The lack of effective policies on climate denial

The gap

Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2008 and 2026, spanning 8 journals. Those papers have been cited 57 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 8 representative gaps

• Climate knowledge or climate debate? (2024) · Terminology International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Issues in Specialized Communication · cited 1× · doi

  Abstract While media coverage of climate change has been shown to imply selective knowledge transformation ( Carvalho 2007 ; Brand & Brunnengräber 2012 ; Kunelius & Roosvall 2021 ), studies assessing the potential for climate experts’ terminology to acquire ideological undertones as it enters mediatic discourses are still scarce.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: climate abstract media coverage change imply selective knowledge transformation carvalho brand brunnengr kunelius roosvall assessing
• The climate-change bubbles thesis: Rethinking communication in a climate crisis (2026) · Journal of Environmental Media · doi

  The lack of effective policies on climate denial on YouTube. The need for a better understanding of the spread of climate denialist claims on social media. The need for a more effective approach to climate change communication.

  generalstated research gapevidence 5/5
  Keywords: lack effective policies climate denial youtube need better
• 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
• Klimato kaita: socialinio rizikos suvokimo ir žiniasklaidos diskurso Lietuvoje konfigūracijos (2008) · Sociologija Mintis ir veiksmas · cited 3× · doi

  The debates on climate change in mass media in Lithuania is lacking the critical discussions on climate change causes and effects on the one side, and the issues of social consequences and adaptation to climate change on the other side.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate change side debates mass media lithuania lacking critical discussions causes effects issues social consequences
• From Global Doom to Sustainable Solutions: International News Magazines’ Multimodal Framing of our Future with Climate Change (2021) · Journalism Studies · cited 40× · doi

  However, research on media’s framing of climate change has only sparsely investigated future visions, although media effect studies assume that characteristics of climate futures, including their visual representation, can motivate people to act.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: media climate framing change sparsely investigated future visions effect assume characteristics futures including visual representation
• 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
• Aotearoa New Zealand Climate and Environmental Journalists: Profiles, Practices, and Perspectives (2024) · Journalism and Media · cited 1× · doi

  The research notes the journalists believe climate and environmental reportage has increased in Aotearoa New Zealand in recent years although the level of coverage is still insufficient, and there are ongoing struggles to locate climate and environmental journalism within existing news frames.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: climate environmental notes journalists believe reportage increased aotearoa zealand recent years level coverage still insufficient
• Anti-institutionalism and climate delay: an analysis of a climate change debate on the Lex Fridman podcast (2026) · English Teaching Practice & Critique · doi

  Research limitations/implications While not generalizable, the findings clarify how influencer media blend anti-institutional framing and climate delay, offering a template for further work on digital media literacy and climate communication.

  generalabstractevidence 4/5
  Keywords: media climate limitations implications generalizable clarify influencer blend anti institutional framing delay offering template further

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