Effect of "finite pool of worry" and COVID-19 on UK climate change perceptions.

ABSTRACT: Research reveals that a "finite pool of worry" constrains concern about and action on climate change. Nevertheless, a longitudinal panel survey of 1,858 UK residents, surveyed in April 2019 and June 2020, reveals little evidence for diminishing climate change concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the sample identifies climate change as a bigger threat than COVID-19. The findings suggest climate change has become an intransigent concern within UK public consciousness.

SUBMITTER: Evensen D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7826411 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature