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Public engagement with climate change: the role of human values
Author(s) -
Corner Adam,
Markowitz Ezra,
Pidgeon Nick
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: climate change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.678
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1757-7799
pISSN - 1757-7780
DOI - 10.1002/wcc.269
Subject(s) - climate change , public engagement , perception , human values , value (mathematics) , political science , environmental ethics , public relations , sociology , environmental resource management , psychology , social science , ecology , environmental science , philosophy , neuroscience , machine learning , computer science , biology
A long history of interdisciplinary research highlights the powerful role that human values play in shaping individuals' engagement with environmental issues. That certain values are supportive of proenvironmental orientation and behavior is now well established. But as the challenge of communicating the risks of climate change has grown increasingly urgent, there has been a rise in interest around how values shape public engagement with this issue. In the current paper, we review the growing body of work that explores the role of human values (and the closely related concept of cultural worldviews) in public engagement with climate change. Following a brief conceptual overview of values and their relationship to environmental engagement in general, we then provide a review of the literature linking value‐orientations and engagement with climate change. We also review both academic and ‘gray’ literature from civil society organizations that has focused on how public messages about climate change should be framed, and discuss the significance of research on human values for climate change communication strategies. This article is categorized under: Perceptions, Behavior, and Communication of Climate Change > Perceptions of Climate Change