Public perceptions of climate tipping points

Public Understanding of Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 32(8), С. 1033 - 1047

Опубликована: Июнь 28, 2023

Coverage of climate tipping points has rapidly increased over the past 20 years. Despite this upsurge, there been precious little research into how public perceives these abrupt and/or irreversible large-scale risks. This article provides a nationally representative view on perceptions and possible societal responses to them ( n = 1773). Developing mixed-methods survey with cultural cognition theory, it shows that awareness among British is low. The doubtful about future effectiveness humanity’s response change in general, significantly more its specifically. Significantly people an egalitarian worldview judge likely be crossed significant threat humanity. All received strong support. ends by considering prospects for ‘cultural elements’ tip support policies across divergent worldviews.

Язык: Английский

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Fueling protest? Climate change mitigation, fuel prices and protest onset

World Development, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 177, С. 106536 - 106536

Опубликована: Янв. 23, 2024

Mitigating global warming requires a rapid reduction in the use of fossil fuels which form foundation modern economies. Fossil fuel is crucial for minimizing future loss and damage associated with changing climate, but challenging task. In diverse contexts, climate-friendly policies that increased prices have sparked massive, at times violent, protests, ultimately leading to reversal those policies. However, what extent under conditions affect protest more generally poorly understood. Addressing this gap, we study how likelihood onset. We theorize increases may create economic grievances through their impacts on cost living income. also suggest following such price would be particularly high where attribution blame government feasible, as subsidizing states, well when governments are seen being able provide remedy petroleum producing states. evaluate our theoretical framework using country-level monthly statistics 2003–2015, combining data gasoline, policies, country characteristics, subject results placebo sensitivity tests. Our finds gasoline hikes increase onset across sample. line framework, find evidence clustering relationships presence subsidies oil production, (in)action tends higher. These highlight need policymakers anticipate public responses increases. This lays groundwork detailed investigations into subsidy tax reforms.

Язык: Английский

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Finding tipping points in the global steel sector: A comparison of companies in Australia, Austria, South Korea and the USA

Global Environmental Change, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 86, С. 102846 - 102846

Опубликована: Май 1, 2024

The global steel sector is responsible for 7% of greenhouse gas emissions, highlighting the need significant changes in production practices and adoption low-carbon breakthrough technologies to achieve net-zero emissions. This study was conducted explore positive tipping points at company level, taking into account socio-political, economic industry pressures that initiate process. operationalizes using Triple Embededdness Framework, which incorporates indicators from socio-political environment, as well regime companies. An analysis performed secondary data four companies: BlueScope (Australia), POSCO (South Korea), voestalpine (Austria), U.S. Steel (USA). findings indicate on verge reaching a point, also promising track. In contrast, both are lagging behind. process, national policies play critical role expediting transition frontrunners, while climate policy has greater leverage by influencing producers who operate less stringent context. Additionally, customer demand serves driving force innovation can incentivize steelmakers produce products.

Язык: Английский

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Extending from Adaptation to Resilience Pathways: Perspectives from the Conceptual Framework to Key Insights

Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2025

The extent and timescale of climate change impacts remain uncertain, including global temperature increase, sea level rise, more frequent intense extreme events. Uncertainties are compounded by cascading effects. Nevertheless, decision-makers must take action. Adaptation pathways, an approach for developing dynamic adaptive policymaking, widely considered suitable planning urban or regional adaptation, but often lack integration measures disaster risk management. This article emphasizes the need to strengthen Pathways bringing together explicitly slow-onset sudden disasters within framework Resilience Pathways. It explores key features Pathways—such as thresholds, performance assessments, visual tools—to enhance their capacity address events foster Climate Change Disaster Risk Management.

Язык: Английский

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Transitions to plant-based diets: the role of societal tipping points

Current Opinion in Food Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 51, С. 101015 - 101015

Опубликована: Март 17, 2023

Changing diets toward more plant-based on a large scale could provide huge contribution to reducing humanities impact the environment.However, behavior change is typically slow, particularly for culturally ingrained and socially dependent behaviors such as food dietary choice.A concept suggesting potential rapid changes, though, 'societal tipping points'.This review explains background of using literature from systems theory, innovation adoption, network consumer behavior.Theories well recent research insights suggest that short-and long-term actions are needed move niche across point becoming large-scale behavior.

Язык: Английский

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