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Brueggemann, Michael, De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja ORCID: 0000-0003-1555-3014, Hoppe, Imke, Arlt, Dorothee and Schmitt, Josephine B. (2017). The appeasement effect of a United Nations climate summit on the German public. Nat. Clim. Chang., 7 (11). S. 783 - 790. LONDON: NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. ISSN 1758-6798

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Abstract

The annual UN climate summits receive intense global media coverage(1-3), and as such could engage local publics around the world, stimulate debate and knowledge about climate politics, and, ultimately, mobilize people to combat climate change. Herewe showthat, in contrast to these hopes, although the German public were exposed to news about the 2015 Paris summit, they did not engage with it in a more active way. Comparing knowledge and attitudes before, during and after the summit using a three-wave online panel survey (quota sample, N = 1,121), we find that respondents learnt a few basic facts about the conference but they continue to lack basic background knowledge about climate policy. Trust in global climate policy increased a little, but citizens were less inclined to support a leading role for Germany in climate politics. Moreover, they were not more likely to engage personally in climate protection. These results suggest that this global media event had a modest appeasing rather than mobilizing effect.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Brueggemann, Michael UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED De Silva-Schmidt, Fenja UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0003-1555-3014 UNSPECIFIED Hoppe, Imke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Arlt, Dorothee UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmitt, Josephine B. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-212951
DOI:	10.1038/NCLIMATE3409
Journal or Publication Title:	Nat. Clim. Chang.
Volume:	7
Number:	11
Page Range:	S. 783 - 790
Date:	2017
Publisher:	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1758-6798
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language COMMUNICATION; JOURNALISTS; PERCEPTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; NEWS; EFFICACY; COVERAGE; IMPACT; MEDIA Multiple languages Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/21295