Counteracting the worst effects of human-induced climate change is one of the most daunting challenges of our time. There has been an increased recognition of the important role that human emotions, in particular positive affect, play in shaping people’s climate change-relevant decision-making and collective action. Here, we briefly review the rapidly expanding body of empirical research on positive emotions and climate change, focusing on two distinct yet closely intertwined ways in which positive emotions come into play: as antecedents and as consequences of climate change-relevant engagement. Our review reveals that positive emotions are positively linked to and can promote productive engagement with climate change but also that there is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to incorporating emotion into engagement and communication efforts.

抵消人为气候变化的最坏影响是我们这个时代最艰巨的挑战之一。人们越来越认识到人类情感，尤其是积极影响，在塑造人们与气候变化相关的决策和集体行动方面发挥的重要作用。在这里，我们简要回顾了关于积极情绪和气候变化的快速扩展的实证研究主体，重点关注积极情绪发挥作用的两种截然不同但又密切相关的方式：作为与气候变化相关的参与的前因和后果。我们的审查表明，积极情绪与气候变化有积极的联系，并且可以促进对气候变化的富有成效的参与，但也没有“一刀切”的方法将情绪融入参与和沟通工作中。