Public engagement with climate change: the role of human values

Corner, Adam J., Markowitz, Ezra and Pidgeon, Nicholas Frank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8991-0398 2014. Public engagement with climate change: the role of human values. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 5 (3) , pp. 411-422. 10.1002/wcc.269

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Additional Information:	Published online before print 21 Jan 2014.
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1757-7780
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	03 May 2023 12:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56829

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