Clear consensus among international public for government action at COP26: patriotic and public health frames produce marginal gains in support
Tessa Buchanan,
James Ackland,
Sam Lloyd,
Sander Linden and
Lee de-Wit ()
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Tessa Buchanan: University of Cambridge
James Ackland: University of Cambridge
Sam Lloyd: University of Cambridge
Sander Linden: University of Cambridge
Lee de-Wit: University of Cambridge
Climatic Change, 2022, vol. 170, issue 3, No 6, 8 pages
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Abstract This work surveys over 14,000 respondents in seven countries to assess support for government action to protect the environment, and for different policies at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. Baseline results reveal overwhelming support for action. At least nine out of ten respondents in six countries, and 79% in the USA, agree that all governments should do more. In each country, at least 50% of respondents express support for four policies: protecting wildlife; planting trees; spending more on clean technologies; and reducing the production of greenhouse gases over thirty years. A survey-experiment tests whether support changes when respondents are exposed to short texts framed in different ways. On average, exposure to a patriotism or public health text significantly raises support for action, albeit by only 1.6 and 1.3 percentage points respectively. On policies, exposure to either a public health text or a text based on current UN messaging increases support for tree planting by 2.3 and 2.9 percentage points respectively. These results suggest that international public opinion is overwhelmingly in favour of government action at COP26. They highlight policies that are likely to attract majority support, and suggest that message-framing can have a very small impact.
Date: 2022
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