Doctoral thesis of Philosophy: Explaining public support for climate change mitigation policies – a case study of Australia

This thesis focuses on four constructs of perceived adverse impacts of climate change, perceived anthropogenic causes of climate change; perceived policy effectiveness, and feasibility to explain Australian public support for mitigation policies. The study draws from major theories in the field such as the Theory of Planned Behaviour, Risk Perception Theory, the Extended Parallel Process Model, and Social Dilemma literature. Examining field-surveyed samples of 1,476 general public participants, and 140 climate scientist participants, the study reports important findings to enhance understanding of factors that lead to policy support.