Replication Data for Scientists’ Petitions Concerning Climate Change

No prior studies considering the signatories of scientific petitions which do and do not support the consensus on anthropogenic climate change exist. Additionally, little focus is paid to the support for climate change action of scientific communities relating to specific disciplines. We analyse demographic data for individuals on two separate petitions - one supporting climate change science and one refuting it. The results support prior research that finds climate change contrarians are male, older, and more likely received their degree prior to the 1980s. Those that sign petitions that support climate change science are more diverse in gender, age, nationality, and more likely to receive their degree after the 1980s, and in a different discipline from contrarians. The results show distinct differences in these two groups which suggests there are factors likely influencing these different demographics’ acceptance of climate science beyond just their degree in the field.目前尚无研究聚焦于支持与反对人为气候变化共识的科学请愿书签署者群体。此外，针对特定学科科研群体对气候变化应对行动的支持倾向，现有研究也鲜有涉猎。本研究针对两份独立请愿书的签署者展开人口统计学数据分析：一份请愿书支持气候变化科学共识，另一份则对其予以驳斥。研究结果佐证了此前的相关结论：气候变化质疑者多为男性、年龄偏大，且更有可能在20世纪80年代前获得学位；而签署支持气候变化科学共识请愿书的群体，在性别、年龄、国籍维度上分布更为多元，且更大概率于20世纪80年代后获得学位，所属学科也与质疑者群体存在显著差异。本研究结果显示两类群体存在显著分野，这表明除其所属领域的学位背景外，尚有其他潜在因素影响了不同人口统计学特征群体对气候科学的接受程度。