Climate change attitudes across the political spectrum: the role of local temperatures and global political events
Thursday, 26th June at 12:00 pm an hybrid EIEE Seminar-Webinar will be held by Catarina Midões.
Climate change has taken hold of weather patterns and partly of policy making discussions. I investigate to what extent these two factors have influenced attitudes towards climate change in Europe. I merge responses to Waves 8 and 10 of the European Social Survey (ESS) with daily gridded temperature data, and I explore two COP meetings which took place during the ESS interviews. Not all COP meetings have increased concern about climate change; however, COP26 did so, for centrist and particularly for right-wing individuals. Regarding weather patterns, I find that climate anomalies drive increased concern along the political spectrum. Nonetheless, single low (high) temperature events (incorrectly) drive concern down (up) among less-educated individuals in the center and on the right. Although more concerned, right-wing individuals have remained equally skeptical of the effectiveness of climate policies, implying that barriers to policy support might be thick.
Online participation: https://cmcc-it.zoom.us/j/
