Impacts of adaptation and responsibility framings on attitudes towards climate change mitigation

Climatic Change

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2016, Pages 445-461

  Howell, Rachel A ^a,c   Capstick, Stuart ^b   Whitmarsh, Lorraine ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; INTERACTION EFFECT; MAIN EFFECT; MEDIA COVERAGE; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; PUBLIC SUPPORT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; MITIGATION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84969718282     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1627-z     Document Type: Article

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