The Paradox of Climate Concern: Declining Mitigation Support after Natural Disasters

• In Event: JSS 3
  In JSS Session: Determinants of Environmental Attitudes: Transient Events versus Persistent Traits

Brief Overview

Using both natural and lab experiments, I show that citizens struggle to link personal exposure to climate change related disasters to preferences for climate change mitigation.

Author

• Talbot M Andrews, Stony Brook University