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by Zoe Leviston

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Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences (and avoid critical media coverage from the usual suspects!)... new from Jamin Wang, Kelly Fielding, Bec Colvin, Robin Gulliver, and @winnifredlouis.bsky.social
Farmers, investors, miners and parents: how unconventional climate advocates can reach new audiences
About 40% of Australians don’t believe humans are a major cause of climate change. Reaching these sceptic holdout groups may require unconventional approaches.
theconversation.com
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claesdevreese.bsky.social
This is fantastic: a 68 country data set with perceptions of science, science communication and climate attitudes. Featured in @nature.com Led by the formidable @nielsmede.bsky.social

What a resource!

Now we ‘just’ need a 2025/26 update given how it’s all changing.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
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kristiansn89.bsky.social
🔥 Hot Take: What’s holding back behavioral research on climate change mitigation? 🌍

Behavioral science has substantial potential for contributing to solving the climate crisis, but I see two critical challenges limiting its impact🧵👇

#ClimateAction #BehavioralScience #Sustainability
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by Aparna Lal — Reposted by: Zoe Leviston

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Would you pay to protect koala habitats or blue-green spaces like your local lake? Led by @zlevo.bsky.social, we examined whether thinking about high-impact #health or #climate events would make someone more willing to financially support these areas. Read here: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
Image: photocomposite of imagery on unsplash.com by Vlad Kutepov (Koala), Neil Mark Thomas (bushfire), and Anousha A (mask).
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
Such an interesting talk, thanks for sharing.

Reposted by: Zoe Leviston

colognaviktoria.bsky.social
Discover the #TISP Dataset now out in #ScientificData! The open access dataset includes responses from 71,922 people in 68 countries on their perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes. 🌍🧵 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset
www.nature.com
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Reposted by: Zoe Leviston, Emily K. Vraga, Julia Metag , and 1 more

nielsmede.bsky.social
Now publicly available: the #TISP dataset. It contains 71,922 survey responses on public perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries. Published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social’s #ScientificData: www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📊
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
📣 *New science alert*

🌏Global trust in scientists project led by @colognaviktoria.bsky.social and @nielsmede.bsky.social is out today in Nature Human Behaviour: go.nature.com/40pox5P

🦘Some interesting Australia-specific results in our Conversation piece below, led by @mdmarques.com
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
A global new survey shows there’s no crisis of trust in scientists, as some might claim. But there are some nuances.
theconversation.com
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Reposted by: Zoe Leviston, Diarmid Campbell‐Lendrum, Olivier Klein , and 8 more

nielsmede.bsky.social
Out now in Nature Human Behaviour: Our 68-country #survey on public attitudes to #science 📣
It shows: People still #trust scientists and support an active role of scientists in society and policy-making. #OpenAccess available here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natureportfolio.bsky.social
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Reposted by: Zoe Leviston, David Lusseau, Robert M. Ross , and 8 more

colognaviktoria.bsky.social
Our global study on the state of trust in scientists is now out in Nature Human Behaviour! 🥳

With a team of 241 researchers, we surveyed 71,922 people in 68 countries, providing the largest dataset on trust in scientists post-pandemic 👇🧵https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-024-02090-5
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
I feel seen.
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
It begs the question, what did she think PHON stands for?
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by Zoe Leviston — Reposted by: Aparna Lal

zlevo.bsky.social
📢New research alert

We know many are angry about climate change. But precisely WHAT they’re angry about matters, for action and wellbeing.

Original open-access article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

@mentaloose.bsky.social #climatesky
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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · Dec 19
Almost half of us are now angry about climate change. But who we’re angry can change whether we turn anger into action – or despair
Climate anger can lead to action – or curdle into despair. We found out why
Almost half of us are now angry about climate change. But who we’re angry can change whether we turn anger into action – or despair
theconversation.com
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Reposted by: Zoe Leviston, Jakob Zscheischler, Andrea Manca , and 2 more

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THREAD

This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact

An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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Adam Curtis Title Card: We Too Are Trapped In A System. Text over a background of a large office building
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Almost half of us are now angry about climate change. But who we’re angry can change whether we turn anger into action – or despair
Climate anger can lead to action – or curdle into despair. We found out why
Almost half of us are now angry about climate change. But who we’re angry can change whether we turn anger into action – or despair
theconversation.com
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
I don’t think (unfortunately) it will play much part, whether people see it for its mirage or as a viable alternative. Even the people with big systems already on their roofs.

