Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change
Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have d...
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okr-10986-41342021-04-23T14:02:15Z Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change Norgaard, Kari Marie ACCESS TO INFORMATION AIR AIR POLLUTION ATMOSPHERE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE PROTECTION CO2 COAL COLLECTIVE ACTION CONSERVATION CONTAMINATED SOIL CULTURAL NORMS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DISCOUNT RATES ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMICS EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES FARMS FOOD CONTAMINATION FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION FOSSIL FUELS FUTURE GENERATIONS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HIGH EMISSIONS INCOME INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IPCC LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVEL NEGOTIATIONS OIL OZONE OZONE DEPLETION OZONE HOLE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OPINION QUOTAS RAIN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SEA LEVEL RISE SNOW SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOIL SPECIALIZATION STATE OFFICIALS TEMPERATURE TRIP WATER POLLUTION WEATHER WILLINGNESS TO PAY Climate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have done better than others, no nation has adequately reduced emissions and no nation has a base of public citizens that are sufficiently socially and politically engaged in response to climate change. This paper summarizes international and national differences in levels of knowledge and concern regarding climate change, and the existing explanations for the worldwide failure of public response to climate change, drawing from psychology, social psychology and sociology. On the whole, the widely presumed links between public access to information on climate change and levels of concern and action are not supported. The paper's key findings emphasize the presence of negative emotions in conjunction with global warming (fear, guilt, and helplessness), and the process of emotion management and cultural norms in the construction of a social reality in which climate change is held at arms length. Barriers in responding to climate change are placed into three broad categories: 1) psychological/conceptual, 2) social and cultural, and 3) structural (political economy). The author provides policy considerations and summarizes the policy implications of both psychological and conceptual barriers, and social and cultural barriers. An annotated bibliography is included. 2012-03-19T19:10:33Z 2012-03-19T19:10:33Z 2009-05-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090519142931 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4134 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4940 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AIR AIR POLLUTION ATMOSPHERE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE PROTECTION CO2 COAL COLLECTIVE ACTION CONSERVATION CONTAMINATED SOIL CULTURAL NORMS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DISCOUNT RATES ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMICS EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES FARMS FOOD CONTAMINATION FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION FOSSIL FUELS FUTURE GENERATIONS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HIGH EMISSIONS INCOME INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IPCC LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVEL NEGOTIATIONS OIL OZONE OZONE DEPLETION OZONE HOLE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OPINION QUOTAS RAIN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SEA LEVEL RISE SNOW SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOIL SPECIALIZATION STATE OFFICIALS TEMPERATURE TRIP WATER POLLUTION WEATHER WILLINGNESS TO PAY |
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ACCESS TO INFORMATION AIR AIR POLLUTION ATMOSPHERE CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE DYNAMICS CLIMATE PROTECTION CO2 COAL COLLECTIVE ACTION CONSERVATION CONTAMINATED SOIL CULTURAL NORMS DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DISCOUNT RATES ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ECONOMICS EMISSION EMISSIONS ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES FARMS FOOD CONTAMINATION FOSSIL FUEL FOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION FOSSIL FUELS FUTURE GENERATIONS GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES GLOBAL WARMING GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HIGH EMISSIONS INCOME INTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS IPCC LEGISLATION NATIONAL LEVEL NEGOTIATIONS OIL OZONE OZONE DEPLETION OZONE HOLE POLITICAL ECONOMY POLLUTION POLLUTION CONTROL PROGRAMS PUBLIC ACCESS PUBLIC AWARENESS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OPINION QUOTAS RAIN SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SEA LEVEL RISE SNOW SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY SOIL SPECIALIZATION STATE OFFICIALS TEMPERATURE TRIP WATER POLLUTION WEATHER WILLINGNESS TO PAY Norgaard, Kari Marie Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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Climate scientists have identified
global warming as the most important environmental issue of
our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to
penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial
manner. While some nations have done better than others, no
nation has adequately reduced emissions and no nation has a
base of public citizens that are sufficiently socially and
politically engaged in response to climate change. This
paper summarizes international and national differences in
levels of knowledge and concern regarding climate change,
and the existing explanations for the worldwide failure of
public response to climate change, drawing from psychology,
social psychology and sociology. On the whole, the widely
presumed links between public access to information on
climate change and levels of concern and action are not
supported. The paper's key findings emphasize the
presence of negative emotions in conjunction with global
warming (fear, guilt, and helplessness), and the process of
emotion management and cultural norms in the construction of
a social reality in which climate change is held at arms
length. Barriers in responding to climate change are placed
into three broad categories: 1) psychological/conceptual, 2)
social and cultural, and 3) structural (political economy).
The author provides policy considerations and summarizes the
policy implications of both psychological and conceptual
barriers, and social and cultural barriers. An annotated
bibliography is included. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Norgaard, Kari Marie |
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Norgaard, Kari Marie |
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Norgaard, Kari Marie |
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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change |
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cognitive and behavioral challenges in responding to climate change |
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2012 |
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