Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas

Citation

Evensen D, Whitmarsh L, Devine-Wright P, Dickie J, Bartie P, Foad C, Ryder S, Mayer A & Varley A (2023) Growing importance of climate change beliefs for attitudes towards gas. Nature Climate Change.

Abstract
Tense global politics, spikes in gas prices, and increasingly urgent warnings about climate change raise questions over the future use of natural gas. UK longitudinal survey data reveal beliefs about climate change increasingly reduce support for gas extraction between 2019 and 2022. Mounting connections between climate and gas use suggest growing opportunities for climate communication to lower support for all fossil fuels, not just the more carbon-intensive oil and coal.

Notes
Output Status: Forthcoming

Journal
Nature Climate Change

People

Dr Jennifer Dickie

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Adam Varley

Data Scientist, Biological and Environmental Sciences