Abstract Climate change is one of the most challenging issues facing the world today, and it is important to have effective policies to address its impact. One critical factor in shaping climate policy is public response to climate change. In this study, we theoretically and empirically focus on examining the impacts of personal social capital and national carbon dependency on citizens’ response to climate change in 22 European countries. Utilizing individual-level data from the 2016 European Social Survey and corresponding country-level data from multiple sources, we conduct multilevel regression analyses. Findings show that in these 22 European countries people with higher social capital are more likely to have climate-mitigation behavioral intention and show support for climate policy, while greater national carbon dependency tends to inhibit public response to climate change. We conclude by discussing this study’s contributions to the literature and policy implications and offer suggestions for future research.

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22 个欧洲国家的社会资本、碳依赖和公众对气候变化的反应

摘要 气候变化是当今世界面临的最具挑战性的问题之一，制定有效的政策来应对其影响非常重要。制定气候政策的一个关键因素是公众对气候变化的反应。在这项研究中，我们从理论上和实证上研究了个人社会资本和国家碳依赖对 22 个欧洲国家公民应对气候变化的影响。利用来自 2016 年欧洲社会调查的个人层面数据和来自多个来源的相应国家层面数据，我们进行了多层面回归分析。调查结果表明，在这 22 个欧洲国家中，社会资本较高的人更有可能具有减缓气候变化的行为意图并表现出对气候政策的支持，而更大的国家碳依赖往往会抑制公众对气候变化的反应。我们最后讨论了这项研究对文献和政策影响的贡献，并为未来的研究提供了建议。