Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Ten-year panel data confirm generation gap but climate beliefs increase at similar rates across ages

  • Taciano L. Milfont,
  • Elena Zubielevitch,
  • Petar Milojev,
  • Chris G. Sibley

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24245-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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It has been suggested that younger people care more about climate change than older people. Here, the authors present ten year panel data from New Zealand and show that despite a generation gap in starting levels, climate change beliefs have increased at similar rates across ages over the 2009-2018 period.