🌿 Environment Jul 30, 2026 · Jess Milligan

Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action

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Correcting climate ‘misperceptions’ may not boost climate action
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The general public often underestimate support for climate action, while overestimating the real-world actions taken by other people to address the problem, according to new research.



The study, published in Nature Climate Change, explores the differences between people’s support for climate change, their behaviour and their assumptions about other people’s behaviour.



It is based on multiple surveys of more than 5,000 people across Germany

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