This article uses interview data with people who were once skeptical about climate change but have come to accept climate science to assess the factors that contribute to their shifts in perspectives. Our findings show two trajectories of change for skeptics, depending on the nature of their skepticism. For those who move from actively denying climate change, shifting beliefs about climate change occur via a profound need to reconcile what emerges as cognitive dissonance due to challenges to their religious identities. For skeptics who move from being unsure about climate change, moving to accept climate science happens through either encountering new information from a trusted source or personally observing the effects of climate change. This extends existing scholarship on the factors that contribute to changing minds on climate change.

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“这不像是一个大灯泡时刻”：有助于改变人们对气候变化的看法的因素

本文使用对曾经对气候变化持怀疑态度但已经开始接受气候科学的人们的采访数据来评估导致他们观点转变的因素。我们的研究结果显示了怀疑论者的两种变化轨迹，这取决于他们怀疑的性质。对于那些不再积极否认气候变化的人来说，他们对气候变化的信念发生了转变，这是因为他们迫切需要调和由于宗教身份受到挑战而出现的认知失调。对于那些从不确定气候变化转变为接受气候科学的怀疑论者来说，要么通过接触来自可靠来源的新信息，要么通过亲自观察气候变化的影响。这扩展了现有关于导致气候变化观念改变的因素的学术研究。