Public expectations about the impact of COVID-19 on climate action by citizens and government.

ABSTRACT: Since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis many have opinionated on how it may affect society's response to climate change. Two key questions here are how COVID-19 is expected to influence climate action by citizens and by the government. We answer these by applying topic modelling to textual responses from a survey of Spanish citizens. The identified topics tend to be more negative than positive, and more optimistic concerning future climate action by citizens. Positive views involve increasing pro-environmental behavior and are more common among younger, higher educated and male respondents as well as among those who perceive climate change as a serious threat or positively assessed COVID-19 confinement. Negative topics express concern that financial resources for climate action will be limi

SUBMITTER: Savin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9182260 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature