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It’s clear that worldwide cooperation is needed to tackle global issues such as climate change. However, it hasn’t been clear how to foster strong group cohesion to motivate prosocial behavior at a global level given that humans tend to align more locally, from family to nationality. Evidence now shows that being prompted to consider the shared biology of all humans can cause individuals to identify more strongly with humanity overall, suggesting that emphasis on the “global family tree” may promote collective action.
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Perhaps counterintuitively, a focus on group distinctions can help ensure that responsibility for issues with global effects (e.g., natural resource depletion and climate change) is shared globally. For example, though young people don’t always view themselves as essential parties in such matters, reminders of their collective role as future inheritors of problems left unsolved can spark their engagement.
It’s clear that worldwide cooperation is needed to tackle global issues such as climate change. However, it hasn’t been clear how to foster strong group cohesion to motivate prosocial behavior at a global level given that humans tend to align more locally, from family to nationality. Evidence now shows that being prompted to consider the shared biology of all humans can cause individuals to identify more strongly with humanity overall, suggesting that emphasis on the “global family tree” may promote collective action.
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Perhaps counterintuitively, a focus on group distinctions can help ensure that responsibility for issues with global effects (e.g., natural resource depletion and climate change) is shared globally. For example, though young people don’t always view themselves as essential parties in such matters, reminders of their collective role as future inheritors of problems left unsolved can spark their engagement.