Do differences in attitudes explain differences in national climate change policies?

Emilia Tjernström and T. Tietenberg

Ecological Economics, 2008, vol. 65, issue 2, 315-324

Abstract: In meeting the threat posed by climate change nations have responded quite differently. Using an extensive data set this study explores factors that affect individuals' attitudes towards climate change and how those attitudes ultimately affect national climate change policy. The results show that attitudes do indeed matter in implementing policy and that attitudes are shaped not only by how individuals react to the specific attributes of climate change, but also by information, by the openness of society and by attitudes toward the trustworthiness of government.

Date: 2008
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