The strength and content of climate anger

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 82, P. 102738 - 102738

Published: Aug. 12, 2023

Climate-related anger is present in Greta Thunberg's speeches and the acts of Extinction Rebellion, but also rise movements protesting climate policies, such as Yellow Vests. The current study (N = 2,046) gives insight into content among Norwegian public, well relationship between change engagement. Analyzing responses to open-ended survey question "What it about that makes you angry?", we find most common reason was human actions causing change. Respondents frequently pointed responsible agents, especially politicians. Controlling for other emotions, socio-demographics, strength differentially related three types engagement; strongest predictor self-reported activism, positively policy support, not individual mitigation efforts. Among those reporting anger, directing towards qualities or consistently behavior, activism while referring agents either. 'Contrarian' reflecting skepticism threat dissatisfaction with measures, constituted 10% had a negative effect on all outcomes. Overall, both are relevant Our findings illustrate need avoid simplistic discussions emotions their motivational potential.

Language: Английский

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Perceived impacts of the Fridays for Future climate movement on environmental concern and behaviour in Switzerland

Sustainability Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(5), P. 2219 - 2244

Published: June 30, 2023

Abstract Calling for increased action on climate change, Fridays Future (FFF) quickly gained momentum around the world and became highly visible through strikes protests in more than 150 countries. Considering its scale magnitude, questions about impact of this newly emerging movement arise. This article is based a survey investigating perception Swiss residents ( N = 1206) how FFF Greta Thunberg’s activism changed their environmental awareness behaviour. We found that public by large perceives Thunberg positively, considerable share participants report (30%) (23%), respectively, positively influenced concern Structural equation modelling revealed strength behaviour change motivation depended mainly participant evaluated Thunberg. The latter was general attitudes, education level negatively acceptance justifications environmentally harmful behaviours. Participants reported positive changes most frequently private sphere behaviours, particularly domains mobility, consumption waste, whereas few were reported. Next to gains, also reinforcement existing pro-environmental Although influence sympathisers stronger, some those sceptical strike changes, indicating unconvinced have extent been reached.

Language: Английский

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Intergenerational solidarities for climate healing: the case for critical methodologies and decolonial research practices

Children s Geographies, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 10

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

In this viewpoint paper, we argue that the predominance of single-generation research approaches in growing literature on youth climate activism risks obscuring intergenerational nature youth(-led) often encompasses people many ages enmeshed cross-generational support structures working collaboratively for change. The partitioning generations is rooted adultist tendencies, which are turn colonial logics segment human lifespan and subordinate young people's perspectives experiences. Towards resisting often-unquestioned taxonomies, while more fully accounting complexities activism, draw our own others' recent to advocate selected critical methodologies related decolonial practices—emphasizing arts-based participatory methods as well long-term collaborations—that better enable scholar-activists aid accompany movement through action recognizes facilitates solidarities. Doing so, argue, will not only accurately reflect already-intergenerational movement, but also—through practices—foster powerful connections across lines can old imagine enact climate-just futures.

Language: Английский

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Who Is Taking Actions to Address Climate Change: Prevalence and Correlates of Actions to Address Climate Change in a Nationally Representative U.S. Sample of Adults

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(5), P. 1861 - 1861

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

Background: Climate change and sustainability are highly interconnected. Addressing climate requires major social collective action. The current study examined the prevalence of, factors associated with, four activism behaviors in a U.S. nationally representative sample. Methods: Data were derived from Pew Research Center American Trends Panel conducted April 2021 of 13,749 panelists. Key outcomes included (1) attending protest or rally addressing change, (2) volunteering for activity, (3) donating money to an organization focused on (4) contacting elected official urge them address change. Multivariable logistic regression models independent associations with psychosocial demographic variables. Results: A fourth (24.7%) participants reported engagement one more behaviors. Of those who activism, most (54.7%) only engaged activity. In multivariable models, individual significantly all action outcomes. Factors include network communications norms variables, such as encouragement take action, criticism not taking communication frequency. Discussion: This study’s findings indicate that over 41 million adults having donated prior year, 25 volunteered, 26 contacted official. association variables suggests importance training people talk about encourage others engage activism.

