Support for climate policy and societal action are linked to perceptions about scientific agreement

Nature Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 462-466

  Ding, Ding ^a,b   Maibach, Edward W ^c   Zhao, Xiaoquan ^c   Roser Renouf, Connie ^c   Leiserowitz, Anthony ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862597420     PISSN: 1758678X     EISSN: 17586798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1295     Document Type: Article

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