Publications
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Climate Opinion & Climate Policy Preferences
Pianta, S., Rinscheid, A., & Weber, E.U. (2021) Carbon Capture and Storage in the United States: Perceptions, Preferences, and Lessons for Policy. Energy Policy.
Constantino, S.M., Pianta, S., Rinscheid, A., Frey, R., and Weber, E.U. (2021) The source is the message: The impact of institutional signals on climate change-related norm perceptions and behaviors. Climatic Change.
Rinscheid, A., Pianta, S., & Weber, E.U. (2021) What shapes public support for climate change mitigation policies? The role of descriptive social norms and elite cues. Behavioural Public Policy.
Rinscheid, A., Pianta, S., & Weber, E.U. (2020) Fast track or Slo-Mo? Public support and temporal preferences for phasing out fossil fuel cars in the United States, Climate Policy.
Climate Change Attention & Media Coverage
Pianta, S., & Sisco, M.R. (2020) A Hot Topic in Hot Times: How Media Coverage of Climate Change is Affected by Temperature Abnormalities. Environmental Research Letters.
Sisco, M.R., Pianta, S., Weber, E.U., & Bosetti, V. (2021) Global climate strikes sharply raise attention to climate change: Analysis of climate search behavior in 46 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
Social and Political Dynamics in Climate Mitigation Pathways
Pianta, S. & Brutschin, E. (2023) Increased ambition is needed after Glasgow. Nature Climate Change News & Views.
Jäger, J., Brutschin, E., Pianta, S., Omann, I., Kammerlander, M., Sudharmma Vishwanathan, S., Vrontisi, Z., Macdonald, J & Van Ruijven, B. (2023). Stakeholder engagement and decarbonization pathways: Meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Sustainability.
Pianta, S. & Brutschin, E. (2022) Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts. Politics and Governance.
Hickmann, T., Bertram, C., Biermann, F., Brutschin, E. , Kriegler, E., Livingstone, J.E., Pianta, S., Riahi, K. , et al. (2022). Exploring Global Climate Policy Futures and Their Representation in Integrated Assessment Models. Politics and Governance.
Pianta, S., Brutschin, E. van Ruijven, B. and Bosetti, V. (2021). Faster or slower decarbonization? Policymaker and stakeholder expectations on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global energy transition. Energy Research & Social Science.
Brutschin, E., Pianta, S., Tavoni, M., Riahi, K., Bosetti, V., Marangoni, G., and van Ruijven, B. (2021) A multidimensional feasibility evaluation of low-carbon scenarios. Environmental Research Letters.