Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191514 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IRENE Working Paper No. 18-05
Publisher: 
University of Neuchâtel, Institute of Economic Research (IRENE), Neuchâtel
Abstract: 
This research addresses the role of perceived distance of climate change impacts as an antecedent of pro-environmental behaviour using data from a large, representative survey. Doing so, it complements existing research that has largely concentrated on environmental concerns, beliefs and behavioural intentions. Focusing on temporal and spatial distance dimensions, it finds that differences in perceptions are reflected in differences in self-reported pro-environmental behaviours but that the relevance of perceived distance rapidly vanishes as this distance increases. Little systematic evidence emerges that individuals take climate impacts into account when these impacts are not anticipated to produce personal consequences. Some implications for the promotion of pro-environmental behaviour relying on proximising climate change impacts are discussed.
Subjects: 
Psychological distance
Discounting
Proenvironmental behaviour
UK
JEL: 
D15
D91
Q54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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