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

• Published in: Climatic change Vol. 178; no. 7; p. 126
• Main Authors: Grüner, Sven, Mußhoff, Oliver
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• 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

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...