Language: Английский

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Emotional solidarity: social movements’ framing of migration

Social movement studies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 18

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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A new hope or phantom menace? Exploring climate emotions and public support for climate interventions across 30 countries

Risk Analysis, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 15, 2025

Abstract Emotions are central to human experiences of climate change. Empirical research demonstrates their importance for perceptions and climate‐related behaviors. The intensifying severity change prompts consideration emerging, potentially controversial technologies. Alongside mitigation adaptation, intervention proposes remove carbon dioxide from ambient air (carbon removal, CDR) or reflect sunlight away the Earth (solar radiation modification, SRM). Although such options arouse emotional reactions diverse kinds, intersection between emotions has received limited attention. This article employed a unique, global dataset with 30,284 participants across 30 countries (in 19 languages) provide insights on 3 questions. We first leveraged map incidence fear, hope, anger, sadness, worry countries—the time adults investigated this scale. also identified significant differences in by level development, those advanced economies reporting weaker levels emotions. Second, using multiple linear regression analyses, we explored relationship support climate‐intervention determined that hope seem be most consistently (positively) correlated. Third, if reading about technology categories differentially affected Individuals randomly assigned read ecosystems‐based CDR were significantly more hopeful (those SRM least). Together, our results global‐level evidence discrete interventions.

Language: Английский

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The Role of Emotions in Climate Activism

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Abstract Emotions are part of action; they can mobilize and demobilize, energize or deenergize, strengthen collective identity divide activists, also play a key role in strategic decision making lifestyle choices. The analysis the emotional dimension social movements allows comprehending how activists understand world around them, give meaning to their experience, act consequently. This chapter discusses climate emotions (i.e., those that people feel with experience change), from sociocultural approach, focusing on activism, not effects mental health nonactivist population. Additionally, it examines moral affective commitments characterize activism. will debate relevance knowing strategies emotion management develop order up burn out, feelings share, which contribute culture movement.

Language: Английский

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Fridays For Future

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 20, 2025

Abstract The Fridays For Future (FFF) movement started when Greta Thunberg and other young people, striking from school on to bring attention climate change, chose such a name for their group in September 2018. Like many contemporary movements, it with hashtag (#FridaysForFuture) developed astonishing speed into worldwide youth the climate. After experience of global pandemic, still engaged numerous old activists more than 65 countries. This chapter summarizes existing research provides (1) brief history FFF, focusing significant strikes demonstrations, including expansion Europe, North America, Global South; (2) demographic description activists—both across globe; (3) mobilizing structures strategies (e.g., hybridization at times pandemic); (4) discussion challenges main achievements movement.

Language: Английский

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El inicio de carreras activistas en el nuevo ecologismo juvenil. Una perspectiva interaccionista desde el actor

Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 190, P. 111 - 118

Published: April 7, 2025

En este artículo mostramos los comienzos de las carreras activistas aquellos jóvenes que protestaron contra la crisis climática a partir intensas movilizaciones 2019. La noción carrera, como sucesión cambios con una dimensión objetiva y subjetiva, permite mostrar cómo se involucraron nuevos activistas, el proceso aprendizaje estabilización participación elementos pueden sostener o frustrar implicación continuada. Para ello realizamos investigación cualitativa incluye observaciones participantes entrevistas en Fridays For Future Extinction Rebellion. Los resultados muestran dos claves: importancia emociones, activando marcos creando motivaciones para participación, necesidad afinidad del participante colectivo normas, estrategias perfil, produciendo procesos auto-selección.

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Feeling for the Anthropocene: affective relations and ecological activism in the global South

International Affairs, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 100(2), P. 731 - 749

Published: Feb. 5, 2024

Abstract How do emotions shape ecological activism in the global South? Despite growing interest researching International Relations (IR), there hasn't been much work that draws insights from South due to predominant focus on western societies. Against backdrop of recent ‘relational’, ‘emotional’ and ‘Anthropocene’ turns IR scholarship, this article examines how can contribute South. The seeks move beyond dominant rationalist technocratic fixes Anthropocene condition conceptualize ‘affective relations’ as a frame for situating sustaining relations between humans nature. It argues ‘international’ is relational sphere society—and act purveyor those social relations. Empirically, historical Chipko (tree-hugging) movement India. feelings non-violent practice (in their hugging trees, silent demonstrations, protest slogans, street plays, songs performances) become sites resistance India's movement. Finally, explains affective sustain humans, nature state.

Language: Английский

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