Geoengineering, climate change scepticism and the 'moral hazard' argument: An experimental study of UK public perceptions

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 2031, 2014, Pages

  Corner, Adam ^a,b   Pidgeon, Nick ^b,c  

^a Climate Outreach and Information Network (COIN)   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TYNDALL CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geoengineering; Moral hazard; Public perceptions; Scepticism; Values

Indexed keywords

RISK MANAGEMENT;

GEOENGINEERING; MORAL HAZARD; PUBLIC PERCEPTION; SCEPTICISM; VALUES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 84910619671     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0063     Document Type: Article

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