, conservatives’ scepticism about climate change and its severity) remain underexplored.

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Beyond migration: a critical review of climate change induced displacement (2022) · doi

  However, in this article, we argue that there are uncertainties surrounding Climate Change Induced Displacement (CCID) that are partly caused by discursive ambiguity around the notion of ‘displacement’ – a concept that remains poorly defined in the context of climate change research – and a conflation between displacement due to quick-onset disaster events and the cumulative pressure of living in an environment marked by a disrupted climate.

  Keywords: climate displacement change article argue there uncertainties surrounding induced ccid partly caused discursive ambiguity around
• Climate Change Beliefs and Perceptions of Weather‐Related Changes in the United Kingdom (2014) · doi

  Relatively little is known about whether public concerns about climate change may also be associated with perceived changes in other weather-related events, such as precipitation or flooding.

  Keywords: relatively little known whether public concerns climate change associated perceived changes weather related events precipitation
• Go out or stress out? Exploring nature connectedness and cumulative stressors as resilience and vulnerability factors in different manifestations of climate anxiety (2024) · doi

  Nevertheless, research has often mixed different conceptualizations and operationalizations of climate anxiety, yielding sometimes seemingly contradictory findings.

  Keywords: nevertheless often mixed different conceptualizations operationalizations climate anxiety yielding sometimes seemingly contradictory
• Polarisation and echo chambers? Making sense of the climate issue with social media in everyday life (2023) · doi

  Our findings contribute to disentangling contradictory findings in the field through a discussion of how climate change is part of everyday communication.

  Keywords: contribute disentangling contradictory field discussion climate change part everyday communication
• Socioeconomic Roots of Climate Change Denial and Uncertainty among the European Population (2021) · doi

  Although considerable research on this phenomenon has been conducted, the roots of climate change disbelief are not yet fully understood.

  Keywords: considerable phenomenon conducted roots climate change disbelief fully understood
• Climate Change and Culpable Ignorance: The Case of Pseudoscience (2022) · doi

  Few studies have investigated the culpability of those who exhibit ignorance about climate change.

  Keywords: investigated culpability exhibit ignorance climate change
• Public Perception of Uncertainties Within Climate Change Science (2017) · doi

  Relatively little is known about how the public perceives this scientific uncertainty and how this relates to their concern about climate change.

  Keywords: relatively little known public perceives scientific uncertainty relates concern climate change
• A matter of time… consideration of future consequences and temporal distance contribute to the ideology gap in climate change scepticism (2021) · doi

  , conservatives’ scepticism about climate change and its severity) remain underexplored.

  Keywords: conservatives scepticism climate change severity remain underexplored