Challenging the Idea That Humans Are Not Designed to Solve Climate Change

Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 619 - 630
Published: Nov 5, 2021
Abstract
In the face of a slow and inadequate global response to anthropogenic climate change, scholars and journalists frequently claim that human psychology is not designed or evolved to solve the problem, and they highlight a range of "psychological barriers" to climate action. Here, we critically examine this claim and the evidence on which it is based. We identify four key problems with attributing climate inaction to "human nature" or evolved...
Paper Details
Title
Challenging the Idea That Humans Are Not Designed to Solve Climate Change
Published Date
Nov 5, 2021
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
619 - 630
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