Extreme weather events do not increase political parties' environmental attention

Tim Wappenhans (), António Valentim, Heike Klüver and Lukas F. Stoetzer
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Tim Wappenhans: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
António Valentim: Yale University
Heike Klüver: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Lukas F. Stoetzer: University of Witten/Herdecke

Nature Climate Change, 2024, vol. 14, issue 7, 696-699

Abstract: Abstract Exposure to extreme weather events can make people more aware of environmental changes; however, it remains unclear how such events influence politicians’ behaviour. Combining supervised learning algorithms on over 260,000 press releases by European parties with a difference-in-differences design, we find that apart from Green parties, extreme weather events do not increase attention towards environmental issues. This suggests the consequences of climate change might not directly increase political attention.

Date: 2024
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