The “power of direct experience” can change attitudes on climate change, researchers say. But whether it spurs people to action is less clear.
Still, weather events have the potential to affect people’s attitudes and behavior, research has shown, though many other factors play a role, a 2021 study from Princeton University concluded.
As a whole, Americans have a complicated relationship with climate change, research shows. Polling by Leiserowitz and other researchersfound that about half of Americans surveyed think U.S. residents are being harmed by global warming “right now” and 47 percent say they have personally experienced its effects. A full 50 percent think people in their communities will be harmed by global warming.
People are also influenced, however, by their emotional responses to the disaster, their values, what people around them say, what they see in the news and on social media, and what they hear from leaders, Leiserowitz said. With Americans on a spectrum from dismissive to alarmed about climate change, their preexisting attitudes also play a role, he said.
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