Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy

The impacts of climate change on human cultures have received increasing attention in recent years. However, the extent to which people are aware of these impacts, whether such awareness motivates climate action, and what kinds of people show stronger awareness are rarely understood. The present inv...

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Main Authors: TAM, Kim-Pong, LEUNG, Angela K. Y., KOH, Brandon
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spelling sg-smu-ink.soss_research-48282022-04-07T07:15:38Z Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy TAM, Kim-Pong LEUNG, Angela K. Y. KOH, Brandon The impacts of climate change on human cultures have received increasing attention in recent years. However, the extent to which people are aware of these impacts, whether such awareness motivates climate action, and what kinds of people show stronger awareness are rarely understood. The present investigation provides the very first set of answers to these questions. In two studies (with a student sample with N = 199 from Singapore and a demographically representative sample with N = 625 from the USA), we observed a generally high level of awareness among our participants. Most importantly, perceived cultural impacts of climate change robustly predicted intentions to engage in climate change mitigation behavior and climate activism, as well as support for climate policy. We also found expected associations between perceived cultural impacts and some psychological and demographic variables (e.g., cosmopolitan orientation, moral inclusion, political orientation). These findings not only add a cultural dimension to the research on public understanding of climate change but also reveal a viable application of cultural frames as an effective climate communication strategy. 2022-03-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3570 info:doi/10.1007/s10584-022-03337-8 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4828/viewcontent/ClimateAction_sv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School of Social Sciences eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Climate change Culture Perceived impact Climate opinion Climate activism Climate policy Applied Behavior Analysis Environmental Sciences Social Psychology
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
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language English
topic Climate change
Culture
Perceived impact
Climate opinion
Climate activism
Climate policy
Applied Behavior Analysis
Environmental Sciences
Social Psychology
spellingShingle Climate change
Culture
Perceived impact
Climate opinion
Climate activism
Climate policy
Applied Behavior Analysis
Environmental Sciences
Social Psychology
TAM, Kim-Pong
LEUNG, Angela K. Y.
KOH, Brandon
Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
description The impacts of climate change on human cultures have received increasing attention in recent years. However, the extent to which people are aware of these impacts, whether such awareness motivates climate action, and what kinds of people show stronger awareness are rarely understood. The present investigation provides the very first set of answers to these questions. In two studies (with a student sample with N = 199 from Singapore and a demographically representative sample with N = 625 from the USA), we observed a generally high level of awareness among our participants. Most importantly, perceived cultural impacts of climate change robustly predicted intentions to engage in climate change mitigation behavior and climate activism, as well as support for climate policy. We also found expected associations between perceived cultural impacts and some psychological and demographic variables (e.g., cosmopolitan orientation, moral inclusion, political orientation). These findings not only add a cultural dimension to the research on public understanding of climate change but also reveal a viable application of cultural frames as an effective climate communication strategy.
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author TAM, Kim-Pong
LEUNG, Angela K. Y.
KOH, Brandon
author_facet TAM, Kim-Pong
LEUNG, Angela K. Y.
KOH, Brandon
author_sort TAM, Kim-Pong
title Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
title_short Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
title_full Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
title_fullStr Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
title_full_unstemmed Perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
title_sort perceived cultural impacts of climate change motivate climate action and support for climate policy
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3570
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4828/viewcontent/ClimateAction_sv.pdf
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