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Cognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Change

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dc.contributor.authorNorgaard, Kari Marie
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T19:10:33Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T19:10:33Z
dc.date.issued2009-05-01
dc.description.abstractClimate scientists have identified global warming as the most important environmental issue of our time, but it has taken over 20 years for the problem to penetrate the public discourse in even the most superficial manner. While some nations have done better than others, no nation has adequately reduced emissions and no nation has a base of public citizens that are sufficiently socially and politically engaged in response to climate change. This paper summarizes international and national differences in levels of knowledge and concern regarding climate change, and the existing explanations for the worldwide failure of public response to climate change, drawing from psychology, social psychology and sociology. On the whole, the widely presumed links between public access to information on climate change and levels of concern and action are not supported. The paper's key findings emphasize the presence of negative emotions in conjunction with global warming (fear, guilt, and helplessness), and the process of emotion management and cultural norms in the construction of a social reality in which climate change is held at arms length. Barriers in responding to climate change are placed into three broad categories: 1) psychological/conceptual, 2) social and cultural, and 3) structural (political economy). The author provides policy considerations and summarizes the policy implications of both psychological and conceptual barriers, and social and cultural barriers. An annotated bibliography is included.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090519142931
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4940
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/4134
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4940
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACCESS TO INFORMATION
dc.subjectAIR
dc.subjectAIR POLLUTION
dc.subjectATMOSPHERE
dc.subjectCARBON
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE
dc.subjectCARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS
dc.subjectCAUSES OF GLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectCLIMATE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION
dc.subjectCLIMATE DYNAMICS
dc.subjectCLIMATE PROTECTION
dc.subjectCO2
dc.subjectCOAL
dc.subjectCOLLECTIVE ACTION
dc.subjectCONSERVATION
dc.subjectCONTAMINATED SOIL
dc.subjectCULTURAL NORMS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
dc.subjectDISCOUNT RATES
dc.subjectECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectEMISSION
dc.subjectEMISSIONS
dc.subjectENERGY CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL GOALS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EFFORTS
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
dc.subjectENVIRONMENTAL VALUES
dc.subjectFARMS
dc.subjectFOOD CONTAMINATION
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUEL PRODUCTION
dc.subjectFOSSIL FUELS
dc.subjectFUTURE GENERATIONS
dc.subjectGLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectGLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
dc.subjectGLOBAL WARMING
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE EFFECT
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
dc.subjectGREENHOUSE GASES
dc.subjectHIGH EMISSIONS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINTERGENERATIONAL EQUITY
dc.subjectINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
dc.subjectIPCC
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNEGOTIATIONS
dc.subjectOIL
dc.subjectOZONE
dc.subjectOZONE DEPLETION
dc.subjectOZONE HOLE
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectPOLLUTION
dc.subjectPOLLUTION CONTROL
dc.subjectPROGRAMS
dc.subjectPUBLIC ACCESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC AWARENESS
dc.subjectPUBLIC INTEREST
dc.subjectPUBLIC OPINION
dc.subjectQUOTAS
dc.subjectRAIN
dc.subjectSCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
dc.subjectSEA LEVEL RISE
dc.subjectSNOW
dc.subjectSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectSOIL
dc.subjectSPECIALIZATION
dc.subjectSTATE OFFICIALS
dc.subjectTEMPERATURE
dc.subjectTRIP
dc.subjectWATER POLLUTION
dc.subjectWEATHER
dc.subjectWILLINGNESS TO PAY
dc.titleCognitive and Behavioral Challenges in Responding to Climate Changeen
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okr.crossref.titleCognitive And Behavioral Challenges In Responding To Climate Change
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okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
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okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-4940
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20090519142931
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okr.identifier.reportWPS4940
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okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.region.administrativeThe World Region
okr.topicTransport
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
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