It is widely assumed that psychological distance (PD) is a major barrier to climate action:
many people are not motivated to act because they perceive climate change as affecting …

Successful climate change mitigation and adaptation depend on the public's trust in experts.
Gaining a deeper understanding of how trust in certain actors influences individuals' …

Public acceptance is a precondition for implementing taxes and laws aimed at mitigating
climate change. However, it still remains challenging to understand its determinants for the …

Many people perceive climate change as psychologically distant—a set of uncertain events
that might occur far in the future, impacting distant places and affecting people dissimilar to …

People's perceptions of climate change have been of great interest for understanding how
people respond to climate change. Yet, studies differ greatly in how they assess climate …

Engaging the public about mitigating or adapting to climate change threats poses significant
challenges for scientists, policy makers, and others responsible for developing …

Individuals, both within and between different countries, vary substantially in the extent to
which they view climate change as a risk. What could explain such variation in climate …

Public support of climate policies crucially depends on climate change beliefs. Here we
analyze the effects of natural disaster experience on the belief in the existence of climate …

People vary considerably in terms of their knowledge, beliefs, and concern about climate
change. Thus, an important challenge for climate change communicators is how to most …

A sample of 1226 students at the University of the South Pacific, the premier tertiary
institution in the Pacific Islands, answered a range of questions intended to understand …