Dragons, mules, and honeybees: Barriers, carriers, and unwitting enablers of climate change action

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 41-48

  Gifford, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Dragons; Ideology; Inaction; Psychology; Risk; Social norms; Sunk costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884632892     PISSN: 00963402     EISSN: 19383282     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0096340213493258     Document Type: Article

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