Which factors predict engagement with climate change,

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2011 and 2025, spanning 7 journals. Those papers have been cited 801 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Climate change litigation in the news: litigation as public campaigning tool to legitimize climate-related responsibilities and solutions (2023) · Social movement studies · cited 25× · doi

  With climate change litigation (CCL) being increasingly used by climate activists, its consequences for public discourses on climate change warrants attention.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate change litigation increasingly used activists consequences public discourses warrants attention
• Campus Climate Action Plan Legacies and Implementation Dynamics: An Integrated Assessment Method Should Be Used That Simultaneously Considers Quantitative and Qualitative, Direct and Indirect, Outcomes (2014) · Planning for higher education

  Despite rising climate awareness in recent years, public understanding and involvement in climate planning actions remains insufficient (Wheeler 2008).

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate despite rising awareness recent years public understanding involvement planning actions remains insufficient wheeler
• Investigating the Long-Term Impacts of Climate Change Communications on Individuals’ Attitudes and Behavior (2012) · Environment and Behavior · cited 91× · doi

  This article offers an example study and a discussion of the challenges of conducting long-term investigations of behavioral change related to climate change communications (a vital and underresearched area).

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: change article offers example discussion challenges conducting long term investigations behavioral related climate communications vital
• Far-right narratives of climate change acceptance and their role in addressing climate skepticism (2023) · The Journal of Environmental Education · cited 7× · doi

  <p>As research on far-right climate change communication focuses on climate skepticisms, little is known about how the far-right justifies climate acceptance—and what this might mean for environmental education and counter-communication.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate right communication change focuses skepticisms little known justifies acceptance mean environmental education counter
• More than entertainment: YouTube and public responses to the science of global warming and climate change (2014) · Social Science Information · cited 81× · doi

  The public receives and presents science-related information on global warming and climate change in many forms, but little is known about how this information is conveyed through the Internet.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: information public receives presents science related global warming climate change forms little known conveyed internet
• Cutting emissions, halting biodiversity loss: climate change solutions in the language of UK politicians and UK climate activists, 2018–2020 (2025) · Text and Talk · cited 1× · doi

  Abstract Activists and politicians are important groups in the context of climate change discourse but have thus far rarely been studied in terms of their discursive constructions of climate change solutions, especially via big data methods.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate change abstract activists politicians important groups context discourse thus rarely studied terms discursive constructions
• The effects of communicating climate change threat: mobilizing anger and authoritarian affect displacement (2024) · Environmental Sociology · cited 5× · doi

  Research on climate change communication has made important contributions to our understanding of how to effectively inform and mobilize the public for climate action and yet open questions remain, not least because existing results are at times inconclusive or incomplete.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate change communication made important contributions understanding effectively inform mobilize public action open questions remain
• Personally Relevant Climate Change (2011) · Environment and Behavior · cited 591× · doi

  However, little is known about which factors predict engagement with climate change, and which messaging strategies are most effective.

  generalabstractevidence 3/5
  Keywords: little known factors predict engagement climate change messaging strategies effective

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