Community perceptions and pro-environmental behavior: The mediating roles of social norms and climate change risk.

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 200-210
Author(s):  
Chelsie J. Smith ◽  
Kathryne E. Dupré ◽  
Amanda McEvoy ◽  
Shawn Kenny
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Climate Change Risk

Social representations of climate change and pro-environmental behavior intentions in Taiwan

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 327-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mei-Fang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Environmental Behavior ◽  
Social Representations ◽  
Psychological Distance ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Climate Change Risk ◽  
Behavior Intentions

To explore how people attribute meanings to climate change in Taiwan, this study applied social representations theory (SRT) to develop a self-report semi-structured questionnaire that was used to collect data. To fill a research gap, structural equation modeling (SEM) was adopted to examine the determinants of social representation factors that may affect the public’s intentions to engage in pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs). Exploratory factor analysis results obtained from 180 valid online responses indicated four factors for social representations of climate change, namely Emerging Climate Change Risk, Media Coverage and Influence, Psychological Distance, and Pro-environmental Behavior Intentions. The results of SEM analysis obtained from the total of 245 valid online and paper-and-pencil responses revealed that Emerging Climate Change Risk and Media Coverage and Influence helped explain the public’s PEBs intentions, but Psychological Distance did not. This exploratory study provides preliminary knowledge of public understanding of and response toward climate change in the Taiwanese society and demonstrates a novel application of SEM analysis to test the direct effects of social representations of climate change on PEB intentions.

Climate Change Risk Awareness in the Property Sector: Australia

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sven Bienert ◽  
Georgia Warren-Myers ◽  
Jens Hirsch
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Awareness ◽  
Climate Change Risk

Voting with their Sandals: Partisan Residential Sorting on Climate Change Risk

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asaf Bernstein ◽  
Stephen B. Billings ◽  
Matthew Gustafson ◽  
Ryan Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Risk ◽  
Residential Sorting

scholarly journals Impact of an accelerated melting of Greenland on malaria distribution over Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alizée Chemison ◽  
Gilles Ramstein ◽  
Adrian M. Tompkins ◽  
Dimitri Defrance ◽  
Guigone Camus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Malaria Transmission ◽  
Ice Sheet ◽  
Transmission Risk ◽  
Future Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Scenarios ◽  
Climate Change Risk ◽  
System A ◽  
Climate Simulations ◽  
The Impact

AbstractStudies about the impact of future climate change on diseases have mostly focused on standard Representative Concentration Pathway climate change scenarios. These scenarios do not account for the non-linear dynamics of the climate system. A rapid ice-sheet melting could occur, impacting climate and consequently societies. Here, we investigate the additional impact of a rapid ice-sheet melting of Greenland on climate and malaria transmission in Africa using several malaria models driven by Institute Pierre Simon Laplace climate simulations. Results reveal that our melting scenario could moderate the simulated increase in malaria risk over East Africa, due to cooling and drying effects, cause a largest decrease in malaria transmission risk over West Africa and drive malaria emergence in southern Africa associated with a significant southward shift of the African rain-belt. We argue that the effect of such ice-sheet melting should be investigated further in future public health and agriculture climate change risk assessments.

scholarly journals What Affects Chinese Residents’ Perceptions of Climate Change?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4712 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinjia Wu ◽  
Jiansheng Qu ◽  
Hengji Li ◽  
Li Xu ◽  
Hongfen Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Understanding ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Climate Change Risk ◽  
Climate Governance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
National Education ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mitigation And Adaptation

The theme of global sustainable development has changed from environmental management to climate governance, and relevant policies on climate governance urgently need to be implemented by the public. The public understanding of climate change has become the prerequisite and basis for implementing various climate change policies. In order to explore the affected factors of climate change perception among Chinese residents, this study was conducted across 31 provinces and regions of China through field household surveys and interviews. Combined with the residents’ perception of climate change with the possible affected factors, the related factors affecting Chinese residents’ perception of climate change were explored. The results show that the perceptive level of climate change of Chinese residents is related to the education level and the household size of residents. Improving public awareness of climate change risk in the context of climate change through multiple channels will also help to improve residents’ awareness of climate change. On the premise of improving the level of national education, improving education on climate change in school education and raising awareness of climate change risk among dependents will help to improve the level of Chinese residents’ awareness of climate change, which could be instrumental in promoting public participation in climate change mitigation and adaptation actions.

scholarly journals Handling Interdependencies in Climate Change Risk Assessment

Climate ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1079-1096 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Climate Change Risk
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