Intergroup Conflict Over Climate Change: Problems and Solutions

IF 2.8 2区心理学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

European Journal of Social Psychology Pub Date : 2024-10-26 DOI:10.1002/ejsp.3127

Matthew J. Hornsey, Kelly S. Fielding, George Marshall, Winnifred R. Louis

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Abstract

Global progress in combatting climate change is being slowed by intergroup conflict and tribalism. Addressing the intergroup tensions of today is a pre-requisite for avoiding violent intergroup tensions in the future, tensions that may threaten societal structures we currently take for granted. This paper highlights five sources of intergroup conflict that compromise humans’ ability to effectively and swiftly respond to climate change: political tribalism, populist suspicion of elites, regional differences within nations, international conflicts, and tensions between and within activist identities. We then draw on established and emerging social psychological theorising to describe five strategies for constructively managing this intergroup conflict: maintaining climate justice, reducing disinformation and silencing bad-faith actors, maintaining cohesion among progressive forces, focusing on trusted messengers, and empathic communication. Throughout we underscore the extent to which policy making and strategic communication can play roles in depolarising debate about climate change.

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气候变化的群体间冲突：问题与解决方案

群体间冲突和部落主义阻碍了全球应对气候变化的进程。解决今天的群体间紧张关系是避免未来暴力的群体间紧张关系的先决条件，这种紧张关系可能会威胁到我们目前认为理所当然的社会结构。本文强调了影响人类有效和迅速应对气候变化能力的族群间冲突的五个来源：政治部落主义、民粹主义对精英的怀疑、国家内部的地区差异、国际冲突以及活动家身份之间和内部的紧张关系。然后，我们利用已建立的和新兴的社会心理学理论来描述建设性地管理这种群体间冲突的五种策略：维护气候正义，减少虚假信息和沉默不诚实的行为者，保持进步力量之间的凝聚力，关注可信赖的信使，以及移情沟通。在整个过程中，我们强调了政策制定和战略沟通在消除关于气候变化的两极分化辩论中可以发挥的作用。

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European Journal of Social Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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6.10

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7.70%

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期刊介绍： Topics covered include, among others, intergroup relations, group processes, social cognition, attitudes, social influence and persuasion, self and identity, verbal and nonverbal communication, language and thought, affect and emotion, embodied and situated cognition and individual differences of social-psychological relevance. Together with original research articles, the European Journal of Social Psychology"s innovative and inclusive style is reflected in the variety of articles published: Research Article: Original articles that provide a significant contribution to the understanding of social phenomena, up to a maximum of 12,000 words in length.