"Climate change is arguably one of the greatest challenges today. Although the scientific consensus is that human activities caused climate change, a substantial part of the population downplays or denies human responsibility. In this registered report, we present causal evidence on a potential explanation for this discrepancy: motivated reasoning."

Stoetzer, L.S., Zimmermann, F. A representative survey experiment of motivated climate change denial. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01910-2 #Report #DOI #Climate #ClimateChange #Research #Behaviour #Academia #Academic #Academics @climate