Impact of knowledge, concern and awareness about global warming and global climatic change on environmental behavior

Yılmaz, Veysel; Can, Yasemin

doi:10.1007/s10668-019-00475-5

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“…The perception of environmental quality issues depends on many factors, both social and individual characteristics of people. The importance of ecological education and shaping pro-ecological attitudes are emphasized [54,[64][65][66][67][68]. Similar relationships have been identified in studies conducted in southeastern Poland.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 62%

Impact of the Energy Sector on the Quality of the Environment in the Opinion of Energy Consumers from Southeastern Poland

2021

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Limiting CO2 emissions has been adopted as a contemporary challenge and introduced into numerous global and regional policies. The measures taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions largely relate to the decarbonization of the economy. Changes in the Polish energy sector are a huge challenge because the energy mix is dominated by the energy derived from coal combustion. Decarbonizing the energy sector will require significant financial resources. Therefore, several questions arise: What is the social attitude to the planned changes? How do residents treat the issue of greenhouse gases? Do they perceive the relationship between energy production and the quality of the natural environment? What are their expectations regarding the transformation of the energy sector? The aim of this study was to identify the opinion of the inhabitants of southeastern Poland on changes in the energy sector and its impact on the quality of the natural environment. The study was conducted at the turn of 2020 and 2021. The survey was partial and carried out using the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview) method; 1539 questionnaire forms were filled in and the sample was randomly selected. The study confirms the following research hypotheses: 1. There is social support for the view that climate change is currently one of the greatest threats to modern civilization. 2. There is a social belief that the quality of the natural environment in southeastern Poland is good compared to other regions of Poland and Europe. 3. Increasing the share of energy based on renewable energy sources is socially expected. 4. There is a social expectation of nuclear energy. It can therefore be concluded that the surveyed community accepts the direction of changes in the energy sector.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 62%

Impact of the Energy Sector on the Quality of the Environment in the Opinion of Energy Consumers from Southeastern Poland

2021

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“…Authors have found that climate change concern (or perceived threat) is an important factor in actions (intentions) related to climate change mitigation (Masud et al, 2016;Lacroix and Gifford., 2018;Yu et al, 2019). On the other hand, Yilmaz and Can. (2019) revealed that concern had an insignificant effect on environmental behaviour.…”

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Changes in pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants during long-term period in a transition country as Lithuania

Minelgaitė

Liobikienė

2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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The changes in pro-environmental behaviour, whether people become more environmentally friendly or not, have been analysed very scarcely. Therefore, the aim of this paper was to analyse the changes in pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants in Lithuania as a transition European Union country comparing years 2011 and 2020. Applying Chi-Square and t test statistics, the results showed a significant increase in performance of pro-environmental behaviour in 2020. Waste sorting and purchase of environmentally friendly goods increased the most, meanwhile water and energy saving behaviour increased the least. Applying the value-belief-norm theory and leaner regression analysis, we analysed whether the same determinants influenced pro-environmental behaviour in 2011 and 2020. The results revealed that the impact of determinants differed. In 2020, the main factor of pro-environmental behaviour was the perception of environmental problems but not self-transcendence values dimension. Furthermore, self-enhancement values and awareness of behavioural consequences negatively influenced pro-environmental behaviour in 2020. Analysing the changes in these factors, an insignificant difference was observed in self-enhancement values. The changes in other factors were significant, particularly the changes in the level of environmental responsibility was the biggest. Therefore, implementation of environmental education and information programmes and various environmentally friendly public initiatives positively contributed to the enhancement of environmental awareness and pro-environmental behaviour.

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“…A pesar de los esfuerzos realizados, las actividades humanas que generan el 70% de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero están destinados al uso energético: 24% para la generación de energía, 14% al sector industrial, 8% en el uso comercial y residencial, 14% para el transporte y el 10% restante en otros usos energéticos, con evidentes consecuencias en el calentamiento global del planeta (World Bank, IFC & MIGA. 2016;Choon et al, 2019;Yilmaz & 2020). La contaminación ha puesto en riesgo la salud de las personas y atenta contra la calidad de vida (Pulido, 2017).…”

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Conducta y actitud ambiental responsable en estudiantes universitarios en Lima, Perú

Carhuaz¹,

Capurro

Yupanqui-Lorenzo³

2020

Apunt. univ.

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La actitud hacia el ambiente constituye un indicador de la conducta ambientalista y se manifiesta en la acción y las regulaciones proambientales. El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la relación entre la conducta y la actitud ambiental responsable en estudiantes universitarios en Lima, Perú. El enfoque fue cuantitativo, con diseño descriptivo-correlacional y la muestra estuvo conformada por 287 estudiantes hombres y mujeres de diversas carreras. Los instrumentos utilizados fueron dos escalas que miden la actitud ambiental: percepción de problemas ambientales, percepción de razones para problemas ambientales; intención de conductas proambientales y, tipos de preocupación ambiental; las mismas que evalúan de manera independiente la conducta proambiental. Se determinó la relación positiva entre la conducta y actitud ambiental responsable, así como entre los factores componentes de las variables.

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Impact of knowledge, concern and awareness about global warming and global climatic change on environmental behavior

Cited by 31 publications

References 31 publications

Impact of the Energy Sector on the Quality of the Environment in the Opinion of Energy Consumers from Southeastern Poland

Impact of the Energy Sector on the Quality of the Environment in the Opinion of Energy Consumers from Southeastern Poland

Changes in pro-environmental behaviour and its determinants during long-term period in a transition country as Lithuania

Conducta y actitud ambiental responsable en estudiantes universitarios en Lima, Perú

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