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Climate change attitudes are reflected on social networks
2015-05-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: People who believe in climate change have more Facebook friends than those who do not consider climate change a problem. Juha Itkonen's dissertation in economics shows that values and social networks are linked to opinions about climate change. Studies which examine the relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth contain methodological flaws, and consequently underestimate the need for climate policy. Meanwhile, conflicting opinions on climate change remain fixed, as social networks...
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