Recent findings and emerging trends concerning the role of affect and emotion in climate change perceptions and judgments as well as their potential as drivers of sustainable action are reviewed. The affective responses people experience toward climate change are consistently found to be among the strongest predictors of risk perceptions, mitigation behavior, adaptation behavior, policy support, and technology acceptance. As correlational results do not imply that inducing affective states will necessarily lead to the corresponding changes in a target population, research efforts now should focus on establishing the causal pathways from affect and emotion towards climate action. Communication and intervention studies show that inducing both positive and negative emotions may under certain conditions promote sustainable behavior, but the field would benefit from a stronger integration of concepts and findings from affective psychology. Explicitly considering the mechanisms by which emotions influence decisions and actions may help design more efficient affective interventions.

回顾了有关情感和情感在气候变化感知和判断中的作用及其作为可持续行动推动力的潜力的最新发现和新兴趋势。人们始终发现人们对气候变化的情感反应是风险感知，缓解行为，适应行为，政策支持和技术接受程度的最强预测指标之一。由于相关结果并不意味着诱导情感状态必定会导致目标人群的相应变化，因此，现在的研究工作应集中在建立从情感和情感到气候行动的因果路径。交流和干预研究表明，在一定条件下同时诱发正面和负面情绪可能会促进可持续行为，但是该领域将受益于情感心理学中概念和发现的更强整合。明确考虑情绪影响决策和行动的机制可能有助于设计更有效的情感干预。