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The Psychology of Climate Change

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The Psychology of Climate Change investigates why our attitudes towards the environment are often resistant to change. The authors, Geoffrey Beattie and Laura McGuire, explore cognitive biases that affect how people perceive and respond to climate change. They assess why many public initiatives fail to prompt behavioural shifts and discuss the impact of climate change denial on global efforts to protect the planet. The book emphasises the urgency of adopting new ways of thinking to effectively tackle environmental issues.
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Ideal for students, educators, policymakers, and anyone interested in environmental psychology and effective climate action strategies.

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This book offers a psychological perspective on the current thinking on climate change, an issue of major global importance. The authors seek to demonstrate that there is a significant psychological issue connected with climate change in relation to the development of the climate change ‘debate’.

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What explains our attitudes towards the environment? Why do so many climate change initiatives fail? How can we do more to prevent humans damaging the environment?

The Psychology of Climate Change explores the evidence for our changing environment and suggests that there are significant cognitive biases in how we think about, and act on climate change. The authors examine how organisations have attempted to mobilise the public in the fight against climate change, but these initiatives have often failed due to the public’s unwillingness to adapt their behaviour. The book also explores why some people deny climate change altogether and the influence that these climate change deniers can have on global action to mitigate further damage.

By analysing our attitudes to the environment, The Psychology of Climate Change argues that we must think differently about climate change to protect our planet, as a matter of great urgency.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138484528

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 October 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 112

About the Author

Geoffrey Beattie is Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University and in recent years a Masters supervisor on the Sustainability Leadership Programme at the University of Cambridge and a Visiting Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Laura McGuire is a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University. She was a Research Assistant at the University of Manchester from 2007 to 2011 and then worked as a Research Assistant at the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester from 2011 to 2012. Her research focus is on possible psychological barriers which prevent people living a more sustainable lifestyle in the context of the threat posed by climate change and tackling this very major issue from an interdisciplinary perspective.

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