DDRIG in DRMS: Social preference and voluntary donation to climate mitigation.

气候变化是一个世界性的威胁，重要的是，这意味着它对个人和人类都构成了更广泛的威胁。根据政府间气候变化专门委员会的最新报告，我们必须立即迅速实现净零碳排放，以避免许多最糟糕的影响。因此，对于政策制定者来说，确定如何激励公众追求碳减排将是至关重要的。该项目在实验环境中研究了气候变化缓解的价值，即支付意愿(WTP)。特别是，这个项目感兴趣的是，关于气候变化的信息呈现给人们的方式(框架)，以及人们对收入分配的偏好(社会偏好)是否影响他们的WTP。此外，这个项目还研究了个人的社会偏好是否会改变框架的影响。这项实验中使用的框架反映了气候变化的现实世界特征之一。发达国家的人均污染最大，但发展中国家受气候变化的影响最大。因此，一些参与者将收到强调气候变化对他们自己直接风险的框架，而另一些参与者将收到强调发展中国家风险的措辞。假设前一种框架可能更有利于利己主义的个体，而更关心他人福利的个体更容易受到后一种框架的激励。这项实验的结果将成为文献的一部分，试图为积极和正在进行的政策讨论提供信息。例如，这个项目的发现对试图进行全民公投的政策制定者是有用的。参与深度对话等外展活动的环保活动人士也可能会发现，这一结果有助于定制他们的信息。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Climate change is a worldwide threat, importantly this means it threatens both the individual and humanity more broadly. According to the most recent IPCC report, we have to immediately and rapidly reach net zero carbon emissions to avoid many of the worst effects. Determining how to motivate the public to pursue carbon mitigation will therefore be essential for policy makers. This project studies the value, known as willingness to pay (WTP), placed on climate change mitigation in an experimental setting. In particular this project is interested if the way information about climate change is presented to people (framing), and people’s preferences on the distribution of income (social preferences), impact their WTP. Further, this project also studies if an individual’s social preferences changes the impact of framing. The framing used in this experiment mirrors one of the real world characteristics of climate change. Developed nations pollute the most per capita, but developing nations are the most exposed to climate change. Thus, some participants will receive framing emphasizing the risks from climate change to themselves directly, whereas others will receive language emphasizing the risk to those in developing nations. It is hypothesized that the former framing may be more motivating to self-regarding individuals, whereas individuals who are more strongly concerned with other’s welfare will be more motivated by the latter framing. Results from this experiment will become part of the literature seeking to inform active and ongoing policy discussions. For example, this project’s findings are be of use to policy makers trying to word a referendum. Environmental activists engaged in outreach such as deep conversation may also find the results helpful in tailoring their messages.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.