Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world

Viktoria Cologna; Simon Meiler; Chahan M. Kropf; Samuel Lüthi; Niels G. Mede; David N. Bresch; Oscar Lecuona; Sebastian Berger; John  Besley; Cameron Brick; Marina Joubert; Edward W. Maibach; Sabina Mihelj; Naomi  Oreskes; Mike S. Schäfer; Sander  Van der Linden; Nor Izzatina Abdul Aziz; Suleiman  Abdulsalam; Nurulaini  Abu Shamsi; Balazs Aczel; Indro Adinugroho; Eleonora  Alabrese; Alaa Aldoh; Mark  Alfano; Innocent Mbulli  Ali; Mohammed Alsobay; R. Michael Alvarez; Tabitha Amollo; Patrick Ansah; Denisa Apriliawati; Flavio Azevedo; Ani Bajrami; Ronita Bardhan; Keagile Bati; Eri Bertsou; Rahul Bhui; Olga Białobrzeska; Michal Bilewicz; Ayoub Bouguettaya; Katherine Breeden; Amélie Bret; Ondrej Buchel; Pablo  Cabrera-Álvarez; Federica Cagnoli; André Calero  Valdez; Timothy  Callaghan; Rizza Kaye Cases Cases; Sami Çoksan; Gabriela Czarnek; Ramit Debnath; Sylvain Delouvée; Lucia De Stefano; Celia  Díaz-Catalán; Kimberly C. Doell; Simone  Dohle; Karen M. Douglas; Charlotte  Dries; Dmitrii Dubrov; Małgorzata Dzimińska; Ullrich K. H.  Ecker; Christian T.  Elbaek; Mahmoud Elsherif; Benjamin Enke; Matthew Facciani; Antoinette Fage-Butler; Md. Zaki Faisal; Xiaoli  Fan; Christina Farhart; Christoph  Feldhaus; Marinus Ferreira; Stefan Feuerriegel; Helen Fischer; Jana Freundt; Malte Friese; Albina Gallyamova; Patricia  Garrido-Vásquez; Mauricio E. Garrido Vásquez; Olivier Genschow; Omid Ghasemi; Theofilos Gkinopoulos; Jamie L. Gloor; Ellen Goddard; Claudia  González-Brambila; Hazel Gordon; Dmitry Grigoryev; Lars Guenther; Håvard Haarstad; Dana Harari; Przemysław Hensel; Alma Cristal  Hernández-Mondragón; Atar  Herziger; Guanxiong Huang; Markus Huff; Mairéad Hurley; Nygmet Ibadildin; Mohammad  Tarikul Islam; Tao Jin; Charlotte A. Jones,; Sebastian Jungkunz; Dominika Jurgiel; Sarah Kavassalis; John R. Kerr; Mariana Kitsa; Tereza Klabíková Rábová; Olivier Klein; Hoyoun Koh; Aki Koivula; Lilian Kojan; Elizaveta Komyaginskaya; Laura M. König; Lina Koppel; Kochav Koren; Alexandra  Kosachenko; John Kotcher; Laura S. Kranz; Pradeep Krishnan; Silje Kristiansen; André Krouwel; Toon Kuppens; Claus Lamm; Anthony Lantian; Aleksandra Lazić; Jean-Baptiste Légal; Zoe Leviston; Neil Levy; Amanda M. Lindkvist; Grégoire Lits; Andreas Löschel; Alberto López  Ortega; Carlos Lopez-Villavicencio; Nigel Mantou Lou; Chloe H.  Lucas; Kristin  Lunz-Trujillo; Mathew D. Marques; Sabrina J. Mayer; Ryan McKay; Taciano L. Milfont; Joanne M. Miller; Panagiotis Mitkidis; Fredy Monge-Rodríguez; Matt Motta; Zarja Muršič; Jennifer Namutebi; Eryn J.  Newman; Jonas P.  Nitschke; Ntui-Njock Vincent  Ntui; Daniel Nwogwugwu; Thomas Ostermann; Tobias  Otterbring; Myrto Pantazi; Philip Pärnamets; Paolo Parra Saiani; Mariola Paruzel-Czachura; Michal Parzuchowski; Yuri G.  Pavlov; Adam R. Pearson; Charlotte R. Pennington; Katerina Petkanopoulou; Marija B.  Petrović; Dinara Pisareva; Adam Ploszaj; Ekaterina Pronizius; Karolína  Pštross; Katarzyna Pypno-Blajda; Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones; Pekka Räsänen; Adrian Rauchfleisch; Felix G.  Rebitschek; Gabriel Rêgo; James P. Reynolds; Joseph Roche; Jan Philipp Röer; Robert M. Ross; Isabelle Ruin; Osvaldo Santos; Ricardo R.  Santos; Stefan  Schulreich; Emily Shuckburgh; Johan Six; Nevin Solak; Leonhard Späth; Bram Spruyt; Samantha K. Stanley; Noel Strahm; Stylianos Syropoulos; Barnabas Szaszi; Ewa Szumowska; Mikihito Tanaka; Claudia  Teran-Escobar; Boryana Todorova; Abdoul Kafid Toko; Renata Tokrri; Daniel Toribio-Florez; Manos Tsakiris; Michael Tyrala; Özden  Melis Uluğ; Ijeoma Chinwe Uzoma; Jochem van Noord; Iris Vilares; Madalina Vlasceanu; Andreas von Bubnoff; Izabela Warwas; Tim Weninger; Mareike Westfal; Adrian Dominik Wojcik; Ziqian Xia; Jinliang Xie; Ewa Zegler-Poleska; Amber Zenklusen

doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4

Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world

Viktoria Cologna, Simon Meiler, Chahan M. Kropf, Samuel Lüthi, Niels G. Mede, David N. Bresch, Oscar Lecuona, Sebastian Berger, John Besley, Cameron Brick, Marina Joubert, Edward W. Maibach, Sabina Mihelj, Naomi Oreskes, Mike S. Schäfer, Sander Van der Linden, Nor Izzatina Abdul Aziz, Suleiman Abdulsalam, Nurulaini Abu Shamsi, Balazs AczelIndro Adinugroho, Eleonora Alabrese, Alaa Aldoh, Mark Alfano, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Mohammed Alsobay, R. Michael Alvarez, Tabitha Amollo, Patrick Ansah, Denisa Apriliawati, Flavio Azevedo, Ani Bajrami, Ronita Bardhan, Keagile Bati, Eri Bertsou, Rahul Bhui, Olga Białobrzeska, Michal Bilewicz, Ayoub Bouguettaya, Katherine Breeden, Amélie Bret, Ondrej Buchel, Pablo Cabrera-Álvarez, Federica Cagnoli, André Calero Valdez, Timothy Callaghan, Rizza Kaye Cases Cases, Sami Çoksan, Gabriela Czarnek, Ramit Debnath, Sylvain Delouvée, Lucia De Stefano, Celia Díaz-Catalán, Kimberly C. Doell, Simone Dohle, Karen M. Douglas, Charlotte Dries, Dmitrii Dubrov, Małgorzata Dzimińska, Ullrich K. H. Ecker, Christian T. Elbaek, Mahmoud Elsherif, Benjamin Enke, Matthew Facciani, Antoinette Fage-Butler, Md. Zaki Faisal, Xiaoli Fan, Christina Farhart, Christoph Feldhaus, Marinus Ferreira, Stefan Feuerriegel, Helen Fischer, Jana Freundt, Malte Friese, Albina Gallyamova, Patricia Garrido-Vásquez, Mauricio E. Garrido Vásquez, Olivier Genschow, Omid Ghasemi, Theofilos Gkinopoulos, Jamie L. Gloor, Ellen Goddard, Claudia González-Brambila, Hazel Gordon, Dmitry Grigoryev, Lars Guenther, Håvard Haarstad, Dana Harari, Przemysław Hensel, Alma Cristal Hernández-Mondragón, Atar Herziger, Guanxiong Huang, Markus Huff, Mairéad Hurley, Nygmet Ibadildin, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Tao Jin, Charlotte A. Jones,, Sebastian Jungkunz, Dominika Jurgiel, Sarah Kavassalis, John R. Kerr, Mariana Kitsa, Tereza Klabíková Rábová, Olivier Klein, Hoyoun Koh, Aki Koivula, Lilian Kojan, Elizaveta Komyaginskaya, Laura M. König, Lina Koppel, Kochav Koren, Alexandra Kosachenko, John Kotcher, Laura S. Kranz, Pradeep Krishnan, Silje Kristiansen, André Krouwel, Toon Kuppens, Claus Lamm, Anthony Lantian, Aleksandra Lazić, Jean-Baptiste Légal, Zoe Leviston, Neil Levy, Amanda M. Lindkvist, Grégoire Lits, Andreas Löschel, Alberto López Ortega, Carlos Lopez-Villavicencio, Nigel Mantou Lou, Chloe H. Lucas, Kristin Lunz-Trujillo, Mathew D. Marques, Sabrina J. Mayer, Ryan McKay, Taciano L. Milfont, Joanne M. Miller, Panagiotis Mitkidis, Fredy Monge-Rodríguez, Matt Motta, Zarja Muršič, Jennifer Namutebi, Eryn J. Newman, Jonas P. Nitschke, Ntui-Njock Vincent Ntui, Daniel Nwogwugwu, Thomas Ostermann, Tobias Otterbring, Myrto Pantazi, Philip Pärnamets, Paolo Parra Saiani, Mariola Paruzel-Czachura, Michal Parzuchowski, Yuri G. Pavlov, Adam R. Pearson, Charlotte R. Pennington, Katerina Petkanopoulou, Marija B. Petrović, Dinara Pisareva, Adam Ploszaj, Ekaterina Pronizius, Karolína Pštross, Katarzyna Pypno-Blajda, Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones, Pekka Räsänen, Adrian Rauchfleisch, Felix G. Rebitschek, Gabriel Rêgo, James P. Reynolds, Joseph Roche, Jan Philipp Röer, Robert M. Ross, Isabelle Ruin, Osvaldo Santos, Ricardo R. Santos, Stefan Schulreich, Emily Shuckburgh, Johan Six, Nevin Solak, Leonhard Späth, Bram Spruyt, Samantha K. Stanley, Noel Strahm, Stylianos Syropoulos, Barnabas Szaszi, Ewa Szumowska, Mikihito Tanaka, Claudia Teran-Escobar, Boryana Todorova, Abdoul Kafid Toko, Renata Tokrri, Daniel Toribio-Florez, Manos Tsakiris, Michael Tyrala, Özden Melis Uluğ, Ijeoma Chinwe Uzoma, Jochem van Noord, Iris Vilares, Madalina Vlasceanu, Andreas von Bubnoff, Izabela Warwas, Tim Weninger, Mareike Westfal, Adrian Dominik Wojcik, Ziqian Xia, Jinliang Xie, Ewa Zegler-Poleska, Amber Zenklusen

