Behavioral climate change: does thinking about future consequences of climate change affect risk preferences and cooperation?

Human-made climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. This paper examines how thinking about future consequences of climate change influences decision-making. Using priming experiments, we address ambiguity preferences, risk preferences, and willingness to cooperate a...

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Published inClimatic change Vol. 178; no. 7; p. 126
Main Authors Grüner, Sven, Mußhoff, Oliver
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2025
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
21st century
Atmospheric Sciences
Behavior
Climate change
Climate change influences
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Cooperation
Decision making
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Economics
Farmers
Influence
Risk aversion
Social norms
Sociology
Students
Climate change
Risk
Subject pools
Cooperation
Priming experiments
Ambiguity
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Summary:Human-made climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century. This paper examines how thinking about future consequences of climate change influences decision-making. Using priming experiments, we address ambiguity preferences, risk preferences, and willingness to cooperate among farmers, students, and representatives of the general population of Germany. The results show that farmers (who were asked specifically about the consequences for their profession) – but not students or representatives of the general population – increase their investments in uncertain assets. There are also common patterns across the subject pools, most notably willingness to cooperate remains largely unchanged.
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ISSN:0165-0009
1573-1480
DOI:10.1007/s10584-025-03968-7