Attitudes to climate change depend on people's sense of belonging to the planet

Monday, December 15, 2014 - 10:30 in Earth & Climate

New research led by the University of Exeter has found that people who have a stronger sense of place at the global than the national level are more likely to accept that climate change is caused by human activities. This is the first time that acceptance of human causes of climate change has been shown to be linked to people's sense of place at the global level. The findings have significant implications both for climate change communications and for our understanding of place and identities.

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