Climate change is the most significant global challenge facing humanity. Despite the unequivocal scientific evidence and the overwhelming adverse impacts of climate change, there is a growing divide in the beliefs on the anthropogenic causes of climate change. To explore the underlying cognitive mechanisms of this divide, we review recent studies revealing a number of attentional and perceptual biases that can give rise to the divergent opinions on climate change. With these cognitive insights in mind, we discuss several communication approaches (e.g. framing, visualization) that have the potential to mitigate the attentional and perceptual biases, with the broader goal of minimizing polarizing views and promoting actions to address climate change.

气候变化是人类面临的最重大的全球挑战。尽管有明确的科学证据和对气候变化的巨大不利影响，但人们对气候变化的人为原因的看法之间的分歧越来越大。为了探索这种鸿沟的潜在认知机制，我们回顾了最近的研究，这些研究揭示了许多注意力和感知偏见，这些偏见可能引起人们对气候变化的分歧。考虑到这些认知见解，我们讨论了几种有可能减轻注意力和感知偏见的交流方法（例如，构图，可视化），其更广泛的目标是最大程度地减少两极分化的观点并促进应对气候变化的行动。