{"id":5767,"date":"2025-05-20T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/?p=5767"},"modified":"2025-05-21T07:38:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T07:38:47","slug":"most-people-trust-climate-scientists-less-than-other-scientists-but-not-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/most-people-trust-climate-scientists-less-than-other-scientists-but-not-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Most people trust climate scientists less than other scientists \u2013 but not everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Climate scientists are overall less trusted than other types of scientists, according to a\u00a0new study<\/a>\u00a0led by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR).<\/p>\n

Dr Omid Ghasemi and colleagues compared responses from a survey of nearly 70,000 people across 68 countries on the trustworthiness of climate scientists with a broad range of other ideological and demographic factors.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t exist in a vacuum, and this research allows a new lens to view different factors that may influence how people view climate scientists \u2013 and the forces undermining public confidence in their work,\u201d Dr Ghasemi says.<\/p>\n

The results, rated on a 5-point scale from 1 (not at all), to 5 (very strongly), revealed an overall average trust rating of 3.5 for climate scientists worldwide compared to 3.62 for scientists in general.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, six countries, and China in particular, bucked the trend entirely, indicating significantly higher trust in climate scientists.<\/p>\n

Political polarisation putting ice caps at risk\u00a0<\/p>\n

The research showed people with right-leaning political views tended to trust climate scientists less overall, including in the US, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and much of Europe.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s arguably not a surprise that you see significant increases in the trust gap between climate scientists and other scientists in these countries,\u201d Dr Ghasemi says.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have had decades of coordinated efforts by conservative political actors and fossil fuel interests to politicise climate science and undermine its credibility.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Interesting too, says Dr Ghasemi, are those countries which showed the opposite relationship, or no significant association between ideology and trust in climate scientists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIn some Eastern European, Southeast Asian, and African countries, right-leaning individuals tended to trust scientists and climate scientists more,\u201d Dr Ghasemi says. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis might suggest that political leadership attitudes, rather than peoples\u2019 political views, better explain these differences in trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demographic differences behind doubts\u00a0<\/p>\n

The survey data, collected as part of the collaborative Trust in Science and Science-Related Populism (TISP) project, covered a total 111 variables.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dr Ghasemi\u2019s analysis of the data collected reveals some non-political factors may also be linked to higher trust in climate scientists, such as living in cities, having stronger religious beliefs, valuing science or the scientific method, or being a younger rather than older adult.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, people who support social hierarchies and those who believe common sense is better than scientific expertise are less likely to trust climate scientists.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Interactive maps are available:\u00a0<\/p>\n

The difference in trust between climate scientists and scientists in general<\/a><\/p>\n

Average trust in climate scientists versus scientists in general<\/a><\/p>\n

The relationship between political orientation and trust in climate scientists<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Climate scientists are overall less trusted than other types of scientists, according to a\u00a0new study\u00a0led by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR). Dr Omid Ghasemi and colleagues compared responses from a survey of nearly 70,000 people across 68 countries on the trustworthiness of climate scientists with a broad range of other ideological […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4",1009,768,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4-150x150.",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4-300x228.",300,228,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4-768x585.",768,585,true],"large":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4",1009,768,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4",1009,768,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/public-4",1009,768,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"diinsiderlife","author_link":"https:\/\/diinsiderlife.com\/index.php\/author\/diinsiderlife\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Climate scientists are overall less trusted than other types of scientists, according to a\u00a0new study\u00a0led by the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response (ICRR). 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