The transnational influence of natural disasters on environmental attitudes

Natural disasters can affect individuals’ views about the environment, especially when these events are extreme and experienced by people directly (locally). In one of first comprehensive systematic attempts, we explore whether a similar relationship exists transnationally – cross-border effect stemming from environmental abroad on public opinion ‘at home’. Spatial analyses present robust evidence that people's salience attitudes substantially driven disaster-related deaths in nearby countries. It follows cannot be treated as isolated incidents within state borders, but they rather have far-reaching, transnational consequences and, potentially, policy. Accordingly, this research adds to our understanding politics, opinion, natural diffusion effects.