What shapes perceptions of climate change? New research since 2010

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-134

  Weber, Elke U ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; GLOBAL WARMING; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATTRIBUTE SUBSTITUTION; CHANGE PERCEPTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE RISKS; EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS; GRADUAL MODIFICATIONS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTANCE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GLOBAL WARMING; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84957725491     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.377     Document Type: Article

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