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Abstract

Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.

Original language	English
Number of pages	13
Journal	Nature Climate Change
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2025

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Cologna, V., Meiler, S., M. Kropf, C., Lüthi, S., Mede, N. G., Bresch, D. N., Lecuona, O., Berger, S., Besley, J., Brick, C., Joubert, M., Maibach, E. W., Mihelj, S., Oreskes, N., Schäfer, M. S., Van der Linden, S., Abdul Aziz, N. I., Abdulsalam, S., Abu Shamsi, N., ... Zenklusen, A. (2025). Extreme weather event attribution predicts climate policy support across the world. Nature Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4

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AU - Nwogwugwu, Daniel

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AU - Zenklusen, Amber

PY - 2025/7/1

Y1 - 2025/7/1

N2 - Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.

AB - Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change. Yet, little is known about the relationship between exposure to extreme events, subjective attribution of these events to climate change, and climate policy support, especially in the Global South. Combining large-scale natural and social science data from 68 countries (N = 71,922), we develop a measure of exposed population to extreme weather events and investigate whether exposure to extreme weather and subjective attribution of extreme weather to climate change predict climate policy support. We find that most people support climate policies and link extreme weather events to climate change. Subjective attribution of extreme weather was positively associated with policy support for five widely discussed climate policies. However, exposure to most types of extreme weather event did not predict policy support. Overall, these results suggest that subjective attribution could facilitate climate policy support.

U2 - 10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4

DO - 10.1038/s41558-025-02372-4

M3 - Article

SN - 1758-678X

JO - Nature Climate Change

JF - Nature Climate Change

ER -