Differences and Similarities in Coronavirus and Climate Change Perceptions and Policy Support

The Role of Late-Night Infotainment Comedy in Communicating Climate Change Consensus

10.31234/osf.io/ufg9r ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Edward John Roy Clarke ◽

Anna Klas ◽

Joshua Stevenson ◽

Emily Jane Kothe

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Policy Support ◽

Mitigation Policy ◽

Behavioural Intentions ◽

Late Night ◽

Mitigation And Adaptation ◽

Climate Action ◽

Adaptation Policies ◽

Diverse Audience

Climate change is a politically-polarised issue, with conservatives less likely than liberals to perceive it as human-caused and consequential. Furthermore, they are less likely to support mitigation and adaptation policies needed to reduce its impacts. This study aimed to examine whether John Oliver’s “A Mathematically Representative Climate Change Debate” clip on his program Last Week Tonight polarised or depolarised a politically-diverse audience on climate policy support and behavioural intentions. One hundred and fifty-nine participants, recruited via Amazon MTurk (94 female, 64 male, one gender unspecified, Mage = 51.07, SDage = 16.35), were presented with either John Oliver’s climate change consensus clip, or a humorous video unrelated to climate change. Although the climate change consensus clip did not reduce polarisation (or increase it) relative to a control on mitigation policy support, it resulted in hyperpolarisation on support for adaptation policies and increased climate action intentions among liberals but not conservatives.

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Guatemala’s economy on the way to recovery

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db260765 ◽

2021 ◽

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Latin America ◽

Violent Crime ◽

Business Environment ◽

Policy Support ◽

Content Type ◽

Containment Measures ◽

The Government ◽

The Way

Significance National GDP nevertheless contracted by just 1.5% in 2020 -- less than almost any other country in Latin America. Resilient remittances and exports, coupled with unprecedented policy support, have mitigated the effects of the pandemic and subsequent containment measures, leaving the country better placed for recovery than its neighbours. Impacts Enduring poverty, inequality and violent crime, and the impacts of accelerating climate change, will drive further migration from Guatemala. The government will pursue banking law reforms, to reduce risks to financial activities in the post-pandemic business environment. Infighting and corruption scandals will hinder the opposition's ability to benefit from the decline of the president's popularity.

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Effect of Global-GAP Policy on Climate Change Perceptions of Smallholder French Beans Farmers in Central and Eastern Regions, Kenya

Climate ◽

10.3390/cli5020027 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 27 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Peter Otieno ◽

Chris Ogutu ◽

John Mburu ◽

Rose Nyikal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

French Beans ◽

Change Perceptions

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Nature-based tourism operators’ perceptions and adaptation to climate change in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series ◽

10.2478/bog-2018-0034 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (42) ◽

pp. 115-127 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

William Mushawemhuka ◽

Jayne M. Rogerson ◽

Jarkko Saarinen

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Southern Africa ◽

National Park ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Adaptation To Climate Change ◽

Economic Role ◽

Change Perceptions ◽

Hwange National Park ◽

Adaptation Practices

Abstract Climate and weather are important resources for tourism. In particular, nature-based tourism activities and operations are largely dependent on and affected by environmental conditions and changes. Due to the significant socio-economic role of the nature-based tourism and the tourism industry, in general, in the region of southern Africa it is important to understand the dynamics between the industry and climate change. A key aspect of this understanding are perceptions and adaptation preparedness of tourism operators towards the estimated impact of climate change. There is a dearth of empirical studies on climate change perceptions and adaptation in nature-based tourism operations across southern Africa and specifically from Zimbabwe. This research gap is addressed in this article which provides an exploratory analysis of the nature of climate change adaptation practices occurring in southern Africa using evidence from Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe.

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Modelling multiple threats to water security in the Peruvian Amazon using the WaterWorld policy support system

Earth System Dynamics ◽

10.5194/esd-5-55-2014 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 55-65 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

A. J. J. van Soesbergen ◽

M. Mulligan

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Population Growth ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

Water Security ◽

Policy Support ◽

Water Quantity ◽

Urban Migration ◽

Gas Extraction ◽

Peruvian Amazon ◽

Rural Urban Migration

Abstract. This paper describes the application of WaterWorld (www.policysupport.org/waterworld) to the Peruvian Amazon, an area that is increasingly under pressure from deforestation and water pollution as a result of population growth, rural-to-urban migration and oil and gas extraction, potentially impacting both water quantity and water quality. By applying single and combined plausible scenarios of climate change, deforestation around existing and planned roads, population growth and rural–urban migration, mining and oil and gas exploitation, we explore the potential combined impacts of these multiple changes on water resources in the Peruvian Amazon.

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The Role of Future Orientation, Cultural Worldviews, and Collective Efficacy in the American Public’s Climate Change Attitudes and Policy Support

International Journal of Public Opinion Research ◽

10.1093/ijpor/edx001 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 493-503

Author(s):

Xiao Wang

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Collective Efficacy ◽

Future Orientation ◽

Policy Support ◽

Cultural Worldviews ◽

Climate Change Attitudes

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Climate Change Perceptions and Observations of Agricultural Stakeholders in the Northern Great Plains

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10051687 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 1687 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Bruna Grimberg ◽

Selena Ahmed ◽

Colter Ellis ◽

Zachariah Miller ◽

Fabian Menalled

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Great Plains ◽

Northern Great Plains ◽

Change Perceptions

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Climate Change Observations of Indigenous Communities in the Indian Himalaya

Weather Climate and Society ◽

10.1175/wcas-d-20-0077.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 245-257

Author(s):

Vikram S. Negi ◽

Shinny Thakur ◽

Rupesh Dhyani ◽

Indra D. Bhatt ◽

Ranbeer S. Rawal

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Climate Change Impacts ◽

Indigenous Communities ◽

Western Himalaya ◽

Warming Trend ◽

Indian Himalaya ◽

Climate Anomalies ◽

Change Perceptions ◽

The Himalaya ◽

Instrumental Temperature

AbstractMountains are important global sites for monitoring biological and socioecological responses to climate change, and the Himalaya has some of the world’s most rapid and visible signs of climate change. The increased frequency and severity of climate anomalies in the region are expected to significantly affect livelihoods of indigenous communities in the region. This study documents the perceptions of indigenous communities of climate change in the western Himalaya of India. The study highlights the power of knowledge and understanding available to indigenous people as they observe and respond to climate change impacts. We conducted a field-based study in 14 villages that represent diverse socioecological features along an altitudinal range of 1000–3800 m MSL in the western Himalaya. Among the sampled population, most of the respondents (>95%) agreed that climate is changing. However, people residing at low- and high-altitude villages differ significantly in their perception, with more people at high altitudes believing in an overall warming trend. Instrumental temperature and rainfall from nearby meteorological stations also supported the perception of local inhabitants. The climate change perceptions in the region were largely determined by sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, and income as well as altitude. A logistic regression, which exhibited significant association of sociodemographic characteristics with climate change perceptions, further supported these findings. The study concluded that the climate change observations of local communities can be usefully utilized to develop adaptation strategies and mitigation planning in the Himalayan region.

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