Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being affected by climate change as lower than that of others. This perception may reduce individuals' willingness to act and slow down necessary climate measures.
Well yeah, it affects me, in my air conditioned, water-from-the-tap, temperate climate, stable government home much less than it affects Burmese, Bangladeshi, Congolese, Moldovan and Bolivian sub-working class women and children.