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SUMMARY:Climate News\, Emotions\, and Climate Policy Support
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260511T150000
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CREATED:20260306T135807Z
DESCRIPTION:Public support is central to the implementation of climate pol
 icy\, yet evidence on how climate-related information affects policy prefe
 rences remains mixed. This paper studies how scientifically grounded clima
 te information\, framed as either good or bad news\, shapes support for cl
 imate policies and examines through which emotional channels these effects
  operate. We conduct a large-scale survey experiment with approximately 8\
 ,000 respondents in Germany\, exposing participants to short texts summari
 zing recent scientific findings on climate sensitivity\, policy effectiven
 ess\, and progress toward climate targets. When significant\, bad news ten
 ds to increase support for climate policies\, while corresponding good new
 s does not symmetrically reduce it. However\, good news about successful p
 olicy performance---the effectiveness of carbon pricing to reduce emission
 s---increases support for the specific policy discussed\, with limited spi
 llover to other policy domains. Emotional responses can help explain a sub
 stantial share of these effects\, with worry and guilt increasing policy s
 upport and calm reducing it. By contrast\, purely factual information yiel
 ds smaller and less robust effects. Overall\, the findings point to emotio
 nal responses as an important channel through which climate information an
 d scientific news affect policy support.
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T123434Z
LOCATION:Manor Road Building - Skills Lab\, Skills Lab Manor Road Building
  Manor Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 3UQ United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Andreas Lange
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