The evolving field of risk communication

D Balog‐Way, K McComas, J Besley - Risk Analysis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Reflections on climate change communication research and practice in the second decade of the 21st century: what more is there to say?

SC Moser - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Appreciable advances have been made in recent years in raising climate change
awareness and enhancing support for climate and energy policies. There also has been …

Do people who feel connected to nature do more to protect it? A meta-analysis

CML Mackay, MT Schmitt - Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2019 - Elsevier
Using meta-analysis, we examined whether there is evidence consistent with the idea that a
subjective sense of “connection to nature” promotes pro-environmental behaviour (PEB; …

The social-psychological determinants of climate change risk perceptions: Towards a comprehensive model

S Van der Linden - Journal of environmental psychology, 2015 - Elsevier
This study advances a detailed social-psychological model of climate change risk
perceptions by combining and integrating cognitive, experiential, and socio-cultural factors …

A social identity analysis of climate change and environmental attitudes and behaviors: Insights and opportunities

KS Fielding, MJ Hornsey - Frontiers in psychology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Environmental challenges are often marked by an intergroup dimension. Political
conservatives and progressives are divided on their beliefs about climate change, farmers …

Climate change from a distance: An analysis of construal level and psychological distance from climate change

S Wang, MJ Hurlstone, Z Leviston, I Walker… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The public perception of climate change as abstract and distant may undermine climate
action. According to construal level theory, whether a phenomenon is perceived as …

Determinants and measurement of climate change risk perception, worry, and concern

S Van der Linden - The Oxford Encyclopedia of Climate Change …, 2017 - papers.ssrn.com
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 …

Appraising the influence of pro-environmental self-identity on sustainable consumption buying and curtailment in emerging markets: Evidence from China and Poland

J Dermody, N Koenig-Lewis, AL Zhao… - Journal of Business …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding sustainable consumption buying and curtailment behavior in emerging
markets is limited, yet this knowledge is vital to the future of these economies. The newer …

[HTML][HTML] Citizen engagement in climate adaptation surveyed: The role of values, worldviews, gender and place

E Brink, C Wamsler - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
Local governments' limited mandate and capacity to adequately deal with increasing climate
risk and impacts means that citizen engagement is becoming increasingly important for …

Psychological barriers to energy conservation behavior: The role of worldviews and climate change risk perception

K Lacroix, R Gifford - Environment and behavior, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We proposed and tested a conceptual model of how cultural cognition worldviews, climate
change risk perception, and psychological barriers are related to reported energy …