of local governance (Estrada et al, 2017). We therefore included survey items on political awareness of state and local politics, because political awareness may increase adaptive capacity by increasing concern and possibly participation (Smith and Leiserowitz, 2014;Carlson and McCormick, 2015;Shi et al, 2016).…”

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Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households

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The capacity of households in urban environments to adapt and react to climate change can affect the resilience of the whole community, and instruments for systematically measuring that capacity are needed. We used Raleigh, NC as a case study to explore the dimensions of autonomous adaptive capacity of urban households and to create a scale and associated survey instrument to measure them. Our approach was guided by four capitals that support human livelihoods: social, human, physical, and financial. We surveyed 200 households in Raleigh, NC, and used a principal components analysis to test the scale and survey instrument. Results suggest the scale is a useful and concise tool. Three major dimensions were present among the scale items: financial capital, political awareness, and access to resources. Together, these three dimensions can be used to measure adaptive capacity among different households. These findings are supported by similar work illustrating the value of income inequality and political awareness as indicators of adaptive capacity. Our results also demonstrate that complex relationships among the livelihood capitals may confound our ability to measure financial, physical, and human capitals separately. This framework for assessing adaptive capacity of households, with further refinement and testing, may be used in urban areas to evaluate programs designed to impact resilience to climate change.

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Knowledge as a driver of public perceptions about climate change reassessed

Cited by 291 publications

References 27 publications

Ten Thousand Voices on Marine Climate Change in Europe: Different Perceptions among Demographic Groups and Nationalities

Ten Thousand Voices on Marine Climate Change in Europe: Different Perceptions among Demographic Groups and Nationalities

Public perception of climate change in the cold regions of Russia: an example of Yakutia

Developing an Instrument to Measure Autonomous Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change among Urban Households

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