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The power of protest in the media: examining portrayals of climate activism in UK news

open access: yesHumanities and Social Sciences Communications
Over the last several years, the United Kingdom has seen a wave of environmental movements demanding action on the climate crisis. While aligned in their goals, the groups undertaking this activism often diverge on the question of tactics.
Eric G. Scheuch   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Greta Thunberg Effect: Familiarity with Greta Thunberg predicts intentions to engage in climate activism in the United States

open access: yesJournal of Applied Social Psychology, 2021
Despite Greta Thunberg's popularity, research has yet to investigate her impact on the public's willingness to take collective action on climate change. Using cross-sectional data from a nationally representative survey of U.S.
Anandita Sabherwal   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Economic Activity and Climate Change

open access: yesInternational Review of Environmental and Resource Economics
In this paper, we survey recent econometric contributions to measure the relationship between economic activity and climate change. Due to the critical relevance of these effects for the well-being of future generations, there is an explosion of publications devoted to measuring this relationship and its main channels.
de Juan, Aránzazu   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Three profiles of Australian climate change activism have both unique and overlapping motivators and barriers

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
Since non-violent activism is known to be effective in achieving policy change, organisations seeking to encourage climate activism would benefit from an evidence base describing activism behaviours, motivators, and barriers among people higher, lower ...
Kathleen C. Whitson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

To Support a Stronger Climate Movement, Focus Research on Building Collective Power

open access: yesFrontiers in Communication, 2018
Building public will to address the climate crisis requires more than shifting climate change opinion or engaging more people in activism. Despite growing activism, the climate movement still needs to do more to translate public action into the power ...
Hahrie Han, Carina Barnett-Loro
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Activism Favors Pro-environmental Consumption

open access: yesSocial Science Research Network
We investigate whether climate activism favors pro-environmental consumption by examining the impact of Fridays for Future (FFF) protests in Italy on second-hand auto-mobile transactions in the strike-affected areas.
Marco A. Marini, Samuel Nocito
semanticscholar   +1 more source

“The Cult of Greta Thunberg”: De-legitimating Climate Activism with “Religion”

open access: yesCritical Research on Religion, 2023
Contemporary climate activism has often been called a “religion” or a “cult.” We investigate what is done with climate religion discourse (CRD), by whom, and to what ends.
Jere Kyyrö, Tuomas Äystö, T. Hjelm
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Rangatahi Maori climate action: A dialogue with nature-based solutions

open access: yesNature-Based Solutions
This article explores the broad area of rangatahi Māori climate activism. As a research team made up of academics, rangatahi and rangatahi Māori activists, this perspective piece discusses the importance of whakapapa, belonging and connections to the ...
Annie Te One   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The costs of climate activism for medical professionals: a case study of the USA, the UK, and Germany.

open access: yesLancet Planetary Health, 2023
Following calls by medical journals and organisations to assume professional responsibility for climate change, members of the medical profession have engaged in climate activism and advocacy efforts directed at policy makers, medical institutions ...
August Lindemer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Influencers going green: How exhibited climate activism and message-sidedness affect the impact of greenfluencer posts

open access: yesStudies in Communication, Media
With the intensifying discourse on climate change and the unfolding climate crisis, more and more social media influencers are addressing sustainability.
Anna Schorn, Lukas Hess, Nadine Strauß
doaj   +1 more source

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