The Psychological Distance of Climate Change
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The psychological distance of climate change.
Avoiding dangerous climate change is one of the most urgent social risk issues we face today and understanding related public perceptions is critical to engaging the public with the major societal transformations required to combat climate change. Analyses of public perceptions have indicated that climate change is perceived as distant on a number of different dimensions. However, to date there...
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عنوان ژورنال: Risk Analysis
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0272-4332
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2011.01695.x