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"A quick search on the internet for “climate change images” readily yields the
familiar photograph of a lone polar bear on a shrinking block of ice. Despite
signifying an impending crisis, such images make climate change seem abstract –
happening a long way off (for most of us), to animals we’ve probably never
encountered.
The idea that climate change is perceived as “psychologically distant” –
happening in the future, in distant places, to other people or animals – has
long been presented as a major barrier to action on climate change.
Despite the intuitive appeal of this idea, new research published today in the
journal
One Earth by behavioural scientists at the University of Groningen
now challenges it. The authors argue the psychological distance of climate
change has been overestimated – according to their results, most people view
climate change as “psychologically close”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
