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Kenny, John, Geese, Lucas 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5085-5029, Jordan, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Lorenzoni, Irene
(2024)
A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys.
Environmental Politics.
ISSN 0964-4016
Abstract
Climate change is a significant site of political contestation, with public opinion frequently invoked to support claims for more (or less) action. Yet, ‘climate change public opinion’ is an umbrella term encompassing many different components. Empirical research has recently burgeoned, but an up-to-date and globally comprehensive guide to navigating the interconnected concepts currently measured is still lacking. In this review, we develop an original classification framework based on questions fielded in over 315 surveys across different parts of the world. We reflect on what aspects the questions elicit, relate them to patterns in the existing empirical literature, and identify and reflect on important implications for future research. Given the diversity of climate-relevant concepts that can be measured via survey questions, we recommend that researchers are clear about which component(s) of climate change public opinion they are eliciting, how they analyze these, and situate their research claims and policy recommendations accordingly.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding information: The work was supported by the European Research Council (via the DeepDCarb Advanced Grant 882601) and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (via the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) ES/S012257/1). |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | public opinion,climate change,attitudes,measurement,validity,questionnaires,sociology and political science,general environmental science,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312 |
| 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 > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Collaborative Centre for Sustainable Use of the Seas Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2024 15:30 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Dec 2024 01:45 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/97734 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09644016.2024.2429264 |
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