Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany
Abstract Climate movements have gained momentum in recent years, aiming to create public awareness of the consequences of climate change through salient climate protests. This paper investigates whether concerns about climate change increase following demonstrative protests and confrontational acts...
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| description | Abstract Climate movements have gained momentum in recent years, aiming to create public awareness of the consequences of climate change through salient climate protests. This paper investigates whether concerns about climate change increase following demonstrative protests and confrontational acts of civil disobedience. Leveraging individual-level survey panel data from Germany, we exploit exogenous variations in the timing of climate protests relative to survey interview dates to compare climate change concerns in the days before and after a protest (N = 24,535). Following climate protests, we find increases in concerns about climate change by, on average, 1.2 percentage points. Further, we find no statistically significant evidence that concerns of any subpopulation decreased after climate protests. Lastly, the increase in concerns following protests is highest when concern levels before the protests are low. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-430539dacb6a4328ac57090555daa8832024-04-07T11:23:47ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-04-011511910.1038/s41467-024-46477-4Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in GermanyJohannes Brehm0Henri Gruhl1RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Berlin OfficeRWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research, Berlin OfficeAbstract Climate movements have gained momentum in recent years, aiming to create public awareness of the consequences of climate change through salient climate protests. This paper investigates whether concerns about climate change increase following demonstrative protests and confrontational acts of civil disobedience. Leveraging individual-level survey panel data from Germany, we exploit exogenous variations in the timing of climate protests relative to survey interview dates to compare climate change concerns in the days before and after a protest (N = 24,535). Following climate protests, we find increases in concerns about climate change by, on average, 1.2 percentage points. Further, we find no statistically significant evidence that concerns of any subpopulation decreased after climate protests. Lastly, the increase in concerns following protests is highest when concern levels before the protests are low.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46477-4 |
| spellingShingle | Johannes Brehm Henri Gruhl Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany Nature Communications |
| title | Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany |
| title_full | Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany |
| title_fullStr | Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany |
| title_short | Increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in Germany |
| title_sort | increase in concerns about climate change following climate strikes and civil disobedience in germany |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-46477-4 |
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