Anthony A Leiserowitz
Biographic Data
| ID | 1322885 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony A Leiserowitz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony A |
| FAMILY NAME | Leiserowitz |
| SIGNATURE | LEISEROWITZ A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | At the time of writing, Jennifer M. Kreslake was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Program on Climate and Health at the Center for Climate Change Communication (4C), George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. Mona Sarfaty is the director of the Program on Climate and Health at 4C. Connie Roser-Renouf is an associate research professor at 4C. Anthony Leiserowitz is a senior research scientist at the Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and director of the Yale Program on Climate... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Critical Roles of Health Professionals in Climate Change Prevention and Preparedness
Climate change is a burgeoning public health concern, with implications for chronic health conditions; nutrition and food security; food-, water-, and vector-borne diseases; and social disruption, injuries, displacement, and death associated with extreme weather.1 Climate change is contributing to health disparities in the United States by having a disproportionate impact on low-income individuals, some communities of color, and those with higher…
Public willingness to pay for a US carbon tax and preferences for spending the revenue
We provide evidence from a nationally representative survey on Americans’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax, and public preferences for how potential carbon-tax revenue should be spent. The average WTP for a tax on fossil fuels that increases household energy bills is US$177 per year. This translates into an average WTP of 14% more on average for households across the United States, where energy costs differ significantly across states. R…
Climategate, Public Opinion, and the Loss of Trust
Nationally representative surveys conducted in 2008 and 2010 found significant declines in Americans' climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and trust in scientists. Drawing upon the Social Amplification of Risk Framework, this analysis empirically examines the impact of "climategate"-an international scandal resulting from the unauthorized release of emails between climate scientists in England and United States. The results demonstrate that …
The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming
Attention to Science/Environment News Positively Predicts and Attention to Political News Negatively Predicts Global Warming Risk Perceptions and Policy Support
Contemporary science and environmental news coverage of global warming increasingly portrays scientific consensus. Political news coverage of global warming, however, typically portrays controversy. We hypothesize that attention to science and environmental news is associated with beliefs more consistent with the global warming science and higher risk perceptions, and that the opposite is true of attention to political news. Furthermore, we hypot…
Finding the Teachable Moment
This paper investigates how the mass media may influence information-seeking behavior through an analysis of how the release of the movie The Day After Tomorrow, a fictional depiction of global warming causing catastrophic natural disasters, changed the information-seeking behavior of the public on global warming related websites. A "teachable moment" of elevated information-seeking activity was found to extend from 10 days before the release dat…
From Red to Green
Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
This review surveys five major efforts to identify and declare values essential to global sustainability; describes empirical trends (as measured by multinational and global-scale surveys) in values, attitudes, and behaviors related to human and economic development, the environment, and driving forces (population, affluence, technology, and entitlements); and describes empirical trends in attitudes toward contextual values that condition sustain…
What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice
(2005). What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 8-21.
American Risk Perceptions
Public risk perceptions can fundamentally compel or constrain political, economic, and social action to address particular risks. Public support or opposition to climate policies (e.g., treaties, regulations, taxes, subsidies) will be greatly influenced by public perceptions of the risks and dangers posed by global climate change. This article describes results from a national study (2003) that examined the risk perceptions and connotative meanin…
Day After Tomorrow
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAnthony A. LeiserowitzAnthony A. Leiserowitz is a research scientist at Decision Research, Inc. and an adjunct professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. His research focuses on environmental risk perception, decisionmaking, and behavior. Leiserowitz may be reached at (541) 485-2400 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The author thanks his colleagues at Decision Research, …
Climategate, Public Opinion, and the Loss of Trust
Nationally representative surveys conducted in 2008 and 2010 found significant declines in Americans' climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and trust in scientists. Drawing upon the Social Amplification of Risk Framework, this analysis empirically examines the impact of "climategate"-an international scandal resulting from the unauthorized release of emails between climate scientists in England and United States. The results demonstrate that …
From Red to Green
Day After Tomorrow
Additional informationNotes on contributorsAnthony A. LeiserowitzAnthony A. Leiserowitz is a research scientist at Decision Research, Inc. and an adjunct professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon in Eugene. His research focuses on environmental risk perception, decisionmaking, and behavior. Leiserowitz may be reached at (541) 485-2400 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The author thanks his colleagues at Decision Research, …
What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice
(2005). What is Sustainable Development? Goals, Indicators, Values, and Practice. Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development: Vol. 47, No. 3, pp. 8-21.
American Risk Perceptions
Public risk perceptions can fundamentally compel or constrain political, economic, and social action to address particular risks. Public support or opposition to climate policies (e.g., treaties, regulations, taxes, subsidies) will be greatly influenced by public perceptions of the risks and dangers posed by global climate change. This article describes results from a national study (2003) that examined the risk perceptions and connotative meanin…
Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors
This review surveys five major efforts to identify and declare values essential to global sustainability; describes empirical trends (as measured by multinational and global-scale surveys) in values, attitudes, and behaviors related to human and economic development, the environment, and driving forces (population, affluence, technology, and entitlements); and describes empirical trends in attitudes toward contextual values that condition sustain…
Finding the Teachable Moment
This paper investigates how the mass media may influence information-seeking behavior through an analysis of how the release of the movie The Day After Tomorrow, a fictional depiction of global warming causing catastrophic natural disasters, changed the information-seeking behavior of the public on global warming related websites. A "teachable moment" of elevated information-seeking activity was found to extend from 10 days before the release dat…
From Red to Green
Attention to Science/Environment News Positively Predicts and Attention to Political News Negatively Predicts Global Warming Risk Perceptions and Policy Support
Contemporary science and environmental news coverage of global warming increasingly portrays scientific consensus. Political news coverage of global warming, however, typically portrays controversy. We hypothesize that attention to science and environmental news is associated with beliefs more consistent with the global warming science and higher risk perceptions, and that the opposite is true of attention to political news. Furthermore, we hypot…
The relationship between personal experience and belief in the reality of global warming
Climategate, Public Opinion, and the Loss of Trust
Nationally representative surveys conducted in 2008 and 2010 found significant declines in Americans' climate change beliefs, risk perceptions, and trust in scientists. Drawing upon the Social Amplification of Risk Framework, this analysis empirically examines the impact of "climategate"-an international scandal resulting from the unauthorized release of emails between climate scientists in England and United States. The results demonstrate that …
Public willingness to pay for a US carbon tax and preferences for spending the revenue
We provide evidence from a nationally representative survey on Americans’ willingness to pay (WTP) for a carbon tax, and public preferences for how potential carbon-tax revenue should be spent. The average WTP for a tax on fossil fuels that increases household energy bills is US$177 per year. This translates into an average WTP of 14% more on average for households across the United States, where energy costs differ significantly across states. R…
The Critical Roles of Health Professionals in Climate Change Prevention and Preparedness
Climate change is a burgeoning public health concern, with implications for chronic health conditions; nutrition and food security; food-, water-, and vector-borne diseases; and social disruption, injuries, displacement, and death associated with extreme weather.1 Climate change is contributing to health disparities in the United States by having a disproportionate impact on low-income individuals, some communities of color, and those with higher…
Climate Change Communication and Perception (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Global warming (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Business (3 works) · Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works)