Full Title: Americans’ Support for Climate Justice
Author(s): Jennifer P. Carman, Danning Lu, Matthew Ballew, Joshua Low, Marija Verner, Seth A. Rosenthal, Kristin Barendregt-Ludwig, Gerald Torres, Michel Gelobter, Kate McKenney, Irene Burga, Mark Magaña, Saad Amer, Romona Taylor Williams, Montana Burgess, Grace McRae, Annika Larson, Manuel Salgado, Leah Ndumi Kioko, Jennifer Marlon, and Anthony Leiserowitz
Publisher(s): ScienceDirect
Publication Date: December 21, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
Collaborating with climate justice practitioners, the authors conducted a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults (n = 1011) to measure and explore predictors of Americans’ climate justice beliefs and intentions to engage in related behaviors.They find that only about one-third of Americans have heard of climate justice, but about half of Americans support climate justice goals once they are explained. Support for climate justice is predicted by many factors, including views about global warming, perceptions of climate and racial injustice, cultural worldviews, and demographics including racial identity, gender, and political party/ideology. The study suggests a need to build public awareness of the term “climate justice,” the disproportionate harms of climate change, and how climate justice initiatives will address these harms. The study also illustrates how researchers might incorporate practitioner perspectives in national and international studies on climate justice.