Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications

Lorenzoni, Irene, Nicholson-Cole, Sophie, Whitmarsh, Lorraine and Day, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0708-6893 (2007) Barriers perceived to engaging with climate change among the UK public and their policy implications. Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions, 17 (3-4). pp. 445-459.

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Abstract

This paper reports on the barriers that members of the UK public perceive to engaging with climate change. It draws upon three mixed-method Studies, with an emphasis on the qualitative data which offer an in-depth insight into how people make sense of climate change. The paper defines engagement as an individual's state, comprising three elements: cognitive, affective and behavioural. A number of common barriers emerge from the three studies, which operate broadly at 'individual' and 'social' levels. These major constraints to individual engagement with climate change have implications for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gases in the UK. We argue that targeted and tailored information provision should be supported by wider structural change to enable citizens and communities to reduce their carbon dependency. Policy implications for effective engagement are discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	climate change,engagement,barriers,public perceptions,mitigation,behaviour,environmental behavior,risk perceptions,people know,science,representations,communication,perspectives,knowledge,attitudes,models,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	27 Feb 2011 10:53
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2024 09:42
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/25074
DOI:	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.01.004

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