Climate change presents a challenge at multiple levels: It challenges our cognitive abilities
because the effect of the accumulation of emissions is difficult to understand. Climate …

The 40th Anniversary of the Society for Risk Analysis presents an apt time to step back and
review the field of risk communication. In this review, we first evaluate recent debates over …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

Public support is fundamental in scaling up actions to limit global warming. Here, we
analyse how the experience of climate extremes influences people's environmental attitudes …

We find that people revise their beliefs about climate change upward when experiencing
warmer than usual temperatures in their area. Using international data, we show that …

As the actions of individuals contribute substantially to climate change, identifying factors
that underpin environmentally-relevant behaviors represents an important step towards …

As climate change intensifies, global publics will experience more unusual weather and
extreme weather events. How will individual experiences with these weather trends shape …

The winter of 2013/2014 saw a series of severe storms hit the UK, leading to widespread
flooding, a major emergency response and extensive media exposure. Previous research …

Habits are the fundamental basis for many of our daily actions and can be powerful barriers
to behavioural change. Still, habits are not included in most narratives, theories, and …

Over the last three decades, climate change has become publicly defined as an important
social problem deserving action. A substantial body of social science research examines the …