scholarly journals Toward a Theoretical Framework for Studying Climate Change Policies: Insights from the Case Study of Singapore

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1167 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Climate Change Policies

Comparing respondents who passed versus failed an Instructional Manipulation Check: A case study about support for climate change policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 408-415
Author(s):  
Maria Rubio Juan ◽  
Melanie Revilla
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
External Validity ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Manipulation Check ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Instructional Manipulation ◽  
Using Data

The presence of satisficers among survey respondents threatens survey data quality. To identify such respondents, Oppenheimer et al. developed the Instructional Manipulation Check (IMC), which has been used as a tool to exclude observations from the analyses. However, this practice has raised concerns regarding its effects on the external validity and the substantive conclusions of studies excluding respondents who fail an IMC. Thus, more research on the differences between respondents who pass versus fail an IMC regarding sociodemographic and attitudinal variables is needed. This study compares respondents who passed versus failed an IMC both for descriptive and causal analyses based on structural equation modeling (SEM) using data from an online survey implemented in Spain in 2019. These data were analyzed by Rubio Juan and Revilla without taking into account the results of the IMC. We find that those who passed the IMC do differ significantly from those who failed for two sociodemographic and five attitudinal variables, out of 18 variables compared. Moreover, in terms of substantive conclusions, differences between those who passed and failed the IMC vary depending on the specific variables under study.

scholarly journals The Climate for Change: the Conditions for Effective Climate Change Policies: a Case Study on Residential Home Insulation Policies in New Zealand and Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Oliver Lah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Residential Home ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Change Policy

<p>Changes in the global climate and the insecure future of the world's energy supply place unprecedented risks and uncertainties before mankind. Massive changes need to occur, driven by effective policies. But what is the ideal climate for change? With a case study on insulation policies for the residential building sector this thesis aims to identify the conditions for a climate for change. This thesis explores the factors that help or hinder change and the structures that enable change and enhance implementation. Within a particular policy area, i.e. residential home insulation, this thesis examines the impacts on policy development and implementation of environmental and resources pressures, the strength of centre-left and green parties and the levels of corporatism in New Zealand and Germany. The case study of insulation policies in New Zealand and Germany has been chosen because of similar policy aspirations and rhetoric in the two countries but differing policy achievements and outcomes. The thesis compares three decades of policy making and implementation in Germany and New Zealand and finds that, if environmental and resource pressures are high, corporatist structures may impact positively on climate change policy development and implementation. It also finds that in pluralist countries centre-left and green party strength may be more important for the success of climate change policies than in corporatist countries.</p>

scholarly journals Climate change adaptation through spatial planning: the case study of the region of Western Macedonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 (1) ◽  
pp. 012021
Author(s):  
M Lazoglou ◽  
K Serraos
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Spatial Planning ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Adaptation To Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Regional Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Action

Abstract In this paper the compatibility and complementarity between the Regional Adaptation Action Plans (RAAPs) and other regional-scaled plans, such as the Regional Spatial Planning Frameworks (RSPFs), are examined, using as a case study the Region of Western Macedonia. The compatibility and complementarity of objectives, measures and tools between the RAAP and the RSPF of Western Macedonia are assessed. The analysis of the RAAP and the RSPF of Western Macedonia revealed the interconnection between spatial planning policies and adaptation to climate change policies. However, severe doubts are raised about the usability of the revised RSPF of Western Macedonia since it does not assess the crucial new conditions and priorities related to the region’s future development, including the de-lignification and the Just Transition initiatives.

scholarly journals Materialität und Macht im Spiegel der Assemblage-Theorie: Erkundungen am Beispiel der Waldpolitik in Thailand

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Mattissek ◽  
T. Wiertz
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Assemblage Theory ◽  
Social Transformations ◽  
The Core ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
Constructivist Approaches

Abstract. Nature and technology are at the core of many ongoing social transformations and political struggles. While constructivist approaches in general and poststructuralist theories in particular point to the discursive negotiation of materiality, they have so far failed to adequately account for its constitutive role in stabilizing and destabilizing social relations. We argue that theories based on a "flat ontology" offer a way to re-materialize social theory while keeping the sensitivity to power-knowledge relations that poststructuralist theories have developed. Drawing on the work of Deleuze and Guattari and recent discussions on Assemblage Theory in Human Geography, we sketch out a theoretical framework that conceptualizes the relations between symbolic and material entities in a non-deterministic way. Using the example of recent shifts in forest politics in Thailand under the influence of climate change policies, we discuss some of the empirical aspects that can be analyzed with the help of Assemblage Theory.

scholarly journals Do Climate Change Policies Promote or Conflict with Subjective Wellbeing: A Case Study of Suzhou, China

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 344 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miaomiao Liu ◽  
Yining Huang ◽  
Rosemary Hiscock ◽  
Qin Li ◽  
Jun Bi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Subjective Wellbeing ◽  
Climate Change Policies

scholarly journals The Climate for Change: the Conditions for Effective Climate Change Policies: a Case Study on Residential Home Insulation Policies in New Zealand and Germany

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Oliver Lah
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Residential Home ◽  
Climate Change Policies ◽  
Change Policy

<p>Changes in the global climate and the insecure future of the world's energy supply place unprecedented risks and uncertainties before mankind. Massive changes need to occur, driven by effective policies. But what is the ideal climate for change? With a case study on insulation policies for the residential building sector this thesis aims to identify the conditions for a climate for change. This thesis explores the factors that help or hinder change and the structures that enable change and enhance implementation. Within a particular policy area, i.e. residential home insulation, this thesis examines the impacts on policy development and implementation of environmental and resources pressures, the strength of centre-left and green parties and the levels of corporatism in New Zealand and Germany. The case study of insulation policies in New Zealand and Germany has been chosen because of similar policy aspirations and rhetoric in the two countries but differing policy achievements and outcomes. The thesis compares three decades of policy making and implementation in Germany and New Zealand and finds that, if environmental and resource pressures are high, corporatist structures may impact positively on climate change policy development and implementation. It also finds that in pluralist countries centre-left and green party strength may be more important for the success of climate change policies than in corporatist countries.</p>

scholarly journals Accounting for health in climate change policies: a case study of Fiji

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina Morrow ◽  
Kathryn Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Change Policies
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