Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world
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In: Nature Climate Change, Vol. 15, No. 7, 07.2025, p. 725-735.
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T1 - Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world
AU - TISP Consortium
AU - Cologna, Viktoria
AU - Meiler, Simona
AU - Kropf, Chahan M.
AU - Lüthi, Samuel
AU - Mede, Niels G.
AU - Bresch, David N.
AU - Lecuona, Oscar
AU - Berger, Sebastian
AU - Besley, John
AU - Brick, Cameron
AU - Joubert, Marina
AU - Maibach, Edward W.
AU - Mihelj, Sabina
AU - Oreskes, Naomi
AU - Schäfer, Mike S.
AU - Linden, Sander van der
AU - Zenklusen, Amber
AU - Zegler-Poleska, Ewa
AU - Xie, Jinliang
AU - Xia, Ziqian
AU - Wojcik, Adrian Dominik
AU - Westfal, Mareike
AU - Weninger, Tim
AU - Warwas, Izabela
AU - Bubnoff, Andreas von
AU - Vlasceanu, Madalina
AU - Vilares, Iris
AU - Noord, Jochem van
AU - Uzoma, Ijeoma Chinwe
AU - Uluğ, Özden Melis
AU - Tyrala, Michael
AU - Tsakiris, Manos
AU - Toribio-Florez, Daniel
AU - Tokrri, Renata
AU - Toko, Abdoul Kafid
AU - Todorova, Boryana
AU - Teran-Escobar, Claudia
AU - Tanaka, Mikihito
AU - Szumowska, Ewa
AU - Szaszi, Barnabas
AU - Syropoulos, Stylianos
AU - Strahm, Noel
AU - Stanley, Samantha K.
AU - Spruyt, Bram
AU - Späth, Leonhard
AU - Solak, Nevin
AU - Six, Johan
AU - Shuckburgh, Emily
AU - Schulreich, Stefan
AU - Genschow, Olivier
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2025.
PY - 2025/7
Y1 - 2025/7
N2 - Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.
AB - Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.
KW - Psychology
KW - Management studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105025036530&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
DO - 10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 40641510
AN - SCOPUS:105025036530
VL - 15
SP - 725
EP - 735
JO - Nature Climate Change
JF - Nature Climate Change
SN - 1758-678X
IS - 7
ER -