Ballew, M.T. Leiserowitz, A., Roser-Renouf, C., Rosenthal, C. A., Kotcher, J. E., Marlon, J. R., Lyon, E., Goldberg, M. H. & Maibach, E. W. (2019) Climate change in the American mind: Data, tools, and trends, Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 61(3), 4-18. Web.
The study’s authors, research scientists, and professors completed the description of the data analysis explaining the phenomenon of climate change perception of Americans, consequently affecting social relationships and institutions. The public’s views of risks, shifting degrees of political division, and the general public’s apparent silence on the subject are all examined in this essay by academics investigating how Americans have regarded climate change over the previous ten years.
Furthermore, studies explore how these findings can help climate change communication efforts. According to their findings, support for legislation aimed at reducing global warming is comparatively high and has grown in recent years. Support for regulatory rules is lower than support for funding research into renewable energy sources. As experts point out in the article, there are significant trends to take into account when creating communication campaigns because the public’s perception of climate change is changing for the positive.
Thomas, K., Hardy, R. D., Lazrus, H., Mendez, M., Orlove, B., Rivera‐Collazo, I., Roberts, T., Rockman, M., Warner, B. P. & Winthrop, R. (2018). Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 10(2). e565. Web.
Diverse social, economic, ecological, and geopolitical variables that operate on multiple scales contribute to different levels of human vulnerability to climate change threats. The authors, researchers at different universities, focus on understanding the process from various perspectives. Resource availability, authority, culture, and knowledge, which the study approaches from four social science domains, are the main themes around which the examples and synthesis described in the article are organized.
Social scientific perspectives on human vulnerability focus critically on the underlying causes of the dangers posed by climate change and why individuals are compelled to adapt to them. A progressive social approach to vulnerability is most likely to enhance planning efforts for mitigation and adaptation since vulnerability is a multifaceted phenomenon rather than a permanent state. Three promising methods for differential vulnerability were identified in the research as a result of the review: mobility, unpredictability, and incremental change.