Trial by Fire: Support for Mitigation and Adaptation Policy after the 2020 Oregon Wildfires

IF 1.9 4区 地球科学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Weather Climate and Society Pub Date : 2023-05-05 DOI:10.1175/wcas-d-22-0075.1
Leanne S. Giordono, Muhammad Usman Amin Siddiqi, Gregory Stelmach, Chad Zanocco, June Flora, Hilary S. Boudet
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The September 2020 Oregon wildfires were unprecedented in terms of their geographic scope and the number of communities affected by smoke and wildfire. Though it is difficult to directly attribute the event to climate change, scientists have noted the strong connection between warmer and drier conditions in the Western U.S. – conditions that are linked to climate change – and increasing wildfire risk. These wildfires thus had the potential to act as a “focusing event,” potentially strengthening public support for climate change policy. Political ideology is a well-known driver of public support for climate change mitigation policies in the U.S., but few studies have examined adaptation policy support. Moreover, other factors shaping post-event support for the two “pillars” of climate change policy—adaptation and mitigation—have rarely been compared. We conducted a survey of Oregonians within 6 months of the 2020 wildfires (n=1,308) to understand post-event support for climate mitigation and adaptation policies. We found that the magnitude of the association between political ideology and policy support was lower for adaptation policies than mitigation policy and there was no association with support for forest management changes. In contrast, selected socio-demographic characteristics played a more important role in support for selected adaptation policies than mitigation policy.
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火灾试验:支持2020年俄勒冈州野火后的缓解和适应政策
2020年9月俄勒冈州的野火在地理范围和受烟雾和野火影响的社区数量方面都是前所未有的。尽管很难将这一事件直接归因于气候变化,但科学家们注意到,美国西部的温暖和干燥条件——与气候变化有关的条件——与野火风险的增加之间存在着密切联系。因此,这些野火有可能成为“焦点事件”,有可能加强公众对气候变化政策的支持。政治意识形态是美国公众支持气候变化缓解政策的一个众所周知的驱动因素,但很少有研究考察适应政策的支持。此外,影响事后支持气候变化政策的两个“支柱”——适应和缓解——的其他因素很少被比较。我们在2020年野火发生后的6个月内对俄勒冈人进行了一项调查(n=1308),以了解事件后对气候缓解和适应政策的支持。我们发现,政治意识形态与适应政策的政策支持之间的关联程度低于缓解政策,而且与支持森林管理改革没有关联。相比之下,选定的社会人口特征在支持选定的适应政策方面比缓解政策发挥了更重要的作用。
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Weather Climate and Society
Weather Climate and Society METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES-
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95
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期刊介绍: Weather, Climate, and Society (WCAS) publishes research that encompasses economics, policy analysis, political science, history, and institutional, social, and behavioral scholarship relating to weather and climate, including climate change. Contributions must include original social science research, evidence-based analysis, and relevance to the interactions of weather and climate with society.
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