Hand in hand: Public endorsement of climate change mitigation and adaptation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Brügger, Adrian ^a,b   Morton, Thomas A ^b   Dessai, Suraje ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STRATEGIC PLANNING; ATTITUDE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; RISK; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929497374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124843     Document Type: Article

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