Climate decision making: influence of prevailing social norms and probability of climate change

IF 2 3区地球科学 Q3 GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Frontiers in Earth Science Pub Date : 2024-09-10 DOI:10.3389/feart.2024.1397857

Gitanshu Choudhary, Danish Sihag, Varun Dutt

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IntroductionThe global rise in climatic calamities necessitates effective strategies for understanding and addressing Earth’s climate complexities. Although recent research underscores simulation tools’ effectiveness in elucidating complex concepts related to Earth’s climate, partner influence on climatic decisions within simulation studies has been overlooked.MethodsEmploying the Partner Interactive Climate Change Simulator (P-ICCS), we examined 180 participants across varied conditions. The study manipulated partner nature (optimal, irrational, or none) and climate change probability (high or low) to observe effects on participants’ responses (mitigation or adaptation) within P-ICCS.ResultsResults revealed a significant impact of partner presence, with the optimal partner notably enhancing monetary investments against climate change compared to the irrational partner. Intriguingly, climate change probability did not sway participants’ investment behavior.DiscussionThe findings emphasize the pivotal role of partner influence in climate decision-making, offering insights for effective mitigation and adaptation strategies.

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气候决策：现行社会规范和气候变化概率的影响

导言全球气候灾难的增加要求我们采取有效的策略来了解和应对地球气候的复杂性。尽管最近的研究强调了模拟工具在阐明与地球气候相关的复杂概念方面的有效性，但模拟研究中伙伴对气候决策的影响却被忽视了。研究操纵了合作伙伴的性质（最优、非理性或无）和气候变化概率（高或低），以观察在 P-ICCS 中对参与者的反应（减缓或适应）的影响。结果结果显示，合作伙伴的存在有显著影响，与非理性合作伙伴相比，最优合作伙伴明显增加了应对气候变化的货币投资。讨论研究结果强调了合作伙伴的影响在气候决策中的关键作用，为有效的减缓和适应战略提供了启示。

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Frontiers in Earth Science Earth and Planetary Sciences-General Earth and Planetary Sciences

CiteScore

3.50

自引率

10.30%

发文量

2076

审稿时长

12 weeks

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