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climateoutreach.bsky.social
Hello! We're Climate Outreach - helping everyone from charities to governments to business navigate difficult climate conversations and unlock more ambitious climate action!

Interested? Then give us a follow ☺️

Find out more about us on our website: climateoutreach.org
Climate Outreach
Climate Outreach works with people and organisations to help create new climate stories. Every year, we work with hundreds of partners - from charities to governments to business - to help them naviga...
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
To gain the most impact, you should submit the article to the journal with the highest ‘Impact Factor’
❌ To gain the most impact, you should submit to the (reputable) journal whose readership is most likely to be stimulated by your findings
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
‘Person’ doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
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by Terry P. Hughes — Reposted by: Zoe Leviston

climate.skyfleet.blue
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds #Climate
Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds
Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by: Zoe Leviston, John M. Meyer

pkashwan.bsky.social
Hi, BlueSky! Delighted to📣 Decolonizing Environmentalism (bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social) is hitting the virtual book-shelf later this month & the bookstores in the new year. We wrote it esp. for the youth environmental & climate activists. Plz help spread the word. www.bloomsbury.com/us/decoloniz...
Decolonizing Environmentalism
We live in a moment rife with mixed emotions-existential anxieties about catastrophic climate change, presumptuous confidence in planet-hacking geoengineering t…
www.bloomsbury.com
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dougparr.bsky.social
Major investigation of offsets projects ('carbon markets') shows only 16% of carbon credits issued constitute real emission reductions

Yet countries agreed major new C markets at #COP29 with no obvious tightening of standards

Vast majority of offsetting is a scam

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Systematic assessment of the achieved emission reductions of carbon crediting projects - Nature Communications
Carbon markets are key in climate strategies, but only 16% of carbon credits represent real emission reductions, based on a study of 2,346 projects. Reforms are needed to improve the effectiveness of ...
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
We suggest the misperceptions of the highly concerned are due in part to attending to the politics of the issue, which is highly polarised. But the electorate is not. We advocate emphasising the unity that exists for strong climate action. End/

by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
Climate concern was strongly related to perceived political polarisation, and this held withing voting groups. If you were a concerned Greens voter, you perceived strong group differences; if you were a less concerned Greens voter, perceptions of group differences were muted. 9/
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
So what’s going on here? Are the people at the ends of the political spectrum just out of touch with reality? A tempting conclusion, but not, in our view, a compelling one. Another thing we asked our participants was how much climate change concerns them as an issue. 8/
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
That happened for Greens voters, who assumed there would be stark differences based on partisanship. For Labor and LNP, this assumption was slightly muted. For One Nation Voters? They really do think we’re one nation! 7/
Bar chart comparing actual climate policy support with perceived support, broken down by voting group. Shows Greens and Labor voters overestimate polarisation of support, while One Nation voters underestimate polarization
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
Here’s where it got interesting. We asked our participants how much policy support they thought each set of voters would show for these policies. We expected to find evidence for ‘false polarisation’ – that people would overestimate political differences… 6/
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
Who people voted for mattered too. Greens (left-wing), Labor (centre-left), LNP (centre-right) and One Nation (right-wing) voters all differed in actual policy support, with support decreasing moving left to right on the political spectrum. 5/
bar chart showing policy support by voting behaviour. Green bar is Greens voters, red bar is Labor voters, blue bar is Liberal/National Party voters, orange bar is Pauline Hanson’s One Nation voters.
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
How people perceived the policy support of other people mattered; perceptions of high support (even when controlling for personal support) was associated with feelings that enacting the policies would be fair and legitimate. Perceived low support the opposite. 4/
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by Zoe Leviston

zlevo.bsky.social
Support find actual support is strong for most policies tested, but in almost all cases, perceived support from others is significantly underestimated. 3/
figure showing actual policy support well above the midpoint for most policies, but perceptions of other Australians’ support trailing significantly behind
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