Attitudes to climate change risk: classification of and transitions in the UK population between 2012 and 2020.

ABSTRACT: Strategies for achieving carbon emissions goals presuppose changes in individual behaviour, which can be indirectly nudged by interventions or tailored information but ultimately depend upon individual attitudes. Specifically, the perception that climate change is low risk has been identified as a barrier to participation in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. Therefore, understanding public attitudes towards climate change risk is an important element of reducing emissions. We applied k-means cluster analysis to explore attitudes to climate change risk in the UK population using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study, a national survey running from 2009 to present. We identified three distinct attitude clusters: "Sceptical", "Concerned", and "Paradoxical" in bo

SUBMITTER: Liu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9386649 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature