Hot or Cold?: Attitudinal Responses to Wildfires

• In Event: Public Opinion in Times of Crisis

Brief Overview

This research explores how proximity to wildfires shapes public attitudes toward climate change. While closer proximity to wildfires heightens empathy for those impacted, it has little effect on climate change beliefs or policy support.

Authors

• Thomas Bergeron, University of Toronto

• Danielle Bohonos, University of Toronto