DOI: 10.1007/s10584-017-2005-1
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85026457206
论文题名: The influence of learning about carbon dioxide removal (CDR) on support for mitigation policies
作者: Campbell-Arvai V. ; Hart P.S. ; Raimi K.T. ; Wolske K.S.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2017
卷: 143, 期: 2018-03-04 起始页码: 321
结束页码: 336
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Carbon capture
; Carbon dioxide
; Clock and data recovery circuits (CDR circuits)
; Education
; Reforestation
; Risk management
; Surveys
; Carbon dioxide removal
; Carbon emissions
; Indirect effects
; Mitigation policies
; Moral hazard
; Online surveys
; Public sentiments
; Risk compensations
; Climate change
; carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; climate change
; emission control
; environmental policy
; reforestation
; strategic approach
; United States
英文摘要: A wide range of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) strategies has been proposed to address climate change. As most CDR strategies are unfamiliar to the public, it is unknown how increased media and policy attention on CDR might affect public sentiment about climate change. On the one hand, CDR poses a potential moral hazard: if people perceive that CDR solves climate change, they may be less likely to support efforts to reduce carbon emissions. On the other hand, the need for CDR may increase the perceived severity of climate change and, thus, increase support for other types of mitigation. Using an online survey of US adults (N = 984), we tested these competing hypotheses by exposing participants to information about different forms of CDR. We find that learning about certain CDR strategies indirectly reduces support for mitigation policies by reducing the perceived threat of climate change. This was found to be true for participants who read about CDR in general (without mention of specific strategies), bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, or direct air capture. Furthermore, this risk compensation pattern was more pronounced among political conservatives than liberals—although in some cases, was partially offset by positive direct effects. Learning about reforestation, by contrast, had no indirect effects on mitigation support through perceived threat but was found to directly increase support among conservatives. The results suggest caution is warranted when promoting technological fixes to climate change, like CDR, as some forms may further dampen support for climate change action among the unengaged. © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/83967
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Communication Studies | Program in the Environment, University of Michigan, 5417 NQ, 105 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, 701 Tappan Ave., Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, 1155 E 60th St, Chicago, IL, United States
Recommended Citation:
Campbell-Arvai V.,Hart P.S.,Raimi K.T.,et al. The influence of learning about carbon dioxide removal (CDR) on support for mitigation policies[J]. Climatic Change,2017-01-01,143(2018-03-04)