The psychology of denial concerning climate mitigation measures: Evidence from Swiss focus groups

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 107-117

  Stoll Kleemann, S ^a   O'Riordan, Tim ^b   Jaeger, Carlo C ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Cultural models; Dissonance; Focus groups; Integrated assessment

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035020229     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-3780(00)00061-3     Document Type: Article

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