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C/PS/156. Perception of Climate Change Risk within Society

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2010
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The paper looks at climate change as a form of societal risk examining the attitudes towards environmental risk within the US and UK public and policy makers. The link between individual's experience of risk and their general risk perception is addressed, the mechanism of risk communication is explained with references to mental models of fear, trust, etc.

 

KEYWORDS: Societal risk, climate change, fear, risk communication,

 
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