A diversity science approach to climate change
Adam R. Pearson1 and Jonathon P. Schuldt2, 1Pomona College, Claremont, CA, United States, 2Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Abstract
This chapter reviews psychological research on diversity and its implications for understanding public engagement with climate change. Meaningful and timely action on climate change will require engaging a diverse set of stakeholders, both within and between nations, in order to develop and implement more effective mitigation and adaptation policies; as such, there is an urgent need to better understand factors that drive differential engagement within increasingly diverse, pluralistic societies. In this chapter, we draw from current psychological ...
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