Climate change in news media across the globe: An automated analysis of issue attention and themes in climate change coverage in 10 countries (2006–2018)

Hase, Valerie; Mahl, Daniela; Schäfer, Mike S.; Keller, Tobias

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102353

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“…Global climate change is an indisputable fact (Hase et al, 2021), which will have a huge impact on human production and life. Horowitz (2009) showed that there was a strong 10.…”

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Space-time perception and behavioral response of farmers to climate change: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Zhou

Guo

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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It is of great significance for global environmental governance to guide farmers to effectively perceive climate change. Based on the survey data of 540 farmers in Sichuan Province, China, this study used binary Logit model and Multinomial Logistic Regression model to explore the effects of farmers’ space-time perception of climate change and their interaction effects on farmers’ adaptation behavior to climate change. The results showed that: (1) 88.51% of farmers took adaptation measures to climate change, and 61.11% of them took both passive and active adaptation measures. Among the 7 measures, the highest rate of “Increase irrigation” is 23%, and the lowest rate of “Migrant work” is only 5%. (2) The scale difference of farmers’ time perception of climate change has a significant positive impact on their adaptive behavior of climate change. In terms of time: climate change perception in the next 5 years > in the next 10 years > in the next 15 years. (3) The scale difference of farmers’ space perception of climate change has a significant positive impact on their adaptation behavior to climate change. In other words, spatially, farmers’ perception of climate change is global > national > local village (the perception of local province is not significant). (4) Farmers’ space-time perception of climate change significantly affects farmers’ adaptive behavior. Among them, “farmers’ perception of climate change in the next 5 years” and their own “village’s perception of climate change” play an important role. This study will help deepen the understanding of farmers’ perception of climate change and their adaptive behavior, and provide reference for national policy making.

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“…Global climate change is an indisputable fact (Hase et al, 2021), which will have a huge impact on human production and life. Horowitz (2009) showed that there was a strong 10.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Space-time perception and behavioral response of farmers to climate change: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Zhou

Guo

et al. 2022

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…The links between the biodiversity crisis to the climate crisis sometimes tempt to mistake correlation for causality and while media coverage on climate change is ever increasing, other aspects of environmental protection receive much less attention (Legagneux et al, 2018). Coverage of climate change often focusses on the societal (anthropocentric) dimension rather than the ecological dimensions (Hase et al, 2021). Yet understanding the common cause of the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis calls for a general change in the way we view and use our resources.…”

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Fighting symptom or root cause? - The need for shifting the focus in climate politics from greenhouse gases to environmental protection

Rinder¹,

Neuber²,

Hagke³

2022

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Addressing the environmental crisis requires a substantial change of our current lifestyle. Yet, in media coverage and political communication, climate change has taken the lead over other aspects such as biodiversity loss and one may sometimes get the impression that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is fighting the root cause itself. The atmosphere, however, does not respond linearly to our reduction efforts and a certain temperature lock in above preindustrial levels is unavoidable. Because of the lack of an obvious direct benefit in the short term, public support for mitigation measures may diminish rapidly. Accordingly, focusing communication on the need for greenhouse gas reduction mayeventually not be useful to induce sustainability transformation of society. We thus argue that there is a need to emphasize climate change mitigation as part of a more holistic practice of nature conservation and environmental protection, rather than an end in itself.

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“…The above studies help to understand how LULC changes in the near equatorial region and how it affects carbon storage, and can provide a clear conclusion that changes in forest area are a vital factor [22]. However, as a global issue [23], it is not enough to study only certain regions when we deal with climate change. The scope of research needs to be expanded to better understand the relationship between LULC and carbon storage in tropical regions [24].…”

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Assessment and Prediction of Carbon Storage Based on Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in the Tropics: A Case Study of Hainan Island, China

Liu

Yang

Cao

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Land use and land cover (LULC) change in tropical regions can cause huge amounts of carbon loss and storage, thus significantly affecting the global climate. Due to the differences in natural and social conditions between regions, it is necessary to explore the correlation mechanism between LULC and carbon storage changes in tropical regions from a broader geographical perspective. This paper takes Hainan Island as the research object, through the integration of the CA-Markov and Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST) models, based on multi-source data, analyses the dynamics of LULC and carbon storage from 1992 to 2019 and the relationship between the two, and predicts future LULC and carbon storage under different scenarios. The results show that (1) the built-up land area of Hainan Island expanded from 103.59 km2 to 574.83 km2 from 1992 to 2019, an increase of 454.91%; the area of cropland and shrubland decreased; and the area of forest increased. (2) Carbon storage showed an upward trend during 1992–2000, and a downward trend during 2000–2019. Overall, LULC changes during 1992–2019 reduced carbon storage by about 1.50 Tg. (3) The encroachment of cropland in built-up land areas is the main reason for the reduction of carbon storage. The conversion of shrubland to forest is the main driving force for increasing carbon storage. The increase and decrease of carbon storage have obvious spatial clustering characteristics. (4) In the simulation prediction, the natural trend scenario (NT), built-up land priority scenario (BP) and ecological priority scenario (EP) reduce the carbon storage of Hainan Island, and the rate of decrease is BP> NT > EP. The cropland priority scenario (CP) can increase the LULC carbon storage, and the maximum increase in 2050 can reach 0.79 Tg. This paper supplements and improves the understanding of the correlation between LULC and carbon storage changes in tropical regions, and can provide guidance for the optimization of LULC structure in tropical regions with high economic development from a low-carbon perspective.

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Climate change in news media across the globe: An automated analysis of issue attention and themes in climate change coverage in 10 countries (2006–2018)

Cited by 98 publications

References 69 publications

Space-time perception and behavioral response of farmers to climate change: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Space-time perception and behavioral response of farmers to climate change: Evidence from Sichuan Province, China

Fighting symptom or root cause? - The need for shifting the focus in climate politics from greenhouse gases to environmental protection

Assessment and Prediction of Carbon Storage Based on Land Use/Land Cover Dynamics in the Tropics: A Case Study of Hainan Island, China

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