Public attitudes to climate change and carbon mitigation—Implications for energy-associated behaviours

Borgstede, Chris von; Andersson, Maria; Johnsson, Filip

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2013.01.051

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“…Cialdini, 2003;Schultz et al, 2007;Steg and Vlek, 2009;Lindman et al, 2013;Von Borgstede et al, 2013). Some recent studies convey converging evidence emphasizing the need to target the 'push factors' determining environmental behaviour through normative discourses (e.g.…”

Section: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Energy Consumptionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…by exhibiting the neighbours' level of cooperation), attempting to stimulate agent's trust in a shared effort towards climate change mitigation (e.g. Cialdini, 2003;Schultz et al, 2007;Steg and Vlek, 2009;Lindman et al, 2013;Von Borgstede et al, 2013). More generally, reducing inequalities, improving institutional quality and enhancing education (especially teaching cooperation) should contribute to building trust (Knack and Keefer, 1997;Zak and Knack, 2001).…”

Section: Greenhouse Gas Emissionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

2013

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ResumLes normes socials han estat incloses en la teoria de l'acció col·lectiva per a superar les dificultats per explicar perquè la gestió del béns comuns podria ser més efectiva quan s'autoregula per les mateixes comunitats. El paper rellevant de la confiança en els altres s'ha identificat en diversos contextos d'acció social a nivell local, però només recentment s'ha considerat la idea que també podria ser rellevant en el cas de béns comuns de caire global, seguint l'evidència bàsicament descriptiva recollida per Elinor Ostrom. Però fins ara no hi havia proves quantitatives disponibles d'aquesta idea. Utilitzant un conjunt de dades de 29 països europeus durant el període 1990-2007, donem evidència empírica a favor del paper del nivell de confiança en els altres en el context dels béns públics globals. Concloem que el nivell de confiança en els altres té un impacte reductor de les emissions de gasos d'efecte hivernacle; per exemple, l'extrapolació dels resultats implicaria una reducció d'emissions d'Espanya del 12,5% si el nivell mitjà de confiança en els altres dels espanyols fos tan elevat com els dels suecs. AbstractSocial norms have been included in the theory of collective action to overcome difficulties in explaining why commons may perform better when self-regulated. The role of trust has been identified in several contexts of local social dilemma, but only recently has been extended to global commons, based on large descriptive evidence collected by Elinor Ostrom. However, no quantitative evidence was available until now. Using a dataset of 29 European countries over the period 1990-2007, we provide empirical evidence in favor of the role of trust in global dilemma. We end up with a negative impact of trust on greenhouse gas emissions, whose extrapolation to Spain would imply a reduction in emissions of 12.5% if Spaniards would trust each other as Swedish people do.

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Section: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Energy Consumptionmentioning

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Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

2013

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“…However, many of these studies have aimed to enhance the understanding of the views and perceptions of the general public without incorporating their preferences into the assessment models. For instance, the objectives of the reviewed studies focused on understanding the preferences of the general public [140,141], identifying those factors that influenced their preferences [142,143], preferences with those of experts [144].…”

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Integrated approach to the assessment of CO2e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain

Alsabbagh

Siu

Guehnemann

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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Integrated approach to the assessment of CO 2 e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain AbstractThe transport sector is one of the fastest-growing energy-consuming sectors in the world and it contributes greatly to emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e). In Bahrain, CO 2 e emissions from the transport sector grew by an average of 8% annually between 1994 and 2006. The aim of this research was to develop an integrated approach to assess the measures adopted to reduce CO 2 e emissions by the transport sector within the context of climate change mitigation. This approach used the multi-criteria analysis methodology of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to embed conventional assessment methods and a participatory approach. Three extensions to the original AHP methodology were developed: multi-AHP models, scenario packaging, and the examination of the plausibility of the results. The AHP results showed that certain fuel economy standards achieved the highest scores against five qualitative and quantitative criteria. Using socially and politically acceptable options, an integrated approach to CO 2 e mitigation could achieve a reduction in emissions of around 22% by 2030 (compared with 2010), at a cost of USD 112 per metric tonne of avoided CO 2 e emissions. Results from surveys of policymakers, experts, and the general public indicated that the outcomes of scenario packaging were plausible. The contributions of this research are two-fold. First, for the first time in Bahrain, the preferences of the general public have been considered and integrated with both the preferences of policymakers and experts and the results obtained from conventional assessment methods. Second, a structured approach for the integration of different assessment methods, transferable to other contexts, was developed and examined. Furthermore, multi-AHP models were introduced that can reflect the preferences of different concerned groups. Applications of this approach include 3 assessment of the implementation of mitigation measures that could affect a number of concerned groups, decision making in energy-consuming sectors, and development of mitigation policy packages.

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“…To tame climate change, necessary changes to personal lifestyle must be made for carbon footprint reduction (Borgstede, Andersson, and Johnsson 2013). Sanders (2011) pointed out that everyone has a unique carbon footprint and that no onesize-fits-all set of actions should be taken by all people.…”

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Reducing students’ carbon footprints using personal carbon footprint management system based on environmental behavioural theory and persuasive technology

Lin

2015

Environmental Education Research

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This study applied environmental behavioural theories to develop a personal carbon footprint management system and used persuasive technology to implement it. The system serves as an educational system to improve the determinants of students' low-carbon behaviours, to promote low-carbon concepts and to facilitate their carbon management. To assess the validity of the system, high school students were chosen to participate in an experiment, the results of which reveal (1) the system has significant and positive short-term and relatively long-term effects on the reduction of their self-reported carbon footprint, (2) the system significantly improves their carbon footprint awareness and perceived behavioural control (PBC), and it also promotes behavioural subjective norms, (3) reduction of their self-reported carbon footprint is significantly correlated to PBC, carbon footprint awareness and attitude and (4) PBC is the most critical determinant of carbon reduction. Suggestions are accordingly made.

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Public attitudes to climate change and carbon mitigation—Implications for energy-associated behaviours

Cited by 112 publications

References 37 publications

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

Unconventional Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Role of Trust

Integrated approach to the assessment of CO2e-mitigation measures for the road passenger transport sector in Bahrain

Reducing students’ carbon footprints using personal carbon footprint management system based on environmental behavioural theory and persuasive technology

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