The Role of Personal Harm and Political Ideology in Shaping Climate Change Policy Support after Extreme Weather Events

• In Event: Cultural Theory Working Group: Public Opinion and the Environment

Brief Overview

We explore climate change policy preferences using surveys in 10 communities that experienced extreme weather events. We find that personal harm from the event moderates the relationship between political ideology and climate policy preferences.

Authors

• Chad Zanocco, Oregon State University

• Hilary Boudet, Oregon State University

• Roberta Nilson, Cornell University

• June Flora, Stanford University