JPI Climate: European Perceptions of Climate Change

公众对气候变化的参与，以及对应对气候变化政策的支持，对于创建一个不受气候影响的欧洲至关重要。虽然个别欧洲国家对气候变化的态度已经有了很好的记录，但他们的设计从未协调过。此外，每个国家都有自己独特的社会政治背景和能源基础设施，需要考虑到这些因素才能进行有意义的比较。目前迫切需要将现有的国内知识联系起来，进行严格的跨国研究，并在欧洲层面上综合公众的看法。在一个由来自英国、德国、挪威和法国的跨学科团队参与的为期两年的项目中，我们将通过以下方式解决这一需求：直接比较和具有全国代表性的民意调查（每个国家约1,000次访谈）；深入分析每个参与国的社会政治背景；以及一个创新的国际利益相关者小组，共同构建社会政治分析并传播研究结果。虽然有一些针对欧洲公众意见的特别调查，但从未对气候变化和能源观念进行过理论上合理的跨国分析。该项目将把调查结果建立在与公众看法相关的社会政治因素的基础上，允许进行有力的国际比较，并为决策者提供详细而丰富的知识来源。产出将包括关于气候变化和能源偏好的跨国数据，以及加强公众参与气候变化的一系列建议。我们将采取创新方法促进利益相关者的参与。一个国际小组将共同编制社会政治分析，为调查设计提供资料，然后在协调的传播和外联方案中发挥中心作用。这将确保该项目产生最大可能的影响，并为向气候保护的欧洲过渡提供必要的知识。

Public engagement with climate change, and support for policies to tackle it, is critical in creating a climate-proof Europe. While attitudes to climate change have been well documented in individual European countries, their designs have never been coordinated. Also, each nation has its own unique sociopolitical context and energy infrastructure that need to be taken into account to make meaningful comparisons. There is an urgent need to connect the within-country knowledge that does exist, conduct rigorous cross-national research, and synthesise public perceptions at a European level.In a two year project involving an inter-disciplinary team from the UK, Germany, Norway and France, we will address this need through: directly comparable and nationally representative surveys of public opinion (approximately 1,000 interviews in each country); an in-depth analyses of the sociopolitical context in each participating nation; and an innovative international stakeholder panel for co-constructing the sociopolitical analyses and disseminating findings.Whilst there have been some ad-hoc surveys of European public opinion, no theoretically well-justified cross-national analysis of climate change and energy perceptions has ever been conducted. The project will ground the survey findings in sociopolitical factors relevant to public perceptions, allowing robust international comparisons, and producing a detailed and rich source of knowledge for policy-makers. Outputs will include cross-national data on climate change and energy preferences and a series of recommendations for enhancing public engagement with climate change.We will take an innovative approach to stakeholder engagement. An international panel will co-construct the socio-political analysis that informs the survey design, and will then play a central role in a coordinated programme of dissemination and outreach. This will ensure that the project has the maximum possible impact and contributes essential knowledge in the transition towards a climate-proof Europe.