A new study shows that, despite fires, floods and record heat, most Australians do not change their behavior or beliefs in response to climate change—except in a narrow window following a disaster. Lead author Dr. Omid Ghasemi from the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR) says the study set out to answer a central question in climate policy: whether rising climate-related costs would drive stronger public action.
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    Dr. Malavasi states, “One key takeaway to me is that experiencing climate change, weather anomalies, or surviving climate disasters does not increase support for climate policies ‘enough.’ The natural question is, ‘what do we do about this?’ and to me, the answer is stronger leadership.”