Societal perceptions: lack of concern about the impacts of climate change

Arild Moe and Anna Korppoo

Chapter 3 in Climate, Hydrocarbons, Sanctions, 2026, pp 42-54 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The Russian public largely agrees with the government's climate policy and its basic assumptions serving the fossil fuel industry. There is no major concern about the impacts of climate change, even in the Arctic region, and the willingness to pay for mitigation measures is low. The expectation of economic or political – instead of environmental – benefits for participation in international climate agreements is a shared societal belief. Russians typically consider anthropogenic as well as natural factors, such as natural cycles, as contributing to climate change. However, since the early 2000s, the confidence in anthropogenic causes of climate change has strengthened. Scientific competence and justification are key issues in the Russian climate debate. Expectations for what science can deliver can be unreasonably high, for instance calling for ‘infallible scientific data’ to support decision-making on climate policy, while arguments labelled as scientific have been used to justify (in)action on climate mitigation.

Keywords: Russia; Climate Change; Societal Beliefs; Public Perceptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035355501
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