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Fear and hope in climate messages

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  • Paul C. Stern

    (Paul C. Stern is at the National Research Council at the National Academy of Sciences, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington DC, USA and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Edward Bulls veg 1, 7491 Trondheim, Norway)

Abstract

Scientists often expect fear of climate change and its impacts to motivate public support of climate policies. A study suggests that climate change deniers don't respond to this, but that positive appeals can change their views.

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  • Paul C. Stern, 2012. "Fear and hope in climate messages," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 2(8), pages 572-573, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:2:y:2012:i:8:d:10.1038_nclimate1610
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1610
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    1. Nina Wormbs & Maria Wolrath Söderberg, 2021. "Knowledge, Fear, and Conscience: Reasons to Stop Flying Because of Climate Change," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(2), pages 314-324.
    2. Kathryn Stevenson & Nils Peterson, 2015. "Motivating Action through Fostering Climate Change Hope and Concern and Avoiding Despair among Adolescents," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(1), pages 1-10, December.
    3. Sophie Beukelaer & Neza Vehar & Max Rollwage & Stephen M. Fleming & Manos Tsakiris, 2023. "Changing minds about climate change: a pervasive role for domain-general metacognition," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 10(1), pages 1-10, December.
    4. Kathryn T. Stevenson & M. Nils Peterson & Howard D. Bondell, 2018. "Developing a model of climate change behavior among adolescents," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 151(3), pages 589-603, December.
    5. Tomaselli, Maria Fernanda & Kozak, Robert & Gifford, Robert & Sheppard, Stephen R.J., 2021. "Degrowth or Not Degrowth: The Importance of Message Frames for Characterizing the New Economy," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 183(C).
    6. Zakir Shah & Lu Wei & Usman Ghani, 2021. "The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-21, February.
    7. Xueqi Wang & Jin Chen, 2022. "Fear emotion reduces reported mitigation behavior in adolescents subject to climate change education," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 174(1), pages 1-16, September.
    8. Emily J. Kothe & Mathew Ling & Barbara A. Mullan & Joshua J. Rhee & Anna Klas, 2023. "Increasing intention to reduce fossil fuel use: a protection motivation theory-based experimental study," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 176(3), pages 1-20, March.
    9. Aaron Drummond & Lauren C. Hall & James D. Sauer & Matthew A. Palmer, 2018. "Is public awareness and perceived threat of climate change associated with governmental mitigation targets?," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 149(2), pages 159-171, July.
    10. Sally V. Russell & Neal M. Ashkanasy, 2021. "Pulling on Heartstrings: Three Studies of the Effectiveness of Emotionally Framed Communication to Encourage Workplace Pro-Environmental Behavior," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-20, September.
    11. Pleeging, Emma & van Exel, Job & Burger, Martijn J. & Stavropoulos, Spyridon, 2021. "Hope for the future and willingness to pay for sustainable energy," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 181(C).

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