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No polarization–Expected Values of Climate Change Impacts among European Forest Professionals and Scientists

Persson, Johannes LU orcid ; Blennow, Kristina LU ; Goncalves, Luisa ; Borys, Alexander ; Dutca, Ioan ; Hynynen, Jari ; Janeczko, Emilia ; Lyobenova, Mariyana ; Martel, Simon and Merganic, Jan , et al. (2020) In Sustainability (Switzerland) 7(12).
Abstract
The role of values in climate-related decision-making is a prominent theme of climatecommunication research. The present study examines whether forest professionals are more drivenby values than scientists are, and if this results in value polarization. A questionnaire was designedto elicit and assess the values assigned to expected effects of climate change by forest professionalsand scientists working on forests and climate change in Europe. The countries involved covered anorth-to-south and west-to-east gradient across Europe, representing a wide range of bio-climaticconditions and a mix of economic–social–political structures. We show that European forestprofessionals and scientists do not exhibit polarized expectations... (More)
The role of values in climate-related decision-making is a prominent theme of climatecommunication research. The present study examines whether forest professionals are more drivenby values than scientists are, and if this results in value polarization. A questionnaire was designedto elicit and assess the values assigned to expected effects of climate change by forest professionalsand scientists working on forests and climate change in Europe. The countries involved covered anorth-to-south and west-to-east gradient across Europe, representing a wide range of bio-climaticconditions and a mix of economic–social–political structures. We show that European forestprofessionals and scientists do not exhibit polarized expectations about the values of specific impactsof climate change on forests in their countries. In fact, few differences between forest professionalsand scientists were found. However, there are interesting differences in the expected values of orest professionals with regard to climate change impacts across European countries. In NorthernEuropean countries, the aggregated values of the expected effects are more neutral than they are inSouthern Europe, where they are more negative. Expectations about impacts on timber production,economic returns, and regulatory ecosystem services are mostly negative, while expectations aboutbiodiversity and energy production are mostly positive. (Less)
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The role of values in climate-related decision-making is a prominent theme of climate communication research. The present study examines whether forest professionals are more driven by values than scientists are, and if this results in value polarization. A questionnaire was designed to elicit and assess the values assigned to expected effects of climate change by forest professionals and scientists working on forests and climate change in Europe. The countries involved covered a north-to-south and west-to-east gradient across Europe, representing a wide range of bio-climatic conditions and a mix of economic–social–political structures. We show that European forest professionals and scientists do not exhibit polarized expectations about... (More)
The role of values in climate-related decision-making is a prominent theme of climate communication research. The present study examines whether forest professionals are more driven by values than scientists are, and if this results in value polarization. A questionnaire was designed to elicit and assess the values assigned to expected effects of climate change by forest professionals and scientists working on forests and climate change in Europe. The countries involved covered a north-to-south and west-to-east gradient across Europe, representing a wide range of bio-climatic conditions and a mix of economic–social–political structures. We show that European forest professionals and scientists do not exhibit polarized expectations about the values of specific impacts of climate change on forests in their countries. In fact, few differences between forest professionals and scientists were found. However, there are interesting differences in the expected values of forest professionals with regard to climate change impacts across European countries. In Northern European countries, the aggregated values of the expected effects are more neutral than they are in Southern Europe, where they are more negative. Expectations about impacts on timber production, economic returns, and regulatory ecosystem services are mostly negative, while expectations about biodiversity and energy production are mostly positive. (Less)
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Climate change impacts, Decision-Making, risk perception, homogeneity of expected values, value polarization, strength of expected values, climate change impacts, decision-making, risk perception, homogeneity of expected values, value polarization, strength of expected values
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Sustainability (Switzerland)
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7
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12
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12 pages
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MDPI AG
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2071-1050
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10.3390/su12072659
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English
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  abstract     = {{The role of values in climate-related decision-making is a prominent theme of climatecommunication research. The present study examines whether forest professionals are more drivenby values than scientists are, and if this results in value polarization. A questionnaire was designedto elicit and assess the values assigned to expected effects of climate change by forest professionalsand scientists working on forests and climate change in Europe. The countries involved covered anorth-to-south and west-to-east gradient across Europe, representing a wide range of bio-climaticconditions  and  a  mix  of  economic–social–political  structures.    We  show  that  European  forestprofessionals and scientists do not exhibit polarized expectations about the values of specific impactsof climate change on forests in their countries. In fact, few differences between forest professionalsand scientists were found.   However, there are interesting differences in the expected values of orest professionals with regard to climate change impacts across European countries. In NorthernEuropean countries, the aggregated values of the expected effects are more neutral than they are inSouthern Europe, where they are more negative. Expectations about impacts on timber production,economic returns, and regulatory ecosystem services are mostly negative, while expectations aboutbiodiversity and energy production are mostly positive.}},
  author       = {{Persson, Johannes and Blennow, Kristina and Goncalves, Luisa and Borys, Alexander and Dutca, Ioan and Hynynen, Jari and Janeczko, Emilia and Lyobenova, Mariyana and Martel, Simon and Merganic, Jan and Merganicova, Katarina and Peltoniemi, Mikko and Petr, Michal and Reboredo, Fernando and Vacchiano, Giorgio and Reyer, Christopher}},
  issn         = {{2071-1050}},
  keywords     = {{Climate change impacts; Decision-Making; risk perception; homogeneity of expected values; value polarization; strength of expected values; climate change impacts; decision-making; risk perception; homogeneity of expected values; value polarization; strength of expected values}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{03}},
  number       = {{12}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  series       = {{Sustainability (Switzerland)}},
  title        = {{No polarization–Expected Values of Climate Change Impacts among European Forest Professionals and Scientists}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/77661809/sustainability_12_02659.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/su12072659}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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