Community attitudes towards advancing climate justice with climate aid

IF 7 1区心理学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Journal of Environmental Psychology Pub Date : 2025-07-07 DOI:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102679

Samantha K. Stanley , Omid Ghasemi , John R. Kerr , Robert M. Ross , Mathew D. Marques , Niels G. Mede , Sebastian Berger , Mark Alfano , Neil Levy , Marinus Ferreira , Viktoria Cologna

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Abstract

Research on support for climate policies has predominantly focused on support for mitigation policies. Research remains scarce on public support for climate aid policy (i.e., adaptation policies that direct support to those most affected by climate change). The justice implications of unmitigated climate change loom large, yet it is currently unclear to what extent people view climate change as an inequality issue. To investigate this, we surveyed participants from the United Kingdom (n = 531), United States (n = 528), Australia (n = 1450), and New Zealand (n = 1022) on attitudes about climate change inequality, experiences of climate emotions, support for climate aid policy, and political orientation. Those who reported greater agreement that climate change is an inequality issue also reported experiencing more intense negative emotions about climate change and greater support for climate aid policy. We propose a theoretical model whereby political conservatives are less likely to see climate change as an inequality issue, which could account for their lower support for climate aid policy and their more muted emotional response to climate change. We find preliminary support for this model using mediation analyses. Our findings suggest that in these four nations, beliefs about the inequality in who causes climate change and who suffers its worst consequences may be relevant to community support for the implementation of climate aid policy.

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社区对通过气候援助促进气候正义的态度

关于支持气候政策的研究主要侧重于支持缓解政策。关于公众对气候援助政策（即直接向受气候变化影响最严重的国家提供支持的适应政策）的支持的研究仍然很少。未得到缓解的气候变化对司法的影响越来越大，但目前尚不清楚人们在多大程度上将气候变化视为一个不平等问题。为了调查这一点，我们调查了来自英国（n = 531）、美国（n = 528）、澳大利亚（n = 1450）和新西兰（n = 1022）的参与者对气候变化不平等的态度、对气候情绪的体验、对气候援助政策的支持和政治取向。那些更认同气候变化是一个不平等问题的人也表示，他们对气候变化的负面情绪更强烈，对气候援助政策的支持也更大。我们提出了一个理论模型，即政治保守派不太可能将气候变化视为不平等问题，这可以解释他们对气候援助政策的支持程度较低以及他们对气候变化的情绪反应较弱。我们使用中介分析找到了对该模型的初步支持。我们的研究结果表明，在这四个国家中，关于谁导致气候变化以及谁遭受最严重后果的不平等的信念可能与社区对实施气候援助政策的支持有关。

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Journal of Environmental Psychology Multiple-

CiteScore

10.60

自引率

8.70%

发文量

140

审稿时长

62 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Environmental Psychology is the premier journal in the field, serving individuals in a wide range of disciplines who have an interest in the scientific study of the transactions and interrelationships between people and their surroundings (including built, social, natural and virtual environments, the use and abuse of nature and natural resources, and sustainability-related behavior). The journal publishes internationally contributed empirical studies and reviews of research on these topics that advance new insights. As an important forum for the field, the journal publishes some of the most influential papers in the discipline that reflect the scientific development of environmental psychology. Contributions on theoretical, methodological, and practical aspects of all human-environment interactions are welcome, along with innovative or interdisciplinary approaches that have a psychological emphasis. Research areas include: •Psychological and behavioral aspects of people and nature •Cognitive mapping, spatial cognition and wayfinding •Ecological consequences of human actions •Theories of place, place attachment, and place identity •Environmental risks and hazards: perception, behavior, and management •Perception and evaluation of buildings and natural landscapes •Effects of physical and natural settings on human cognition and health •Theories of proenvironmental behavior, norms, attitudes, and personality •Psychology of sustainability and climate change •Psychological aspects of resource management and crises •Social use of space: crowding, privacy, territoriality, personal space •Design of, and experiences related to, the physical aspects of workplaces, schools, residences, public buildings and public space