Commitment failures are unlikely to undermine public support for the Paris agreement

Commitment failures are unlikely to undermine public support for the Paris agreement

Commitment failures are unlikely to undermine public support for the Paris agreement, Published online: 25 February 2019; doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0414-z

Climate change mitigation requires cooperation among nations, which could be undermined if a major emitter defects from international agreements. This study shows that public support for global climate policies is unaffected by information on other countries failing to reduce their emissions.