Climate change believers are more likely to cooperate with strangers, new research finds

  • Written by: Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland
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People’s willingness to believe in climate change varies greatly, as does their willingness to engage in pro-environmental behaviour, such as energy conservation. We tried to understand the psychological factors behind these differences in our recent study.

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