Public perception of cold weather events as evidence for and against climate change

Resource Author: Nicholas Pidgeon

Nationally representative survey data in the UK shows that extreme cold weather is seen as confirming climate change, rather than disproving it. WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE A LOOK: Recent extreme cold weather snaps in the UK and the Polar Vortex in North America have brought out of the woodwork the ‘snow trolls’ who try and...