PSYCHOLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE. HUMAN PERCEPTIONS, IMPACTS, AND RESPONSES

u003cpu003eu003ciu003ePsychology and Climate Change: Human Perceptions, Impacts, and Responsesu003c/iu003e organizes and summarizes recent work in the field of psychology on the issue of climate change. The book covers topics ranging from how people perceive and respond to climate change, how people understand and communicate about the issue, how it impacts individuals and communities, particularly vulnerable communities, and how individuals and communities can best prepare for, and mitigate, negative climate change impacts. Further, it examines the role of emotion, messenger-audience fit, bi-directional communication, and issue relevance in shaping engagement and receptivity in the effectiveness of climate change communication efforts.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThe book lays out the clear relevance of psychological phenomena to perceptions (e.g., risk perception, motivated cognition, denial), impacts (threats to mental health, social well-being, and sense of place), and behavior (mitigation and adaptation), thus striving to engage diverse stakeholders, both within, and between, nations, to develop and implement effective mitigation and adaptation policies on the urgent and very real issue of climate change.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eu003culu003eu003cliu003eAddresses psychological adaptation processes related to climate changeu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eDraws upon identity threat, identity-based motivation, and belongingu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eDiscusses the difference between acute climate change events and slowly-emerging changes on our mental healthu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eExplores the effectiveness of climate change communication effortsu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eExamines psychological stress and injury related to global climate changeu003c/liu003eu003cliu003eConsiders how perceptions of climate change vary across nationsu003c/liu003eu003cliu003ePresents a conceptual framework for classifying individual and household behavioru003c/liu003eu003cliu003ePromotes individual and community resilienceu003c/liu003eu003c/ulu003e