Abstract
Climate change is currently one of humanity’s greatest threats. To help scholars understand the psychology of climate change, we conducted an online quasi-experimental survey on 59,508 participants from 63 countries (collected between July 2022 and July 2023). In a between-subjects design, we tested 11 interventions designed to promote climate change mitigation across four outcomes: climate change belief, support for climate policies, willingness to share information on social media, and performance on an effortful pro-environmental behavioural task. Participants also reported their demographic information (e.g., age, gender) and several other independent variables (e.g., political orientation, perceptions about the scientific consensus). In the no-intervention control group, we also measured important additional variables, such as environmentalist identity and trust in climate science. We report the collaboration procedure, study design, raw and cleaned data, all survey materials, relevant analysis scripts, and data visualisations. This dataset can be used to further the understanding of psychological, demographic, and national-level factors related to individual-level climate action and how these differ across countries.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 1066 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-17 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Scientific Data |
| Volume | 11 |
| Early online date | 1 Oct 2024 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s) 2024.
Funding
We would like to acknowledge the following funding contributions: Google Jigsaw grant (Kimberly C. Doell; Madalina Vlasceanu; Jay J. Van Bavel). Swiss National Science Foundation P400PS_190997 (Kimberly C. Doell). Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany’s Excellence Strategy – EXC 2117 – 422037984 (Kimberly C. Doell). Dutch Research Council grant 7934 (Karlijn L. van den Broek). European Union Grant No. ID 776608 (Karlijn L. van den Broek). John Templeton Foundation grant 61378 (Mark Alfano). The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development grant (Angélica Andersen). Christ Church College Research Centre grant (Matthew A. J. Apps). David Phillips Fellowship grant BB/R010668/2 (Matthew A. J. Apps). Jacobs Foundation Fellowship (Matthew A. J. Apps). “DFG grant project no. 390683824 (Moritz A. Drupp; Piero Basaglia; Björn Bos)”. NYUAD research funds (Jocelyn J. Bélanger). “The Swiss Federal Office of Energy through the ““Energy, Economy, and Society”“ program grant number: SI/502093-01 (Sebastian Berger)”. The Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) PDR 0253.19 (Paul Bertin). Fund for scientific development at the Faculty of Psychology at SWPS University in Warsaw (Olga Bialobrzeska). Radboud University Behavioural Science Institute (Daniëlle N. M. Bleize). “Leuphana University Lüneburg research fund (David D. Loschelder; Lea Boecker; Yannik A. Escher; Hannes M. Petrowsky; Meikel Soliman)”. University of Birmingham Start up Seed Grant (Ayoub Bouguettaya). Prime-Pump Fund from University of Birmingham (Ayoub Bouguettaya; Mahmoud Elsherif). University of Geneva Faculty Seed Funding (Tobias Brosch). “Pomona College Hirsch Research Initiation Grant (Adam R. Pearson)”. Center for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies grant ANID/FONDAP #15130009 (Héctor Carvacho; Silvana D’Ottone). Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Research grant ANID/FONDAP #15110006 (Héctor Carvacho; Silvana D’Ottone). National Research Foundation of Korea NRF-2020S1A3A2A02097375 (Dongil Chung; Sunhae Sul). Darden School of Business (Luca Cian). Kieskompas - Election Compass (Tom W. Etienne; Andre P. M. Krouwel; Vladimir Cristea; Alberto López Ortega). The National Agency of Research and Development, National Doctoral Scholarship 24210087 (Silvana D’Ottone). Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) grant VI.Veni.201S.075 (Marijn H.C. Meijers). The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) Vici grant 453-15-005 (Iris Engelhard). Foundation for Science and Technology – FCT (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education) grant UIDB/05380/2020 (Ana Rita Farias). The Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV) contract no. APVV-21-0114 (Andrej Findor). The James McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Understanding Human Cognition—Scholar Award grant 220020334 (Lucia Freira; Joaquin Navajas). Sponsored Research Agreement between Meta and Fundación Universidad Torcuato Di Tella grant INB2376941 (Lucia Freira; Joaquin Navajas). Thammasat University Fast Track Research Fund (TUFT) 12/2566 (Neil Philip Gains). HSE University Basic Research Program (Dmitry Grigoryev; Albina Gallyamova). ARU Centre for Societies and Groups Research Centre Development Funds (Sarah Gradidge; Annelie J. Harvey; Magdalena Zawisza). University of Stavanger faculty of Social Science research activities grant (Simone Grassini). Center for the Science of Moral Understanding (Kurt Gray). University of Colorado Boulder Faculty research fund (June Gruber). Swiss National Science Foundation grant 203283 (Ulf J.J. Hahnel). Kochi University of Technology Research Funds (Toshiyuki Himichi). RUB appointment funds (Wilhelm Hofmann). Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University (Fanli Jia). Nicolaus Copernicus University (NCU) budget (Dominika Jurgiel; Adrian Dominik Wojcik). Sectorplan Social Sciences and Humanities, The Netherlands (Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko). Erasmus Centre of Empirical Legal Studies (ECELS), Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Elena Kantorowicz-Reznichenko). American University of Sharjah Faculty Research Grant 2020 FRG20-M-B134 (Ozgur Kaya; Ilker Kaya). Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development SEED grant (Anna Klas; Emily J. Kothe). ANU Futures Grant (Colin Klein). Research Council of Norway through Centres of Excellence Scheme, FAIR project No 262675 (Hallgeir Sjåstad and Simen Bø). Aarhus University Research Foundation grant AUFF-E-2021-7-16 (Ruth Krebs; Laila Nockur). Social Perception and Intergroup Inequality Lab at Cornell University (Amy R. Krosch). COVID-19 Rapid Response grant, University of Vienna (Claus Lamm). Austrian Science Fund FWF I3381 (Claus Lamm). Austrian Science Fund FWF: W1262-B29 (Boryana Todorova). FWO Postdoctoral Fellowship 12U1221N (Florian Lange). National Geographic Society (Julia Lee Cunningham). University of Michigan Ross School of Business Faculty Research Funds (Julia Lee Cunningham). The Clemson University Media Forensics Hub (Jeffrey Lees). Norwegian Retailers’ Environment Fund, Poster Competition Grant 2022 (Isabel Richter). John Templeton Foundation grant 62631 (Neil Levy; Robert M. Ross). ARC Discovery Project DP180102384 (Neil Levy). Medical Research Council Fellowship grant MR/P014097/1 (Patricia L. Lockwood). Medical Research Council Fellowship grant MR/P014097/2 (Patricia L. Lockwood). Jacobs Foundation (Patricia L. Lockwood). Wellcome Trust and the Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship grant 223264/Z/21/Z (Patricia L. Lockwood). JFRAP grant (Jackson G. Lu). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship (Yu Luo). Simon Fraser University Psychology Department Research Grant (Annika E. Lutz; Michael T. Schmitt). GU internal funding (Abigail A. Marsh; Shawn A. Rhoads). FAPESP 2014/50279-4 (Karen Louise Mascarenhas). FAPESP 2020/15230-5 (Karen Louise Mascarenhas). Shell Brasil (Karen Louise Mascarenhas). Brazil’s National Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) through the R&D levy regulation (Karen Louise Mascarenhas). ANR grant SCALUP, ANR-21-CE28-0016-01 (Hugo Mercier). NOMIS Foundation grant for the Centre for the Politics of Feelings (Katerina Michalaki; Manos Tsakiris). “Applied Moral Psychology Lab at Cornell University (Sarah Milliron; Laura Niemi; Magdalena Zawisza)”. Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia Project 209465 (Fredy S. Monge-Rodríguez). Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS) grant PDR 0253.19 (Youri L. Mora). Riksbankens Jubileumsfond grant P21-0384 (Gustav Nilsonne). European Research Council funded by the UKRI Grant EP/X02170X/1 (Maria Serena Panasiti; Giovanni Antonio Travaglino). Statutory Funding of Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice (Mariola Paruzel-Czachura). Aarhus University Research Foundation AUFF-E-2018-7-13 (Stefan Pfattheicher). São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant 2019/26665-5 (Gabriel G. Rêgo). Mistletoe Unfettered Research Grant, National Science Foundation GRFP Award 1937959 (Shawn A. Rhoads). Japan Society for the Promotion of Science grant 21J01224 (Toshiki Saito). Institute of Psychology & the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne (Oriane Sarrasin). Universitat Ramon Llull, Esade Business School (Katharina Schmid). University of St Andrews (Philipp Schoenegger). Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) VI.Veni.191 G.034 (Christin Scholz). Universität Hamburg (Stefan Schulreich). Faculty of Health PhD fellowship, Aarhus University (Katia Soud). School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University (Samantha K. Stanley). Swedish Research Council grant 2018-01755 (Gustav Tinghög). Russian Federation Government grant project 075-15-2021-611 (Danila Valko). Swedish Research Council (Daniel Västfjäll). Cooperatio Program MCOM (Marek Vranka). Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Robb Willer). Canada Research Chairs program (Jiaying Zhao). For the purpose of open access, the author has applied a CC BY public copyright licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript version arising from this submission.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia | |
| Norges forskningsråd | |
| Neil Levy | |
| Wellcome Trust | |
| Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada | |
| European Research Council | |
| NOMIS Stiftung | |
| National Science Foundation | 1937959 |
| UK Research and Innovation | EP/X02170X/1 |
| Russian Federation Government | 075-15-2021-611 |
| European Commission | 776608 |
| Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung | P400PS_190997 |
| James McDonnell Foundation 21st Century Science Initiative in Understanding Human Cognition | 220020334, 203283 |
| Medical Research Council | MR/P014097/1, MR/P014097/2 |
| Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek | 453-15-005, VI.Veni.201S.075, 7934 |
| Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellowship | 223264/Z/21/Z |
| FAIR | 262675 |
| Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico | 390683824, BB/R010668/2 |
| Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education | UIDB/05380/2020 |
| Bundesamt für Energie | SI/502093-01 |
| Aarhus Universitets Forskningsfond | AUFF-E-2021-7-16, 62631 |
| Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft | EXC 2117 – 422037984 |
| Centre for the Politics of Feelings | PDR 0253.19 |
| John Templeton Foundation | 61378 |
| Vetenskapsrådet | 2018-01755 |
| Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo | 2019/26665 |