Determinants of Proactive Low-Carbon Consumption Behaviors: Insights from Urban Residents in Eastern China

Cheng, Xiu; Yang, Jiameng; Jiang, Yumei; Liu, Wenbin; Zhang, Yang

doi:10.3390/ijerph19106307

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“…The results showed that mandatory environmental regulations had a certain impact on energy conservation and emission reduction [ 36 ]. Xiu Cheng’s analysis found that the use of voluntary environmental regulation to cultivate citizens’ awareness of environmental protection was more helpful in allowing citizens to generate positive low-carbon consumption behaviors [ 37 ]. The existing research mainly focuses on the implementation effects of different types of environmental regulations on carbon emission efficiency, and it has been found that the implementation effects vary significantly [ 35 ], but few studies have explored the comprehensive effects of different configurations of environmental regulation tools on carbon emission efficiency.…”

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Influence Mechanism of Different Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emission Efficiency

Liu

Gong

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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The rational use of environmental regulation tools has become an important means by which to improve the efficiency of carbon emissions. Different types of environmental regulations and their combinations have different impacts on carbon emission efficiency. In order to determine the environmental regulation configurations that may achieve high carbon emission efficiency or lead to low carbon emission efficiency, we constructed an analytical framework of connections between environmental regulation configurations and carbon emission efficiency. Moreover, 30 Chinese provinces from the period covering 2016 to 2019 were selected as research cases. In addition, the super slacks-based measure of efficiency (SE-SBM) model was applied to evaluate carbon emission efficiency. Finally, the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) method was employed to analyze the impact of different environmental regulation configurations on carbon emission efficiency. The results showed that the carbon emission efficiency of various regions of China is generally low (with most regions not having reached an effective level) and that there are large regional differences. We found that there are four environmental regulation configurations that can achieve high carbon emission efficiency and two environmental regulation configurations that lead to low carbon emission efficiency. Based on these configurations, we draw three conclusions: (1) There are three paths to achieving high carbon emission efficiency: one that values command-and-control environmental regulation but disfavors market-incentive environmental regulation, another that combines command-and-control environmental regulation with market-incentive environmental regulation, and a third that couples command-and-control environmental regulation with voluntary environmental regulation. (2) Two paths that may lead to low carbon emission efficiency were established: excessive penalties and the lack of specific measures. (3) In some conditions, environmental governance investment and fiscal expenditure could be substituted for each other; environmental protection administrative penalties and pollution charges are synchronized; environmental governance investment in the promotion of carbon emission efficiency is indispensable. Policies and suggestions on how the government can use environmental regulation tools to improve carbon emission efficiency are proposed from a general coordinative perspective in the final section of this paper.

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Influence Mechanism of Different Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emission Efficiency

Liu

Gong

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“…As far as wasting is concerned, residents deeply consider whether their food purchases are normative and wasteful based on the moral norms of society before purchasing or consuming food. Several studies have also confirmed that normative internalization can have an effect on pro-environmental behavior [39,40].…”

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How Reference Dependence and Network Embeddedness Shape Residents’ Food Waste Behavior? Evidence from China

Luo,

Sun,

Yang

et al. 2023

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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Reducing food waste is an important initiative to ensure food security and mitigate climate change. Previous studies have largely ignored the influence of reference points on food waste behavior and the role of human-to-human relational interactions, failing to capture their role in guiding residents' food waste behavior (RFWBs). To address this gap, this study proposes a model that examines the role of reference dependence, normative internalization, and symbolic expectations in RFWBs, while introducing network embeddedness as a moderating variable. Using data collected from 981 respondents online, ordinary least squares were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that reference dependence and normative internalization had a positive effect on reducing RFWBs with regression coefficients of 0.178 and 0.293 respectively, while symbolic expectations also had a positive effect on RFWBs with a regression coefficient of 0.227. Additionally, Network embeddedness played a significant moderating role in reference dependence, normative internalization, and symbolic expectations with RFWBs. This paper is theoretically innovative and the relevant findings fill the current research gap in the field of food waste, providing guidance and reference for government departments to formulate policies and promote residents to implement food waste reduction behaviors.

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“…Several climate mitigation strategies have been utilised, such as green technologies and renewable energies (Susskind, Chun et al, 2020; United-Nations-Environment-Programme, 2020), besides practising a low-carbon lifestyle (Eker, Garcia et al, 2021). Practising low-carbon consumption drives sustainability (Cheng, Yang et al, 2022). Three pillars of sustainability usually focused on in the @ Liscensee SPSD Press literature are economic, environmental, and social.…”

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Exploring Sustainable Diets as a Climate Mitigation Strategy：

Zainal,

Fadzil,

Shahali

et al. 2024

IRSPSD International

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Sustainable diets are food patterns that can be practised as a climate mitigation strategy. Using a bibliometric approach, a sample of 133 papers was selected from 1239 identified articles on "Sustainable diets" and "Climate change" or "climate" or "mitigation" as the query from the Scopus database. The articles were examined to identify the growth and characteristics of this body of knowledge. The data were analysed using Microsoft Excel for frequency analysis, VOSviewer for the visualisation of data, and Harzing's Publish or Perish for citation metrics analysis. The first publication was in 2009, and the number of publications increased rapidly after that. Eighty-five percent of the publications appeared between 2019 and 2023. The United States was the highest contributor of publications, followed by the United Kingdom. The most common keyword used was sustainable diets, and the most prevalent theme was "climate change." We conducted a thematic literature review by analysing the clusters of keywords listed by the VOSviewer. Based on the pentagram sustainability model, we identified four emergent themes: "environmental dimension of sustainability in dietary choices for climate mitigation", "economic aspect of adopting a sustainable diet", "policy pathways for climate mitigation through sustainable diet promotion", and "the social dynamics in promoting sustainable diet". The cultural dimension of sustainability was found to be still lacking in studies involving sustainable diets as a climate mitigation strategy. The findings suggest future studies should recognise the cultural underpinnings of promoting a sustainable diet as a climate mitigation strategy.

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Determinants of Proactive Low-Carbon Consumption Behaviors: Insights from Urban Residents in Eastern China

Cited by 8 publications

References 70 publications

Influence Mechanism of Different Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emission Efficiency

Influence Mechanism of Different Environmental Regulations on Carbon Emission Efficiency

How Reference Dependence and Network Embeddedness Shape Residents’ Food Waste Behavior? Evidence from China

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