Are individuals' interpretations and political action regarding climate change impacted by materialist/post-materialist values in different contexts?

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My research will be concerned with the issue of climate change in the 21stcentury. Polls in 2019 have shown the as much as 85% of the Britishpopulation are 'concerned' about climate change, and 52% say they are 'veryconcerned' (Ipsos Mori, 2019). Furthermore, the same poll indicated that 89%of the middle-class respondents indicated concern. These numbers raiseseveral different questions with regards to explaining these shifts. Firstly, is anincreased concern with climate change related to the development of postmaterialistvalues amongst the British electorate? Are the variations betweensocial classes significant, especially in the context of the 2008 financial crisis?The issue of climate change is particularly interesting as its position as'materialist' or 'post-materialist' is unclear - especially with regards to people'ssubjective reasons for believing it is an issue of concern. How do perceptionsas to the actual threat of climate change map on to individual's desire to stopit? These questions will be explored within countries with varied geographies,Britain, Australia and Canada, in order to develop a clearer picture of thesociology of environmental values, and how they vary across differentcountries.I will focus upon the issue of climate change in particular as the line betweenpost-materialism and materialism is blurred in such a way that direct questionspertaining to the physical threats posed by climate change can be consideredspecifically alongside the perspectives relating to the degradation of naturaland human environments. I am interested in exploring the potentialdifferentiation between countries in different part of the word, with differentenvironments and eco-systems and where climate change is likely to oftenengender disparate effects. Literature focusing predominantly on climatechange and post-materialism is out there. Vainio & Paloniemi (2011) focusedon Finland, analyzing the factors that drive people to engage in actionpurposed with mitigating climate change, such as "choosing climate friendlytransportation, reducing consumption or recycling", with one variable beingpost-materialist values. They conclude that while post-materialist values arenot a predictor of climate action directly, they are important contributors to the"mediating role of belief in climate change," which is a strong predictor ofaction (Vainio & Paloneimi, 2011: p390.My research will take a slightly different approach, and attempt to map outindividual's perspectives on climate change, its perceived threats and theirreasons for concern, alongside an analysis of what kinds of action they deemto be most important to tackling it, and seeing whether the are clearrelationships between specific values and specific interpretations and actionssurrounding the political issue of climate change.