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CLIMATE CHANGE EMOTIONS · RESEARCH LIBRARY
Publications
From the first interviews to brain imaging.
Scientific articles documenting the six stages of the project, alongside a publication from a wider international collaboration.
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publications covering six research stages
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publication from an international collaboration
Project publications
Eight articles linked to the six research stages, listed from newest to oldest.
2026
STAGE 4 · BEHAVIOURAL STUDY
Do emotions translate into action?
A preregistered experiment in Poland and Norway examining how anger, compassion and hope affect environmental effort and donations.
Impact of anger, compassion, and hope on climate action taking
Zaremba, D.; Marczak, M.; Michałowski, J. M.; Klöckner, C. A.; Wierzba, M.; Marchewka, A. (2026). Scientific Reports, 16, 27882.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-56796-9
2025
STAGE 5 · NEUROIMAGING
CLIMATE BRAIN: a neuroimaging dataset
An open dataset combining questionnaires, behavioural tasks and fMRI measurements. The article documents the procedure and data from a study of 160 participants.
CLIMATE BRAIN – Questionnaires, Tasks and the Neuroimaging Dataset
Zaremba, D.; Kossowski, B.; Wypych, M.; Jednoróg, K.; Michałowski, J. M.; Klöckner, C. A.; Wierzba, M.; Marchewka, A. (2025). Scientific Data, 12(1), 726.
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05038-0
2024
STAGE 2 · ECCS STORIES
Stories for studying emotions
The development and validation of a set of 180 climate change stories. This tool enables researchers to examine emotional responses to short narratives under experimental conditions.
Development and validation of the Emotional Climate Change Stories (ECCS) stimuli set
Zaremba, D.; Michałowski, J. M.; Klöckner, C. A.; Marchewka, A.; Wierzba, M. (2024). Behavior Research Methods, 56(4), 3330-3345.
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-024-02408-1
2024
STAGE 3 · ICE VALIDATION
ICE in Norway and Ireland
An examination of the ICE questionnaire in two additional countries, including its relationships with other measures of attitudes and responses to climate change.
Emotional responses to climate change in Norway and Ireland: a validation of the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE) in two European countries and an inspection of its nomological span
Marczak, M.; Wierzba, M.; Kossowski, B.; Marchewka, A.; Morote, R.; Klöckner, C. A. (2024). Frontiers in Psychology, 15, 1211272.
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1211272
2023
STAGE 3 · ICE QUESTIONNAIRE
Eight emotions, one tool
The development and validation of the Inventory of Climate Emotions (ICE), a questionnaire measuring eight distinct emotions related to climate change.
Beyond climate anxiety: Development and validation of the inventory of climate emotions (ICE): A measure of multiple emotions experienced in relation to climate change
Marczak, M.; Wierzba, M.; Zaremba, D.; Kulesza, M.; Szczypiński, J.; Kossowski, B.; Budziszewska, M.; Michałowski, J. M.; Klöckner, C. A.; Marchewka, A. (2023). Global Environmental Change, 83, 102764.
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102764
2023
STAGE 1 · INTERVIEWS IN POLAND
Experiencing climate change in Poland
An analysis of 40 in-depth interviews with people concerned about climate change, exploring the range of emotions they experience, their context and ways of coping.
A wise person plants a tree a day before the end of the world: coping with the emotional experience of climate change in Poland
Zaremba, D.; Kulesza, M.; Herman, A. M.; Marczak, M.; Kossowski, B.; Budziszewska, M.; Michałowski, J. M.; Klöckner, C. A.; Marchewka, A.; Wierzba, M. (2023). Current Psychology, 42, 27167–27185.
First published online in 2022; volume and page details refer to the 2023 journal issue.
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-022-03807-3
2023
STAGE 1 · INTERVIEWS IN NORWAY
The emotional landscape of climate concern
A qualitative study of experiences in Norway, exploring the complexity of climate emotions and their psychological, social and political significance.
“When I say I’m depressed, it’s like anger.” An exploration of the emotional landscape of climate change concern in Norway and its psychological, social and political implications
Marczak, M.; Winkowska, M.; Chaton-Østlie, K.; Morote Rios, R.; Klöckner, C. A. (2023). Emotion, Space and Society, 46, 100939.
DOI: 10.1016/j.emospa.2023.100939
2022
STAGE 6 · BODY MAPS
Where do we feel emotions in the body?
An investigation of the emBODY tool for describing bodily feelings associated with complex phenomena, including climate change.
The utility of the emBODY tool as a novel method of studying complex phenomena-related emotions
Herman, A. M.; Zaremba, D.; Kossowski, B.; Marchewka, A. (2022). Scientific Reports, 12, 19884.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-23734-4
Wider international collaboration
A publication co-authored by members of our team, extending beyond the six stages described in the Research section.
2026
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
What supports climate advocacy?
A megastudy comparing 17 interventions designed to promote public, political and financial climate advocacy. Co-authors include Dominika Zaremba and Artur Marchewka.
A megastudy of behavioral interventions to catalyze public, political, and financial climate advocacy
Goldwert, D., Constantino, S. M., Patel, Y., et al. (2026). PNAS Nexus, 5(1), pgaf400.
Goldwert, D.; Constantino, S. M.; Patel, Y.; Sabherwal, A.; Semken, C.; Brick, C.; Castiglione, A.; Debnath, R.; Doell, K. C.; Dubey, R.; Fang, K.; Goldberg, M. H.; Ma, W. J.; Nielsen, K. S.; Rathje, S.; Schneider, C. R.; Sheldrick, M.; Shreedhar, G.; van der Linden, S.; Acevedo, J.; Alam, R.; Boon-Falleur, M.; Buchel, O.; Chen, X.; Cheng, P. W.; Fabre, A.; Feinberg, M.; Frese, J.; Fuller, K.; Helferich, M.; Kantorowicz, J.; Kantorowicz-Reznichenko, E.; Kim, A.; Kim, J. J. H.; Lee, J.; Marchewka, A.; Mildenberger, M.; Pearson, A.; Pezzuto, J.; Pizziol, V.; Prokosch, M.; Protzko, J.; Ramos, G. A.; Rose, W.; Sherman, D. K.; Swanson, E.; Syropoulos, S.; Tavoni, A.; Thiel, M. H.; Van Boven, L.; Willer, R.; Yang, T.; Zaremba, D.; Vlasceanu, M..
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf400
Looking for an accessible introduction?
Explore the research questions, methods and key findings across all six stages of the project.
The ICE questionnaire
Explore your emotions about climate change. The linked questionnaire app is in Polish.
Bibliography checked: 21 October 2026. Bibliographic years follow the publishers’ citations; earlier online publication dates are noted separately.