Abstract

Research reveals that a “finite pool of worry” constrains concern about and action on climate change. Nevertheless, a longitudinal panel survey of 1,858 UK residents, surveyed in April 2019 and June 2020, reveals little evidence for diminishing climate change concern during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further, the sample identifies climate change as a bigger threat than COVID-19. The findings suggest climate change has become an intransigent concern within UK public consciousness.

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Copyright © 2021 the Author(s). Published by PNAS. This open access article is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Evensen, D., Whitmarsh, L., Bartie, P., Devine-Wright, P., Dickie, J., Varley, A., Ryder, S. & Mayer, A. 2021, 'Effect of "finite pool of worry" and COVID-19 on UK climate change perceptions', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(3), article no: e2018936118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018936118

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