2024 Annual Meeting Symposium on Cognition, Behavior, and Society

Climate Change and Human Cognition
Organizer: James Pomerantz, Rice University, USA
Climate change has become one of the chief existential issues of the day, with the potential to alter and threaten life on the planet. It’s become increasingly clear over recent decades that human choices and behaviors are a primary driver of climate change. This symposium will address the role of human cognition has played in the changes to our climate that have already occurred as well future changes that result from the perceptions and decisions that people make about responding to adverse climate events. Here we present experts across a range of research areas who will discuss how human cognition has led us to where we are regarding climate and our environment, as well as regarding possible future behaviors that could limit the damage that climate change portends.