Environmental Ethics, Emotions, and Values

Climate-Conscious Methodologies: Ethical Research In a Changing World

Changes in the frequency and intensity of climate‐related disasters are changing the social landscape for environmental research. Even in the most optimistic scenarios, the proportion of researchers forced to deal with the effects of climate change will continue to grow. Methodologies across disciplines need to be adaptable to meaningfully address the ethical and practical challenges of conducting research in an increasingly disaster‐prone world. In this article, we draw on insights from fields including disaster and emergency literatures and our personal experiences as researchers directly impacted by climate disasters to put forward a framework for climate change‐conscious research methodologies. This review offers considerations for ethical research in climate change‐affected communities and outlines critical areas for future research. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.933

A Research Agenda for Affective Dimensions in Climate Risk Perception and Risk Communication

There is a growing body of literature that examines the role of affect and emotions in climate change risk perception and risk communication. Conceptions of affect and emotions have differed according to theoretical perspectives and disciplinary orientations (e.g., sociology of risk, psychology of risk, climate science communication), but little has been done to map these differences. This perspective article provides an in-depth analysis of the study of affect and emotions in climate change risk research through a literature review of studies published in the last 20 years. In this perspective, we examined how affect is conceived, what emotions have been considered, and their role in climate change risk perception and risk communication. Early studies in climate risk perception and risk communication included vaguely defined emotions (e.g., negative and positive) in climate risk perception and risk communication studies, more recently turning attention to how different affective dimensions interact with other factors, such as personal experience, knowledge, culture and worldviews, gender, and social norms. Using this review as a mapping exercise of the research landscape on affect and emotions in climate risk perception and communication, we suggest that future research could benefit from more interdisciplinary work that explores the role of different affective responses and their intensities before, during, and after climate-related events. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2021.751310

Political Values and Socialization in Environmental Movements

In this chapter we provide an overview of political values and socialization as applied to the environmental movement. We begin by considering some ways in which the environmental movement might be mapped and provide some empirical examples using survey data. Next, we review several theoretical perspectives that focus on values and related phenomena as explanations for environmentalism and other forms of social movement activity. Specifically, we review post-materialist values, the New Ecological Paradigm scale, and the conservatism-liberalism dimension. We also examine the values-belief-norms theory approach. Utilizing survey data collected in Canada on members/supporters of the environmental movement and the general public, we empirically explore the relationship of these values, beliefs, and ideologies to various facets of environmentalism, including environmental social movement organization affiliation, identification with the environmental movement, environmental activism, and environmentally friendly behavior. Finally, we provide a critical discussion of key issues regarding conceptualizing, measuring, and modeling values in the context of the environmental movement. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780367855680/routledge-handbook-environmental-movements?refId=053630dd-ef58-46cb-b770-3b11c718fd79&context=ubx