Climate change presents an important threat to community livelihoods and well-being around the world. Biophysical vulnerability to the effects of climate change, such as sea level rise, coastal erosion, changing flora and fauna, and changing precipitation patterns are predicted to affect island nations in particular. Emotional geographies offers a theoretical entry point to understand how changing landscapes, which are often imbued with emotion and personal significance, may result in heightened emotional states and result in different outcomes depending on the severity of these changes and the biophysical vulnerability that produces them. Historically, emotion and gender have been closely linked; we use biophysical vulnerability to climate change, along with emotion and gender, to argue for a differentiated perspective on how men and women in different places may experience different emotional responses to climate change. Using a cross-cultural analysis of qualitative data from four island countries (Fiji, Cyprus, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom; total N = 272), this article explores how different sensitivities to climate change may produce differentiated emotional responses among men versus women across these four sites. Our results indicate that gender does affect the emotional response of respondents in these sites, but that local sensitivity plays an important role in differentiating these emotional responses, and their causes, between the four sites.

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愤怒和悲伤：四个岛国对气候威胁的性别情感反应

气候变化对世界各地的社区生计和福祉构成了重要威胁。对气候变化影响的生物物理脆弱性，如海平面上升、海岸侵蚀、动植物群的变化以及降水模式的变化，预计将特别影响岛国。情感地理学提供了一个理论切入点，以了解经常充满情感和个人意义的不断变化的景观如何导致情绪状态升高，并根据这些变化的严重程度和产生这些变化的生物物理脆弱性导致不同的结果。从历史上看，情感和性别一直密切相关。我们利用生物物理对气候变化的脆弱性，以及情感和性别，争论不同地方的男性和女性如何对气候变化产生不同的情绪反应。本文对来自四个岛国（斐济、塞浦路斯、新西兰和英国；总 N = 272）的定性数据进行跨文化分析，探讨了对气候变化的不同敏感性如何在男性和女性之间产生不同的情绪反应跨越这四个站点。我们的结果表明，性别确实会影响这些站点中受访者的情绪反应，但本地敏感性在区分四个站点之间的这些情绪反应及其原因方面起着重要作用。塞浦路斯、新西兰和英国；总 N = 272），本文探讨了对气候变化的不同敏感性如何在这四个地点的男性和女性之间产生不同的情绪反应。我们的结果表明，性别确实会影响这些站点中受访者的情绪反应，但本地敏感性在区分四个站点之间的这些情绪反应及其原因方面起着重要作用。塞浦路斯、新西兰和英国；总 N = 272），本文探讨了对气候变化的不同敏感性如何在这四个地点的男性和女性之间产生不同的情绪反应。我们的结果表明，性别确实会影响这些站点中受访者的情绪反应，但本地敏感性在区分四个站点之间的这些情绪反应及其原因方面起着重要作用。