Public opinion also emerges as a barrier to climate action through influence on state legislative agendas (Bromley-Trujillo et al.2019) and broader public discourse. Despite the scientific consensus on climate change (IPCC2014), public attitudes are highly polarized (Guber2013; McCright and Dunlap201...
Whether they call it global warming or climate change, activists on the left act as if the issue is justan excuse to extort moneyandexpand the power of government. InPart I, I wrote about kleptocrats exploiting the issue to shake down western governments for enormous amounts of aid money. ...
Climate Change December 16, 2023 Cop28 finished with a whimper, while 2023 will be the hottest year on record. What gives? – Michael West Politicians, activists and UN emissaries haggle with fossil fuel chiefs at the Cop28 conference in Dubai, the world keeps getting hotter. Source: Cop...
The results show that climate activists in the U.S. are predominantly White, female, progressive, age 50 and above, and middle class. BIPOC climate activists tend to be younger, lower socioeconomic class, less likely to contact elected officials about climate change, and less likely to discuss...
Courts are poorly equipped to deal with public policy considerations like climate change. But at a time when the executive and legislative branches of American government are bought and paid for by fossil fuel interests, they may be the last, best option for climate activists. That’s the opini...
Why young climate activists have captured the world’s attention. Nature 573, 471–472 (2019). Article CAS Google Scholar Egan, P. J. & Mullin, M. Climate change: US public opinion. Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci. 20, 209–227 (2017). Article Google Scholar Schumacher, I. An empirical ...
Climate justice is increasingly prominent in climate change communication and advocacy but little is known about public understanding of the concept or how widely it resonates with different groups. In our global survey of 5,627 adults in 11 countries spanning the global north and south, most part...
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One explanation for the lack of public action on climate change is that, in some social circles, the label “environmentalist” carries negative connotations or stereotypes that may impede the affiliation with climate change activists [4]. Moreover, some people appear to view environmentalism as tre...