How publics in small-island states view climate change and international responses to it.

ABSTRACT: Climate change caused by carbon pollution from the world's largest economies poses an existential threat to small-island states and territories this century. These places bear virtually no responsibility for climate change but will face sea-level rise, fresh water resource degradation, and intensified storms that will kill or dislocate exposed publics, and damage local economies. To alleviate this crisis, the global community has begun discussing who is responsible for climate mitigation and adaptation costs for those affected by climate change, in addition to continued debates around the distribution of responsibility for climate change. Missing from this analysis, however, are systematic efforts to elicit the preferences and perceptions of publics in these threatened small-island states

SUBMITTER: Mildenberger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12318213 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature