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Counteracting climate denial: A systematic review.

Laila Mendy¹, Mikael Karlsson¹, Daniel Lindvall¹

¹Uppsala University, Sweden.

Public Understanding of Science (Bristol, England)

|January 20, 2024

Summary

This review explores effective strategies to counteract widespread climate change denial. It identifies interventions like education and message framing, offering guidance for tailored approaches to foster climate action.

Keywords:

climate change denial public understanding of science science attitudes and perceptions

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Climate Change Communication

Background:

Climate change denial persists despite scientific consensus.
Limited research systematically examines effective counter-strategies for climate denial.

Purpose of the Study:

To review and analyze research on counteracting climate denial.
To assess the effectiveness and intentions behind various intervention strategies.

Main Methods:

Systematic selection and analysis of 65 scientific articles.
Exploration of intervention forms, effectiveness, and underlying intentions.

Main Results:

Identified intervention forms include education, message framing, and inoculation.
Intervention intentions range from improving climate science understanding to influencing mitigation attitudes.
Divergent findings exist regarding separating science from policy, emotional impacts, and long-term intervention effects.

Conclusions:

Effective counter-strategies require identifying the specific form of climate denial.
The purpose of intervention and the communicator's audience relationship are crucial considerations.
Tailoring interventions based on these factors is key to addressing climate denial.