Replication Data for: Climate Crisis and Policy Inaction in Indonesiahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/OTTHXVKuipers, NicholasHsiao, AllanHarvard Dataverse2025-06-172025-06-18T00:13:05ZWe surveyed voters and politicians in advance of the 2024 Indonesian election to measure preferences for environmental policy. We find that politicians underestimate voter concerns. We conducted an informational experiment with politicians to correct these misperceptions, and we document evidence of learning but no greater support for policy action. We explore three explanations for why voter preferences do not translate into policy. First, politicians only consider acting when their initial misperceptions are particularly large. Second, elite capture prevents politicians from implementing environmental protection. Third, voters prioritize progress in other domains. Our results underscore the multiplicity of challenges facing climate action.Social SciencesClimate, Inaction, Environmental Politics, Elite Survey, Misperceptions, Indonesia2025-06-17Kuipers, Nicholas2025-02-27Kuipers, Nicholas, and Nathanael G Sumaktoyo. 2025. “HI-RES SIKAP Dataset.” OSF. April 11. accessed 7 May 2025. doi:10.17605/OSF.IO/6E9SM. <br></br> Inglehart, R., Haerpfer, C., Moreno, A., Welzel, C., Kizilova, K., Diez-Medrano J., M. Lagos, P. Norris, E. Ponarin & B. Puranen et al. (eds.). 2020. World Values Survey: All Rounds – Country-Pooled Datafile. Madrid, Spain & Vienna, Austria: JD Systems Institute & WVSA Secretariat [Version: http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWVL.jsp]. <br></br> Indonesian Anti-Corruption Commission. 2023. Asset Declarations of Local Government Officials in Indonesia. Unpublished administrative dataset. Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi (KPK). (https://elhkpn.kpk.go.id/portal/user/login) <br></br> Ministry of Home Affairs, Indonesia, Local Government Regulations Database, 1980–2012, accessed 11 April 2025, data scraped from the Ministry of Home Affairs website (https://peraturan.go.id/). <br></br> General Elections Commission (KPU), Indonesia, Candidate Statement Data for 2019 and 2024 Legislative Elections, accessed 11 April 2025, data scraped from the Indonesian Electoral Commission website (https://infopemilu.kpu.go.id/). <br></br> General Elections Commission (KPU), Indonesia, 2024 Electoral Return Data, accessed 20 June 2024, data scraped from the Indonesian Electoral Commission website (https://pemilu2024.kpu.go.id/). <br></br>This dataset is made available with limited information on how it can be used. You may wish to communicate with the Contact(s) specified before use.