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Session

Natural disasters and climate adaptation
Location: Auditorium B: Frøystein Gjesdal
Session Chair: Haoran Yu, University of Antwerp

Presentation 5

The wind is changing – Hurricanes and Climate Change Perceptions

Yannik Josef Stuka^1,2, Valentina Bosetti^2,3, Matthew Ryan Sisco⁴

1: Ca' Foscari University of Venice; 2: Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC); 3: Bocconi University; 4: Columbia University

Discussant: Cecilia Castaldo (Gran Sasso Science Institute)

How can widespread consensus on the threats of climate change be achieved in the general public? This study investigates the effects of the 2020 hurricane season in the United States on self-reported climate change attitudes and behaviors. Using high-quality survey data, hurricane activity is related to respondents’ perceptions of climate change. It is observed that during periods of hurricane exposure, people worry more about climate change. The effect intensifies with magnitude of the tropical storm and length of the entire hurricane season. In addition, an ideology interaction is observed, showing a stronger effect of hurricane exposure for Conservatives than for Liberals. These findings confirm previous results on the positive impact of hurricanes on belief in and worry about climate change while extending it to conservative parts of the population for which such a reaction is rather unconventional. The positive impact on generally climate change skeptical individuals may usefully inform strategies to increase widespread support and consensus for climate change action.