It’s getting dark, but we will see: Gaining collective momentum in face of existential environmental threat

Global Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2

Published: April 30, 2024

Collective action to protect the environment is increasingly moving into focus of environmental psychology. Also policy makers are well-advised consider dynamics collective as a vehicle swift ecological transformations societies. A sense agency (vs. treating citizens reluctant consumers) proposed drive people supporting and engaging in personal political against large-scale crises, such climate change. The Global Environmental Psychology special section, “Responding Socio-Ecological Crisis: Action Activism”, presents nine empirical research articles that help assess antecedences consequences agency. present commentary discusses what specific contributions these papers better understand emergence their implications for future field social

Language: Английский

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What kinds of speeches motivate climate action?

Royal Society Open Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

The scientific evidence on the harmful consequences of climate change is clear yet appeals to alone may not be enough inspire sufficient action. We analysed effectiveness four different speeches in video format delivered by a Global South politician strengthen psychological bonding with humanity at large and motivate action form donations samples from US, UK Africa. Each speech focused one core argument: evidence, morality, globally shared life experiences or humanity's ancestry. All significantly increased donations. On average, were equally effective increasing that appealed ancestry had stronger effect than other three made participants feel less sad, angry helpless morality. also present effects Western academic we discuss implications our findings for future research practical efforts

Language: Английский

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Imagination, disruption and complexity: Strengthening psychological scholarship of activism and collective action

Global Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2

Published: April 30, 2024

This special issue brings together studies that focus on psychological, social and societal factors related to activism collective action in the context of environmental climate crisis. The builds an underdeveloped psychological literature mobilisation, cohesion, resistance. perspective article synthesises key theoretical, methodological, policy insights articles issue. discusses how contribute our knowledge imagination, disruptive tactics, distance geopolitical context. also ways extend existing scholarship through justice, participatory methods, inclusive scholarship.

Language: Английский

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Responding to the socio-ecological crisis: Activism and collective action

Global Environmental Psychology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2

Published: April 30, 2024

Language: Английский

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