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Keith Smith

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Socio-political dynamics of climate change and global environmental problem @ETH Zurich and ekeithsmith.com

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Air pollution is a top priority in all cities. When asked to chose, 56% choose cleaner air over faster economic growth.

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Majorities support stricter industry rules, expanded public transport, and household electrification - even when told these cost money.

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Policymakers in polluted cities often hold back on ambitious clean air policy, worried the public will resist costs or prioritise economic growth instead.

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

A lot of climate mitigation advice ignores a key constraint: will people actually do it? In our new paper, we use a “personalised scenario testing” tool and ask people to build a plan to cut their own emissions by 30% (Swiss sample, n=2,793).

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Opinions within conditional middle matter electorally. They are a crucial swing constituency, most likely to vote for parties within the centrist and centre-right that anchor European parliamentary majorities

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Small swings amongst the conditional middle can have a big impact on what’s politically feasible. In a simple simulation, moving only the fence-sitting slice from neutral → support raises # of majority-backed policies across Europe from 4/15 to 10/15.

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

This group is moved by what they think a policy will cost and deliver — who pays, who benefits, and how intrusive it feels - and not by political orientation, climate concern or sociodemos (together explaining only ~5% of variance)

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Climate politics sounds increasingly polarised. But in Europe, support for climate isn’t driven by die-hard supporters or opponents. It tends to be shaped by a large “conditional middle” (33%).

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Day 6 of survey data collection in townships around Johannesburg with the absolutely amazing students from Wits (Geography,Archaeology, and Environmental Studies) Project focuses on air pollution awareness, protective behaviors and citizen demands for mitigation in lower income neighborhoods.

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Keith Smith @ekeithsmith.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

We previously found strong support for sustainability regulations across the 12 largest OECD states (⬇️). As the impact of global supply chain policies would be deeply felt in middle income states, we explored what people want in BR, ID, IN 🇧🇷🇮🇩🇮🇳 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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