Exploring the role of incidental emotions in support for climate change policy

Climatic Change

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 719-726

  Lu, Hang ^a   Schuldt, Jonathon P ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE MITIGATIONS; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; EMOTION INDUCTIONS; SOCIAL DISTANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84937972232     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1443-x     Document Type: Article

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