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Climate change poses a serious existential threat to life on our planet. If we are to mitigate against the most damaging impacts of climate change, we need citizens who are willing and able to make changes to their individual behaviours, but who are also politically engaged and motivated to advocate for systemic change; we need citizens who are Climate Capable. Across four studies with 849 adult and 458 adolescent participants (aged 12-15), we developed and validated a 24-item Climate Capability Scale. We demonstrate that the scale is internally consistent, has good test-retest reliability, correlates with measures of related constructs such as environmental worldview and scientific literacy, and predicts self-reported pro-environmental behaviour. The Climate Capability Scale may have particular value in educational and public engagement contexts for measuring the effectiveness of programs and interventions designed to increase Climate Capability. |
