The Psychology of Climate Change Adaptation

Valkengoed, Anne M. van; Steg, Linda

doi:10.1017/9781108595438

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“…Many studies on adaptation behavior have not reported the effects of political party or ideology (e.g., Koerth et al, 2013;Semenza et al, 2011;Valois et al, 2020), and other research has suggested that party has no significant effect on behavioral intention (Schwaller et al, 2020) or that the effects are indirect via climate change risk perceptions (e.g., A. van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019). Moreover, none of these studies have measured differences in adaptation behavioral willingness based on whether the behaviors were described as relevant to climate change or extreme weather.…”

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Measuring Americans' support for adapting to ‘climate change' or 'extreme weather'

Carman¹,

Lacroix²,

Goldberg³

et al. 2021

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Climate communicators can use the terms climate change or extreme weather to describe climate change adaptation strategies. However, the terms might differentially affect individuals’ support for those strategies. We examined Americans’ (N = 1,558) endorsement of climate change adaptation behaviors and policies based on whether they were described using climate change or extreme weather. Republicans’ endorsement of some adaptation behaviors and policies was lower when using the term climate change compared with extreme weather, but there were no such differences among Independents and those not affiliated with a political party. In contrast, Democrats’ reported willingness to engage in collective adaptation behaviors and support for policies related to protecting natural spaces was higher when using the term climate change. The appropriateness of using climate change or extreme weather is situational depending on both the audience and the behaviors and policies being communicated.

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“…Instead, our study's goal was to establish whether these differences exist. These differences could be explained by additional factors such as different levels of self-efficacy or risk perception (Grothmann & Patt, 2005;A. van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019) regarding these terms.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Measuring Americans' support for adapting to ‘climate change' or 'extreme weather'

Carman¹,

Lacroix²,

Goldberg³

et al. 2021

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“…People can take multiple actions to prevent or reduce environmental impacts on human health and well-being (van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019). These behaviors may or may not be motivated by health concerns, wherefore we advocate an integrated view of psychological science on these behaviors.…”

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“…These behaviors may or may not be motivated by health concerns, wherefore we advocate an integrated view of psychological science on these behaviors. Adaptation behaviors can be categorized as information seeking, preparative actions, and protective actions (van Valkengoed & Steg, 2019). Information seeking means acquiring information about a person's risk of an environmental hazard and potential behavioral responses to certain hazards, for example, checking government brochures and monitoring air pollution (e.g., Lewis & Edwards, 2016).…”

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Environmental Issues Are Health Issues

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Frick

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European Psychologist

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Abstract. Increasing demands on ecosystems, decreasing biodiversity, and climate change are among the most pressing environmental issues of our time. As changing weather conditions are leading to increased vector-borne diseases and heat- and flood-related deaths, it is entering collective consciousness: environmental issues are human health issues. In public health, the field addressing these issues is known as environmental health. This field addresses both the effects people have on their environment as well as the effects of the environment on people. Psychology, as a discipline concerned with explaining, predicting, and changing behavior has much to contribute to these issues because human behavior is key in promoting environmental health. To date, however, an integrative view of environmental health in psychology is lacking, hampering urgently needed progress. In this paper, we review how the environment and human health are intertwined, and that much can be gained through a systemic view of environmental health in psychology. Based on a review of the literature, we suggest that psychologists unite efforts to promote an integrative science and practice of environmental health psychology, and jointly address environmental-health related behavior. The research agenda for this field will include integrating behavior change theory and intervention approaches. Thereby, psychology can potentially make an important contribution to sustained environmental health for generations to come.

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“…To date, there has been a lack of integration of psychological processes and perspectives in the CAS, SES, and panarchy literature. Often, the smallest scale of inquiry halts at the community or individual level, with very few cases considering intra-individual processes, despite the growing recognition of the importance of psychological processes in sustainability challenges and climate mitigation and adaptation uptake (Bradley et al 2020;Grothmann and Patt 2005;IPCC 2012;Nyborg et al 2016;Swim et al 2011;Van Valkengoed and Steg 2019). Renowned systems scholar Donella Meadows (1999) identified mindsets as one of the deepest leverage points to transform systems' behavior; thus, it follows that we should be including this scale into any climate adaptation and sustainable transition strategies.…”

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The promise of panarchy in managed retreat: converging psychological perspectives and complex adaptive systems theory

Greenlees

Cornelius

2021

J Environ Stud Sci

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This paper interrogates the nature of climate resilience by adopting “panarchy” as a heuristic model to visualize how small-scale processes such as individual environmental risk perceptions are interrelated with broader social and ecological systems to confer community resilience. Thematic analysis of resident interviews from a pilot study conducted in the Rockaways, New York revealed the foundations of environmental risk perceptions and the ways in which they are both a product of and catalyst for social-ecological system (SES) resilience. The debate around managed retreat necessitates a complex systems perspective to promote equitable and just adaptation and transformation while avoiding unintended consequences which often result from single-scale inquiry. Integrating risk perception in the explicit multi-scalar model of panarchy proposes a new way to think about the complex social, economic, political, and psychological processes converging across space and time to confer community resilience and visualize the complexity inherent in relocation. In other words, connecting climate resilience and managed retreat with psychological processes like risk perception emphasizes the importance of implementing multi-scalar interventions to build community adaptive capacity.

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The Psychology of Climate Change Adaptation

Cited by 38 publications

References 261 publications

Measuring Americans' support for adapting to ‘climate change' or 'extreme weather'

Measuring Americans' support for adapting to ‘climate change' or 'extreme weather'

Environmental Issues Are Health Issues

The promise of panarchy in managed retreat: converging psychological perspectives and complex adaptive systems theory

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