We comment on Liu and Sibley’s examination of cross-national differences in the relationship between perceptions of global warming and intentions to make per-sonal sacrifices for the environment. First, although self-sacrifice is not necessary for pro-environmental action, the authors ’ outcome measure conflates intentions to act and self-sacrifice. In addition to being problematic at the individual level, this framing may result in cross-national differences in meaning. Second, for de-veloped nations, the authors seem to downplay the importance of external factors that can affect behavior. We expand by discussing barriers to action that cannot be surmounted by individuals ’ intentions alone. Across 34 nations, Liu and Sibley (2012) found t...
Awareness and concern about climate change are widespread. But rates of pro-environmental behaviour ...
The effect of self-efficacy on pro-environmental intentions was studied in thirty five individuals. ...
Social concerns with the imperative of environmentally sustainable life-styles sit rather awkwardly ...
Climate change appears to be a classic aggregation problem, in which billions of individuals perform...
Although not definitive, the authors\u27 study suggests potential benefits from having a general pub...
This article hypothesizes that individuals' environmental attitudes depend not only on their knowled...
International audienceSeveral scientists have shown the importance of mitigating global warming and ...
In order to effectively mitigate climate change, people need to adopt environmentally-friendly actio...
In this essay, three separate yet interconnected components of pro-environmental decision making are...
Despite the widespread recognition of climate change as the single biggest global threat, the willin...
Environmental values and identities, at the personal and group level, motivate individuals’ climate ...
To combat anthropogenic climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced. Though one pers...
This dissertation is a comparative international study of attitudes towards climate change. Using mu...
In order to effectively mitigate climate change, people need to adopt environmentally-friendly actio...
The climate is changing, species are about to go extinct, and mountains of garbage are ever increasi...
Awareness and concern about climate change are widespread. But rates of pro-environmental behaviour ...
The effect of self-efficacy on pro-environmental intentions was studied in thirty five individuals. ...
Social concerns with the imperative of environmentally sustainable life-styles sit rather awkwardly ...
Climate change appears to be a classic aggregation problem, in which billions of individuals perform...
Although not definitive, the authors\u27 study suggests potential benefits from having a general pub...
This article hypothesizes that individuals' environmental attitudes depend not only on their knowled...
International audienceSeveral scientists have shown the importance of mitigating global warming and ...
In order to effectively mitigate climate change, people need to adopt environmentally-friendly actio...
In this essay, three separate yet interconnected components of pro-environmental decision making are...
Despite the widespread recognition of climate change as the single biggest global threat, the willin...
Environmental values and identities, at the personal and group level, motivate individuals’ climate ...
To combat anthropogenic climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced. Though one pers...
This dissertation is a comparative international study of attitudes towards climate change. Using mu...
In order to effectively mitigate climate change, people need to adopt environmentally-friendly actio...
The climate is changing, species are about to go extinct, and mountains of garbage are ever increasi...
Awareness and concern about climate change are widespread. But rates of pro-environmental behaviour ...
The effect of self-efficacy on pro-environmental intentions was studied in thirty five individuals. ...
Social concerns with the imperative of environmentally sustainable life-styles sit rather awkwardly ...