Aoife-Marie Foran, @jolanda-jetten.bsky.social, @kellykirkland.bsky.social, @chrisklebl.bsky.social, and Kim Peters discuss how and why social identities are crucial when it comes to mobilizing social change efforts:

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The most consistent finding? People support helping their own citizens affected by climate change way more than providing international aid. Also, both higher wealth AND emissions increase support for mitigation policies suggesting different psychological drivers for different policies (3/3)

We found that in the UK, people who believe their nation has greater historical responsibility for climate change showed stronger support for climate aid. But in our fictional nation experiment, wealth was the stronger predictor. Real vs. hypothetical contexts matter. (2/3)

Very interesting paper!

Sounds fascinating! I will send you an email if you don't mind!?

thank you!

Most people call it Stollen but in some regions it’s called eine Stolle :)

Congrats Charlie!! 😊

This has implications for policymakers and organisations working to advocate for diversity conservation. Instead of relying on economic arguments, appealing to the inherent value of diversity may lead to more effective and enduring concern for diversity. 6/6

For linguistic diversity, preservation of human history, culture & knowledge were the main reasons. 5/6

In a thematic analysis, we identified main reasons for preserving biodiversity: ecosystem balance, species' rights & biodiversity's importance to humanity. 4/6