Annika M. Wyss,Emmanuel T. Guizar Rosales,Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck,Julie Buchs,Ulf J. J. Hahnel,Daria Knoch
{"title":"Political affiliation impacts climate attention and choice beyond extreme weather exposure","authors":"Annika M. Wyss,Emmanuel T. Guizar Rosales,Michael Schulte-Mecklenbeck,Julie Buchs,Ulf J. J. Hahnel,Daria Knoch","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02765-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02765-z","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Political polarization and increasing exposure to extreme weather can shape public engagement with climate change, yet the underlying psychological mechanisms remain unclear. In this Registered Report, we examine how political affiliation, extreme weather exposure and subjective attribution influence climate-relevant information search and decision-making in a US sample ( N = 1,451). We combined a process-tracing paradigm within an incentivized decision task involving real carbon emissions with objective data on extreme weather exposure. Democrats attended more to carbon emission information and made more pro-climate choices than Republicans, with no evidence of moderation by objective extreme weather exposure. The subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change was associated with greater attention to carbon information, more pro-climate choices and moderated the effects of exposure on both outcomes. These findings highlight the importance of political affiliation in climate-relevant decision-making and suggest that extreme weather effects depend less on exposure itself than on how these experiences are interpreted.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Astrid Schomaker on biodiversity in a triple COP year","authors":"Tegan Armarego-Marriott","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02778-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02778-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"64 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yujie Wu,Denise L. Mauzerall,Mohamed Atouife,Fangwei Cheng,Qian Luo,A. T. D. Perera,Jesse D. Jenkins
{"title":"Prioritizing demand-side use of clean hydrogen for cost-effective mitigation","authors":"Yujie Wu,Denise L. Mauzerall,Mohamed Atouife,Fangwei Cheng,Qian Luo,A. T. D. Perera,Jesse D. Jenkins","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02763-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02763-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Warming oceans hit the battlefield","authors":"David D. Flagg","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02782-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02782-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Citizens’ assemblies propose ambitious climate policy but impacts remain limited","authors":"Janosch Pfeffer,Hannah Einhauser,Johanna Hauke,Kira Hoffmann,Lisa Ruf,Milena Weber,Florian Weckbecker,Marlene Wellhausen,Jens Newig","doi":"10.1038/s41558-026-02755-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-026-02755-1","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Climate citizens’ assemblies convene randomly selected citizens who, after structured learning and deliberation, develop policy recommendations. Yet, whether they produce more ambitious recommendations and influence political decisions remains contested. Here we conduct a comparative, counterfactual assessment of 488 recommendations from five national and one state-level assembly in Western Europe, drawing on document analysis and expert interviews. The results show that citizens consistently proposed more ambitious climate measures than existing government policy. Recommendations sometimes influenced policy by adding momentum, enriching plans, breaking deadlocks or introducing novel ideas, but such influence was rare. Only the French assembly shows substantial policy impact, with one-third of its recommendations having influenced policy, due to strong power delegation, political leadership and resulting public pressure. In the other cases, policy impact was minimal or absent. These findings show that citizens’ assemblies can raise policy ambition, but translating recommendations into political decisions depends strongly on political conditions.","PeriodicalId":18974,"journal":{"name":"Nature Climate Change","volume":"168 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":30.7,"publicationDate":"2026-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149209777","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}