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dc.contributor.authorShum, Rob
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-07T18:04:12Z
dc.date.available2021-09-07T18:04:12Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifier.citationThis is the author's final version. The published version appears here: doi:10.1080/14693062.2011.579316 # 2011 Earthscan ISSN: 1469-3062 (print), 1752-7457 (online) www.climatepolicy.com
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2011.579316
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/2634
dc.description.abstractWhat drives popular opinion on climate change? Recent failures to mobilize popular opinion in favour of the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been blamed on the unseasonably cool local weather and the unhealthy state of the economy. Using data from the European Union (EU), this article examines the effects of both annual temperature variations and economic growth rates on people’s attitudes regarding the mitigation of GHG emissions. It is found that although the state of the economy has a significant effect on people’s attitudes towards the mitigation of GHG emissions, variations in the annual temperature do not. Thus, while pessimism regarding policy changes during bad economic times appears justified, pessimism based on isolated spells of unseasonably cool weather does not.
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectGHG Emissions
dc.subjectPublic Opinion
dc.subjectPublic Perception
dc.titleEffects of Economic Recession and Local weather on Climate Change Attitudes
dc.typearticle
dc.source.journaltitleClimate Policy
refterms.dateFOA2021-09-07T18:04:12Z
dc.description.institutionSUNY Brockport
dc.source.peerreviewedTRUE
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.description.publicationtitlePolitical Science and International Studies Faculty Publications
dc.contributor.organizationThe College at Brockport
dc.languate.isoen_US


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