Weather Events and Climate Attitudes

• In Event: Political Polarization and Communication Impacting Environmental Policy

Brief Overview

We use microlevel data to ascertain if climate events shape climate attitudes. We produce two principal findings: (1) dramatic events are more important than other events; and (2) in recent years longer dramatic events have a modest effect.

Authors

• Theu Dinh, University of Rochester

• Lawrence Rothenberg, University of Rochester