Public support for climate adaptation aid and migrants: a conjoint experiment in Japan

Abstract We examine public support in Japan for overseas climate adaptation assistance via foreign aid and accepting immigrants. Using a survey-embedded conjoint experiment ( N = 2815), we focus on seven attributes of an adaptation policy package: (a) the continent in which the country is located; (...

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Published inEnvironmental research letters Vol. 16; no. 12; pp. 124073 - 124083
Main Authors Uji, Azusa, Song, Jaehyun, Dolšak, Nives, Prakash, Aseem
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol IOP Publishing 01.12.2021
Subjects
Adaptation
aid
Climate adaptation
Climate change
conjoint analysis
Exports
Extreme weather
Immigrants
Immigration
migration
public support
survey experiment
Japan
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Summary:Abstract We examine public support in Japan for overseas climate adaptation assistance via foreign aid and accepting immigrants. Using a survey-embedded conjoint experiment ( N = 2815), we focus on seven attributes of an adaptation policy package: (a) the continent in which the country is located; (b) the types of extreme weather event this country faces; (c) the volume of climate aid; (d) the number of climate migrants (e) Japanese exports; (f) Japanese imports, (g) the country’s record of voting with Japan in the United Nations. We find that while respondents are indifferent to aid volume, their support diminishes as the number of migrants increases. Moreover, support is higher for Asian countries, that provide export markets, vote with Japan, and where the effects of climate change are gradual. Importantly, we find that public support is not influenced by benchmarking of Japan’s or peer G7 countries’ past aid or immigration levels.
Bibliography:ERL-111671.R2
ISSN:1748-9326
1748-9326
DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ac3b7b