Using Stories to Connect Disasters to Climate Increases Policy Support among Republicans

• In Event: Naturral Disasters, Climate Perception, and Policy Preferences

Brief Overview

A survey experiment in a disaster-stricken community and on a national sample shows that connecting a disaster experience to climate change using a mechanistic explanation increases Republicans’ support for environmental policy and climate education.

Authors

• Sarah E. Anderson, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Michelle Shteyn, University of California-Santa Barbara

• Hunter Gehlbach, Johns Hopkins University

• Daphne Virlar-Knight, University of California-Santa Barbara