Causal thinking and support for climate change policies: International survey findings

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 210-222

  Bostrom, Ann ^a   O'Connor, Robert E ^b   Böhm, Gisela ^c   Hanss, Daniel ^c   Bodi, Otto ^d   Ekström, Frida ^e   Halder, Pradipta ^f   Jeschke, Sven ^g   Mack, Birgit ^h   Qu, Mei ^f   Rosentrater, Lynn ⁱ   Sandve, Anethe ^j   Sælensminde, Ingrid ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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Author keywords

Causal thinking; Climate change; International opinion; Mental models; Policy options; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON EMISSION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FIELD SURVEY; FOSSIL FUEL; MITIGATION; NUCLEAR POWER; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION TAX; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK PERCEPTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

AUSTRIA; BANGLADESH; FINLAND; GERMANY; NORWAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855998962     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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