20.500.12556/DKUM-94770 Trust in climate scientists is associated with political ideology a 26-country analysis Trust in climate scientists is critical for public awareness about climate change and engagement in climate change mitigation actions. Previous research has shown that right-wing political ideology is associated with lower trust in climate scientists. However, much of this research has focused primarily on Western, Anglophone countries, raising questions about the generalizability of this relationship across countries. To address this gap in our preregistered study, we analyze cross-sectional, secondary data across 26 countries from all inhabited continents (n = 10,641). While the results indicate generally high levels of trust, individuals with a stronger right-leaning (vs. left-leaning) political ideology reported lower trust in climate scientists. This relationship was more pronounced among individuals with higher education, although the effect size was small and uncertain. Furthermore, the relationship between ideology and trust was stronger in Anglophone (vs. non-Anglophone) countries. Additionally, exploratory analyses showed that the relationship between ideology and trust was also stronger in countries with a higher democracy index and gross domestic product per capita. In sum, to increase overall public trust in climate scientists, climate change communication strategies can focus more on right-leaning communities across most studied countries, as trust in climate scientists is generally lower among these groups. climate changes climate scientists multi-country political ideology trust klimatske spremembe podnebni znanstveniki politična ideologija zaupanje true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Znanstveno delo 2025-08-27 03:50:00 2025-12-19 13:14:32 2025-12-20 03:19:13 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 str. 1-12 št. članka 102609 Letn. 104 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 2025-04-25 2025-05-20 316.4:502 236646147 10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102609 0272-4944 RAZ_Remso_Amanda_2025.pdf RAZ_Remso_Amanda_2025.pdf 1 7B39C5841C202B66BB256715D92867DC 267a3cb6089048e33f826b6c248db85b9895d1136d44c3d924fe53f3a0288d3a 771e60b8-dcd4-11f0-a44c-00155d580e02 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201567 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102609 0 86c51107-dcd4-11f0-a44c-00155d580e02 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=201568 Filozofska fakulteta 0 0 0