世界银行-更多知情的公民会做出更好的气候政策决策吗？（英）-2024.9-33页_828kb

Summary of "Do More Informed Citizens Make Better Climate Policy Decisions?"

This paper by the World Bank challenges the assumption that greater knowledge about natural disasters leads to better climate policy decisions. Using data from the 2023 Life in Transition Survey across 37 countries, the analysis shows that accurate knowledge about past catastrophes is associated with lower climate change concern and policy preferences. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the results suggest psychological factors such as threat sensitivity and anxiety, rather than knowledge deficits, primarily shape public perceptions of climate risks. Individuals who overestimate catastrophe deaths exhibit heightened concern for climate change and greater willingness to pay higher taxes for mitigation policies.

The paper recommends that effective communication strategies must consider psychological dispositions like threat sensitivity when addressing climate change. Researchers also highlight limitations of fact-based approaches alone, emphasizing the need for nuanced approaches that acknowledge emotional and cognitive factors in public risk perception.