Data and Code for: Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies
This paper explores global perceptions and understanding of climate change and policies, examining factors that influence support for climate action and the impact of different types of information. We conduct large-scale surveys with 40,000 respondents from 20 countries, providing new international data on attitudes towards climate change and respondents' socioeconomic backgrounds and lifestyles. We identify three key perceptions affecting policy support: perceived effectiveness of policies in reducing emissions, their impact on low-income households, and their effect on respondents' households (self-interest). Educational videos clarifying policy mechanisms increase support for climate policies; those merely highlighting climate change's impacts do not.
| Item Type | Dataset |
|---|---|
| Publisher | OpenICPSR |
| DOI | 10.3886/e208254 |
| Date made available | 10 March 2025 |
| Keywords | climate change, perceptions, survey, climate policies, carbon tax, experiment |
| Temporal coverage |
From To January 2021 January 2022 |
| Geographic coverage | South Korea, Canada, Ukraine, India, Australia, Turkey, United States, Denmark, Mexico, South Africa, France, Indonesia, Japan, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, China, Poland, Brazil, Germany |
| Resource language | Other |
| Departments | LSE |
Explore Further
- Dechezlepretre, A., Fabre, A., Kruse, T., Planterose, B., Sanchez Chico, A. & Stantcheva, S. (2025). Fighting climate change: international attitudes toward climate policies. American Economic Review, 115(4), 1258 - 1300. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20230501 (Repository Output)