Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half

Gregg Sparkman; Nathan Geiger; Elke U. Weber

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32412-y

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Americans experience a false social reality by underestimating popular climate policy support by nearly half

Gregg Sparkman,
Nathan Geiger,
Elke U. Weber

Affiliations

Gregg Sparkman: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College
Nathan Geiger: Media School, Indiana University Bloomington
Elke U. Weber: Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, Princeton University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32412-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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