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Research from the social and behavioral sciences shows that the drivers and impacts of climate change, as well as society’s responsiveness to it, are all profoundly governed by social and behavioral dynamics. Nevertheless, scientometric and research funding data from the United States and the European Union suggest that the social and behavioral sciences are noticeably underrepresented in mainstream climate research. We argue that a better understanding of social and behavioral dynamics, especially those that temper society’s response to the scientific evidence, is fundamental for climate policies to be successfully adopted.
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Pongiglione, F., Cherlet, J. The Social and Behavioral Dimensions of Climate Change: Fundamental but Disregarded?. J Gen Philos Sci 46, 383–391 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-015-9305-9
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