Orlove, BenShwom, RachaelMarkowitz, EzraCheong, So-Min2023-03-202023-03-202020-06-08Ben Orlove, Rachael Shwom, Ezra Markowitz, So-Min Cheong. Climate Decision-Making. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2020 45:1, 271-303https://hdl.handle.net/1808/34064Climate change decision-making has emerged in recent decades as an area of research and practice, expanding on an earlier focus on climate policy. Defined as the study of decisions relevant for climate change, it draws on developments in decision science, particularly advances in the study of cognitive and deliberative processes in individuals and organizations. The effects of climate, economic, social, and other framings on decision-making have been studied, often showing that nonclimate frames can be as effective as, or more effective than, climate frames in promoting decision-making and action. The concept of urgency, linked to the ideas of climate crisis and climate emergency, has taken on importance in recent years. Research on climate decision-making has influenced numerous areas of climate action, including nudges and other behavioral interventions, corporate social responsibility, and Indigenous decision-making. Areas of transformational change, such as strategic retreat in the face of sea-level rise, are emerging.Copyright © 2020 by Annual Reviews. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. See credit lines of images or other third party material in this article for license information.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Climate changeClimate crisisCCRDClimate change–relevant decisionsClimate communicationSpilloverFramingUrgencyTransformationIndigenousArticle10.1146/annurev-environ-012320-085130openAccess