Messages from co-partisan elected officials can increase climate mitigation intentions without changing climate beliefs
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-64678-3
Abstract: Increasing belief in climate change is often considered a prerequisite to motivating climate action. However, partisan polarization has crystallized climate beliefs, and the narrowing window for climate mitigation demands urgent behavior change. This study investigates… read more here.
Keywords: climate beliefs; mitigation intentions; climate; mitigation ... See more keywords
Simple and Smart: Investigating Two Heuristics That Guide the Intention to Engage in Different Climate-Change-Mitigation Behaviors
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DOI: 10.3390/su15097156
Abstract: Individuals can support climate-change mitigation in many ways, e.g., through private-sphere behaviors or the support of political measures. We assume that the common climate-change-mitigation heuristic of restriction does not sufficiently support impactful mitigation intentions and… read more here.
Keywords: mitigation intentions; climate change; change mitigation; mitigation ... See more keywords