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Climate Change BeliefsCJAS✓ Validated

Climate Justice Attitudes Scale

Schlosberg & Collins · 2014

Overview

Measures attitudes toward climate justice — the belief that climate change disproportionately affects vulnerable populations and that climate action must address social inequalities. Captures both distributive justice concerns (who bears the costs and benefits of climate change) and procedural justice concerns (who has a voice in climate decision-making).

Measure Details

Number of Items12 items
Response Scale5-point Likert (1 = Strongly Disagree, 5 = Strongly Agree)
Author(s)Schlosberg & Collins
Year Published2014
Internal Reliabilityα = .83
DomainClimate Change Beliefs

Citation

Schlosberg, D., & Collins, L. B. (2014). From environmental to climate justice: Climate change and the discourse of environmental justice. WIREs Climate Change, 5(3), 359–374.

Keywords

climate justiceequityvulnerable populationsdistributive justiceprocedural justiceinequalitysocial

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At a Glance

Items12
Year2014
Reliabilityα = .83