A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985807%3A_____%2F24%3A00597847" target="_blank" >RIV/67985807:_____/24:00597847 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41562-024-01928-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A 27-country test of communicating the scientific consensus on climate change
Original language description
Communicating the scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is real increases climate change beliefs, worry and support for public action in the United States. In this preregistered experiment, we tested two scientific consensus messages, a classic message on the reality of human-caused climate change and an updated message additionally emphasizing scientific agreement that climate change is a crisis. Across online convenience samples from 27 countries (n = 10,527), the classic message substantially reduces misperceptions (d = 0.47, 95% CI (0.41, 0.52)) and slightly increases climate change beliefs (from d = 0.06, 95% CI (0.01, 0.11) to d = 0.10, 95% CI (0.04, 0.15)) and worry (d = 0.05, 95% CI (−0.01, 0.10)) but not support for public action directly. The updated message is equally effective but provides no added value. Both messages are more effective for audiences with lower message familiarity and higher misperceptions, including those with lower trust in climate scientists and right-leaning ideologies. Overall, scientific consensus messaging is an effective, non-polarizing tool for changing misperceptions, beliefs and worry across different audiences.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Nature Human Behaviour
ISSN
2397-3374
e-ISSN
2397-3374
Volume of the periodical
8
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
1892-1905
UT code for WoS article
001297795000002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85202047386