The energy crisis differentially impacted Swiss and German citizens' energy literacy and efficiency preferences but not their support for climate policies.

ABSTRACT: The energy crisis reshaped energy politics, resulted in energy price surges, increased energy capacity, and large-scale energy-saving campaigns. While an energy demand reduction was observed in Europe, little is known about how the crisis impacted citizens' climate-relevant judgment and decisions. Here we report a preregistered two-wave cross-national study (N = 1040) spanning the winter of 2022/2023 to investigate how support for renewable energy policies, energy literacy, and energy-efficient product choices developed as this crisis unfolded. We couple longitudinal experimental data with real-world energy price data. This natural experiment indicates that energy-efficiency preferences were impacted by the salience of the crisis and real-world price signals. Changes in energy liter

SUBMITTER: Frings NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11442305 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature