Nature Climate Change, Published online: 07 July 2026; doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02668-zUnlike previous work showing that people underestimate others’ support for climate action, this study finds systematic pluralistic ignorance in both directions: frequent attitudes and actual behaviours are underestimated but rare ones are overestimated. This can be explained by general cognitive processes.
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