ICPS
2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021
Implications of COVID-19 for Efficacy and Action on Climate Change
- Cindy Frantz
Oberlin College - Daniel Chapman
See Change Institute - Mikaela de Lemos
Oberlin College - Jessie Yuan
Oberlin College - Hale Forster
See Change Institute - Beth Karlin
See Change Institute
Abstract
COVID-19 has changed behavior, carbon emissions, and environmental quality. Does this impact our sense of humans’ ability to collectively respond to the threat of climate change? Using Protection Motivation Theory, we found that stories about COVID-19 increased efficacy and behavioral intentions to address climate change, even among climate change deniers.
Climate Change
