Cologna, Viktoria, Meiler, Simona, Kropf, Chahan M., Lüthi, Samuel, Mede, Niels G., Bresch, David N., Lecuona, Oscar, Berger, Sebastian, Besley, John, Brick, Cameron, Joubert, Marina, Maibach, Edward W., Mihelj, Sabina, Oreskes, Naomi, Schäfer, Mike S., Linden, Sander van der, Aziz, Nor Izzatina Abdul, Abdulsalam, Suleiman, Shamsi, Nurulaini Abu, Aczel, Balazs, Adinugroho, Indro, Alabrese, Eleonora, Aldoh, Alaa, Alfano, Mark, Ali, Innocent Mbulli, Alsobay, Mohammed, Alvarez, R. Michael, Amollo, Tabitha, Ansah, Patrick, Apriliawati, Denisa, Azevedo, Flavio, Bajrami, Ani, Bardhan, Ronita, Bati, Keagile, Bertsou, Eri, Bhui, Rahul, Białobrzeska, Olga, Bilewicz, Michal, Bouguettaya, Ayoub, Breeden, Katherine, Bret, Amélie, Buchel, Ondrej, Alvarez, Pablo Cabrera, Cagnoli, Federica, Valdez, André Calero, Callaghan, Timothy, Cases, Rizza Kaye, Çoksan, Sami, Czarnek, Gabriela, Debnath, Ramit, Delouvée, Sylvain, Di Stefano, Lucia, Diaz-Catalàn, Celia, Doell, Kimberly C., Dohle, Simone, Douglas, Karen M., Dries, Charlotte, Dubrov, Dmitrii, Dzimińska, Malgorzata, Ecker, Ullrich K. H., Elbaek, Christian T., Elsherif, Mahmoud, Enke, Benjamin, Facciani, Matthew, Fage-Butler, Antoinette, Faisal, Zaki, Fan, Xiaoli, Farhart, Christina, Feldhaus, Christoph, Ferreira, Marinus, Feuerriegel, Stefan, Fischer, Helen, Freundt, Jana, Friese, Malte, Gallyamova, Albina, Garrido-Vásquez, Patricia, Garrido Vásquez, Mauricio E., Genschow, Olivier, Ghasemi, Omid, Gkinopoulos, Theofilos, Gloor, Jamie L., Goddard, Ellen, Brambila, Claudia González, Gordon, Hazel, Grigoryev, Dmitry, Guenther, Lars, Haarstad, Håvard, Harari, Dana, Hensel, Przemysław, Hernández-Mondragón, Alma Cristal, Herziger, Atar, Huang, Guanxiong, Huff, Markus, Hurley, Mairéad, Ibadildin, Nygmet, Islam, Mohammad Tarikul, Jin, Tao, Jones, Charlotte A., Jungkunz, Sebastian, Jurgiel, Dominika, Kavassalis, Sarah, Kerr, John R., Kitsa, Mariana, Rábová, Tereza Klabíková, Klein, Olivier, Koh, Hoyoun, Koivula, Aki, Kojan, Lilian, Komyaginskaya, Elizaveta, König, Laura M., Koppel, Lina, Koren, Kochav, Kosachenko, Alexandra, Kotcher, John, Kranz, Laura S., Krishnan, Pradeep, Kristiansen, Silje, Krouwel, André, Kuppens, Toon, Lamm, Claus, Lantian, Anthony, Lazić, Aleksandra, Légal, Jean-Baptiste, Leviston, Zoe, Levy, Neil, Lindkvist, Amanda M., Lits, Grégoire, Löschel, Andreas, Ortega, Alberto López, Lopez-Villavicencio, Carlos, Lou, Nigel Mantou, Lucas, Chloe H., Lunz-Trujillo, Kristin, Marques, Mathew D., Mayer, Sabrina J., McKay, Ryan, Milfont, Taciano L., Miller, Joanne M., Mitkidis, Panagiotis, Monge-Rodríguez, Fredy, Motta, Matt, Muršič, Zarja, Namutebi, Jennifer, Newman, Eryn J., Nitschke, Jonas P., Ntui, Ntui-Njock Vincent, Nwogwugwu, Daniel, Ostermann, Thomas, Otterbring, Tobias, Pantazi, Myrto, Pärnamets, Philip, Saiani, Paolo Parra, Paruzel-Czachura, Mariola, Parzuchowski, Michal, Pavlov, Yuri G., Pearson, Adam R., Pennington, Charlotte R., Petkanopoulou, Katerina, Petrović, Marija B., Pisareva, Dinara, Ploszaj, Adam, Pronizius, Ekaterina, Pštross, Karolína, Pypno-Blajda, Katarzyna, Quiñones, Diwa Malaya A., Räsänen, Pekka, Rauchfleisch, Adrian, Rebitschek, Felix G., Rêgo, Gabriel, Reynolds, James P., Roche, Joseph, Röer, Jan Philipp, Ross, Robert M., Ruin, Isabelle, Santos, Osvaldo, Santos, Ricardo R., Schulreich, Stefan, Shuckburgh, Emily, Six, Johan, Solak, Nevin, Späth, Leonhard, Spruyt, Bram, Stanley, Samantha K., Strahm, Noel, Syropoulos, Stylianos, Szaszi, Barnabas, Szumowska, Ewa, Tanaka, Mikihito, Teran-Escobar, Claudia, Todorova, Boryana, Toko, Abdoul Kafid, Tokrri, Renata, Toribio-Florez, Daniel, Tsakiris, Manos, Tyrala, Michael, Uluğ, Özden Melis, Uzoma, Ijeoma Chinwe, Noord, Jochem van, Vilares, Iris, Vlasceanu, Madalina, Bubnoff, Andreas von, Warwas, Izabela, Weninger, Tim, Westfal, Mareike, Wojcik, Adrian Dominik, Xia, Ziqian, Xie, Jinliang, Zegler-Poleska, Ewa and Zenklusen, Amber (2025). Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Nature Climate Change, 15 (7), pp. 725-735.
Abstract
Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.
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| Accepted Date: | 2025-06-04 |
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Cologna, Viktoria
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