What, in your view, needs to happen to
shift public opinion on climate change?
In a paper entitled, «
Shifting public opinion on climate change: an empirical assessment of factors influencing concern over climate change in the U.S.,» published in the journal Climatic Change, researchers at Drexel University, McGill University, and Ohio State University showed that the stated positions of politicians and other «elites» in society is the major factor driving public opinion.
Not exact matches
It's easy for people to get confused about immense inertia of
public opinion on climate change because advocacy pollsters are constantly «messaging» an «upsurge,» «
shift,» «swing» etc. in
public perceptions of
climate change.
A survey conducted
on behalf of SPIEGEL found a dramatic
shift in
public opinion — Germans are losing their fear of
climate change.
Shifts in
public opinion on climate change are tied to efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups.