Norsk skepsis og usikkerhet om klimaendringer

Austgulen, Marthe Hårvik; Stø, Eivind

doi:10.18261/issn1504-291x-2013-02-01

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“…Also, Norway is a big oil producer (Båtstrand, 2014) and bases a big part of its' economy on oil production. Therefore, economic growth and jobs are closely connected to oil production in Norway (Austgulen & Stø, 2013), and we should expect it to be likely that climate science is politicized by different economic actors. Turning to economics, much of mainstream economic research and theories rests on assumptions of rationality and self‐interestedness (Cowen, 2004), which is also the case for Norwegian economists (Mohn, 2006).…”

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“…Unlike the four groups of scientists mentioned above, both climate science and economics have been politicized in Norway in recent years. Climate and environmentalist issues are gained increasing importance in Norwegian politics (Bergh & Karlsen, 2017), and there are considerable disagreements on climate change in the Norwegian population with a significant minority expressing some form of climate skepticism (Austgulen & Stø, 2013). Further, the populist right-wing Progress Party has historically embraced climate skepticism (Båtstrand, 2014), and climate skepticism is common among its' voters (Austgulen & Stø, 2013).…”

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“…Climate and environmentalist issues are gained increasing importance in Norwegian politics (Bergh & Karlsen, 2017), and there are considerable disagreements on climate change in the Norwegian population with a significant minority expressing some form of climate skepticism (Austgulen & Stø, 2013). Further, the populist right-wing Progress Party has historically embraced climate skepticism (Båtstrand, 2014), and climate skepticism is common among its' voters (Austgulen & Stø, 2013). This indicates that climate research is a politicized issue in Norwegian politics (Austgulen & Stø, 2013).…”

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“…Further, the populist right-wing Progress Party has historically embraced climate skepticism (Båtstrand, 2014), and climate skepticism is common among its' voters (Austgulen & Stø, 2013). This indicates that climate research is a politicized issue in Norwegian politics (Austgulen & Stø, 2013). Also, Norway is a big oil producer (Båtstrand, 2014) and bases a big part of its' economy on oil production.…”

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Don't Tell Me What I Don't Want to Hear! Politicization and Ideological Conflict Explain Why Citizens Have Lower Trust in Climate Scientists and Economists Than in Other Natural Scientists

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2022

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Studies suggest that citizens have higher trust in some groups of scientists than in others. However, we still know little about the causes of these trust gaps. The current study fills this knowledge gap by examining Norwegian citizens' trust in climate scientists, economists, and so‐called “less politicized natural scientists.” I argue that trust in climate scientists and economists is lower than trust in less politicized natural scientists because the former fields are politicized, while the latter are not. Politicization strengthens ideological conflicts between citizens' ideology and research produced by climate scientists and economists, which leads to lower trust in these groups of scientists. I test this argument by running regression analyses on data from a representative survey of the Norwegian population. The results support the argument: Citizens have significantly higher trust in less politicized natural scientists than in both climate scientists and economists, and these differences can be explained by ideological biases in trust. Citizens with a proeconomic growth ideology have significantly lower trust in climate scientists than in less politicized natural scientists, and citizens with a left‐wing economic ideology have significantly lower trust in economists than in less politicized natural scientists.

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“…In those years, the proportion of Norwegians who reported observing climate change rose from 11 to 25 and 31 percent respectively (TNS Gallup 2016). A nationally representative study by Austgulen and Stø (2013) showed that 7 out of 10 Norwegians believe that climate change is caused by human activity.…”

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Farmers as climate citizens

Flemsæter

Bjørkhaug

Brobakk

2017

Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

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This article explores the potential for farmers to become climate citizens. Drawing on in-depth interviews, we analyse how Norwegian farmers relate to climate change in their everyday farming practises. After discussing the concepts of environmental and ecological citizenship, we propose the climate citizen approach to meet the challenges that climate change poses to agriculture. Until now, Norwegian farmers' response to climate change has been limited. Major changes in farming practises seem unlikely without incentives from the state. A climate citizen approach can help balance a response to institutional regulations and policies with the individual moral obligation to take personal and non-reciprocal responsibility for the planet. In order to influence how farmers might incorporate climate change awareness into their everyday practises, policy makers should take existing norms and values in the agricultural community into account and adopt clear and manageable instruments to reward farmers for taking adaptive measures.

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Energy Governance in Norway

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2022

Handbook of Energy Governance in Europe

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Norsk skepsis og usikkerhet om klimaendringer

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Don't Tell Me What I Don't Want to Hear! Politicization and Ideological Conflict Explain Why Citizens Have Lower Trust in Climate Scientists and Economists Than in Other Natural Scientists

Don't Tell Me What I Don't Want to Hear! Politicization and Ideological Conflict Explain Why Citizens Have Lower Trust in Climate Scientists and Economists Than in Other Natural Scientists

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