Generational pessimism and climate change

• In Event: Interrogating Climate Justice in Concept and Practice

Brief Overview

What are the implications of the generational differences on public opinion? We synthesize disparate strands of research to generate a rational actor model of a future-discounting agent whose shadow of the future is endogenous to their age.

Authors

• Sofia Berrospi, Vanderbilt University

• James Bisbee, Vanderbilt University

• Guilherme Fasolin, Vanderbilt University