There is little evidence extreme weather events spur political action on climate change

Wappenhans, Tim, Valentim, Antonio ORCID: 0000-0001-8937-9181, Klüver, Heike and F. Stoetzer, Lukas (2024) There is little evidence extreme weather events spur political action on climate change. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (10 Dec 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Extreme weather events like flooding and wildfires are often cited as evidence of the need to tackle climate change. But do these events lead to real political change? Drawing on a new study covering nine European countries, Tim Wappenhans, António Valentim, Heike Klüver and Lukas Stoetzer find no evidence of a shift in the political attention paid to environmental policies in the aftermath of extreme weather events.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2025 11:15
Last Modified:	09 Jan 2025 11:15
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/126654

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