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Factors Affecting Climate Change Mitigation Policy Implementation, Kelly M. Anderson
Factors Affecting Climate Change Mitigation Policy Implementation, Kelly M. Anderson
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Why do some states have policies that aggressively reduce carbon emissions, while others ignore the threat of climate change? In a world where increasingly extreme weather patterns threaten food production and species extinction, and where rising sea levels and frequent storms damage coastal infrastructure, it is now essential for states to mitigate these effects.
My paper analyzes the role of media attention on climate change and environmental association membership rates on the most recent climate change mitigation policies of South Africa, the United States, and Germany. It argues that media and environmental associations influence a population’s desire to reduce carbon …