Government agencies and non-governmental organizations often assume that there is no incentive to act in response to climate change, as climate change is often considered a remote issue. This concept of psychological distance seems to be popular, but researchers in the Netherlands have found that, in practice, most people consider climate change to be an important and urgent issue, even if its impact is not immediately apparent. Relevant research has recently been published in One Earth. Anne...

Government agencies and non-governmental organizations often assume that there is no incentive to act in response to climate change, as climate change is often considered a remote issue. This concept of psychological distance seems to be popular, but researchers in the Netherlands have found that, in practice, most people consider climate change to be an important and urgent issue, even if its impact is not immediately apparent. Relevant research has recently been published in One Earth. Anne...