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Clear climate information can strongly affect support for action, Irish study finds
A report by
Lauren Boland
New research has investigated the public’s understanding of climate change and how it affects support for action.
A new Irish study has investigated the public's understanding of climate change and how it affects support for action, Lauren Boland reports.
People who are provided with information about climate change and its causes are more likely to be in favour of measures to tackle it.
But we tend to underestimate the benefits of high-impact actions, such as eating less meat, and overestimate low-impact actions like recycling.
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