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Mindsets for Sustainability: Exploring the Link Between Mindfulness and Sustainable Climate Adaptation

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Wamsler, Christine, Brink, Ebba·2018·Ecological Economics
DOI 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.029
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Growing globalisation and climate change are challenging the sustainability of our societies. It is now clear that climate change and its devastating impacts cannot be resolved by new technology or governance alone. They require a broader, cultural shift. As a result, the role of human beings' ‘inner dimensions’ and related transformations is attracting increased attention from researchers. Recent advances in neuroscience suggest for instance that mindfulness can open new pathways towards sustainability. However, the role of mindfulness in climate adaptation has been largely ignored. This paper is the first exploratory empirical investigation into linking individuals' intrinsic mindfulness (as opposed to outside mindfulness interventions) to pro- and reactive climate adaptation. Based on a survey of citizens at risk from severe climate events, we explore if, and how individual mindfulness is correlated with climate adaptation at different scales. The results show that individual mindfulness coincides with higher motivation to take climate adaptation actions or to support them, especially actions that are ‘other-focused’ or support pro-environmental behaviour. Mindfulness may also corroborate the acknowledgement of climate change and associated risk perception, and it may steer people away from fatalistic attitudes. We conclude with a call for more research into the relationship between human beings' inner dimensions and climate adaptation in the wider public domain.

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Authors
Wamsler, C., & Brink, E.
Affiliations
Lund University (SE)
ORCID
Venue
Ecological Economics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-09
Volume
151
Pages
55-61
ISSN
0921-8009 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.04.029
OpenAlex
W2800928767
Cited by
155
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 15 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 21 · 2023: 24 · 2022: 24 · 2021: 22 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 2
FWCI
29.02
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Ecological Economics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
Funders
Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas (2011-901)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Pro-Environmental Behavior and Attitudes
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Keywords
mindfulness, climate change adaptation, pro-environmental behavior, risk perception, fatalism, climate risk, personal motivation, cultural change

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