Perceptions of time in relation to climate change
By Sabine Pahl, Stephen R. J. Sheppard, Christine Boomsma, Christopher Groves. 2014
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Time is at the heart of understanding climate change, from the perspective of both natural and social scientists. This article selectively reviews research on time perception and temporal aspects of decision making in sociology and psychology. First we briefly describe the temporal dimensions that characterize the issue of climate change. Second, we review relevant theoretical approaches and empirical findings. Then we propose an integration of these insights for the problem of climate change and discuss mismatches between the human mind, surrounding social dynamics, and climate change. Finally, we discuss the implications of this article for understanding and responding to climate change, and make suggestions on how we can use the strengths of the human mind and social dynamics to communicate climate change in its temporal context.
Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science
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Citations in the corpus
- The legacy of our CO2 emissions: a clash of scientific facts, politics and ethics (2015, methodology): “We have developed in small communities with direct interaction, adapted to focus on well-known and immediate needs and threats (like getting food or hiding from predators), and are used to close cause-effect relationships (Pahl et al. 2014).”