Public engagements with smog in urban China: Knowledge, trust, and action

Li, Xiaoyue; Tilt, Bryan

doi:10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.008

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“…SNSs can significantly influence individual and collective ecological concerns, environmental attitudes, and users’ pro-environmental behaviors [ 9 , 10 ]. Pro-environmental behaviors refer to the purposeful actions at the individual or community level that benefit the environment or at least decrease the negative effects on the environment [ 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

Shah

Lü

Ghani

2021

IJERPH

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Climate change poses a huge threat. Social networking sites (SNSs) have become sources of human–environment interactions and shaped the societal perception of climate change and its effect on society. This study, based on the extended parallel process model, aims to examine the effect of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs on the pro-environmental behaviors of individuals. The study examines the mediation effect of fear of victimization from climate change between the exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs and pro-environmental behaviors, including the moderation effect of attention deficit and decision-making self-efficacy with the help of appropriate instruments. A total sample of 406 reliable questionnaires were collected from students using SNSs in China, and data were analyzed through SPSS and AMOS. Results indicate that the exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs has a direct positive effect on users’ pro-environmental behaviors (β = 0.299, p < 0.01). Fear of victimization from climate change also mediates the relationship between exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs and pro-environmental behaviors (β = 0.149, SE = 0.029, p < 0.01). In addition, attention deficit moderates the relationship of exposure to climate change-related information on SNSs with fear of victimization from climate change (β = −0.090, p ≤ 0.01) and pro-environmental behaviors (β = −0.090, p ≤ 0.05). Similarly, the relationship between fear of victimization from climate change and pro-environmental behaviors is moderated by decision-making self-efficacy (β = 0.267, p ≤ 0.01). The findings offer implications for media organizations and government policy makers, who should post or spread environmental information through the most trustworthy media, with trustworthy sources, in an effective manner, and without exaggerated adverse impacts.

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The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

Shah

Lü

Ghani

2021

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“…Nowadays, China is facing environmental pollution problems, and lots of Chinese cities have encountered smog pollution and extreme high PM2.5 [1]. China proposed in 2016 that carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by 60%-65% by 2030 compared to 2005 [2].…”

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The Impact of Different Government Subsidy Methods on Low‐Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies in Dual‐Channel Supply Chain

2021

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With the implementation of national carbon emission reduction policies and the development of online shopping, manufacturers are making low-carbon efforts and selling products through dual channels. This paper constructs a dual-channel supply chain decision-making model composed of low-carbon emission reduction manufacturers and retailers and studies the optimal decision-making problem of the supply chain under subsidies by the government based on emission reduction R&D and per unit product emission reduction. The research results show the following: (1) when the government subsidizes emission reduction R&D, the emission reduction will have an impact on retailers’ optimal prices, manufacturers’ optimal wholesale prices, and optimal direct sales channel sales prices. The profit of the manufacturer increases with the increase in carbon emissions, and the profit of the manufacturer increases to a certain level and then appears to decline. (2) When the government adopts a subsidy method based on the emission reduction per unit product, the manufacturer’s wholesale price and the selling price of direct sales channels, as well as the retailer’s own optimal price, will increase with the increase in emission reductions. Retailers’ profits will increase linearly with the increase in carbon emissions. Manufacturers’ profits will first increase in a straight line and then increase in a curve.

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“…Another possibility is the misclassification of real exposure to PM 2.5 . For instance, in China, women are more likely to wear face masks and on average spend less time outdoors, compared to men (Li and Tilt 2019). This might have resulted in an attenuated effect of PM 2 .…”

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Sex differences in associations of fine particulate matter with non-accidental deaths: an ecological time-series study

Xia

Fang

Montgomery

et al. 2021

Air Qual Atmos Health

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Sex differences in the impact of exposure to air pollution have been reported previously and epidemiological studies indicate that fine particulate matter (PM2.5) effects on nonaccidental death are modified by sex; however, the results are not conclusive. To introduce a new method incorporating the monotone nonlinear relationship between PM2.5 and deaths to reveal the sex difference in the relationship, we illustrated the use of the constrained generalized additive model (CGAM) to investigate the sex difference in the effects of PM2.5 on nonaccidental deaths in Shanghai, China. Information on daily non-accidental deaths, air pollution, meteorological data, and smoking prevalence between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2014 was obtained in Shanghai. The CGAM was used to assess the association of interaction between sex and daily PM2.5 concentrations with daily nonaccidental deaths, adjusting for weather type and smoking rate. A 2-week lag analysis was conducted as a sensitivity analysis. During the study period, the total number of non-accidental deaths in Shanghai was 336,379, with a daily mean of 163 deaths and 144 deaths for men and women, respectively. The average daily concentration of PM2.5 in Shanghai was 55.0 μg/m3 during the same time period. Women showed a lower risk for non-accidental death (risk ratio (RR) = 0.892, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.802–0.993). Compared with men, the risk for nonaccidental death in relation to increasing PM2.5 concentration was smaller in women (RR = 0.998, 95% CI: 0.996–1.000, per 10 μg/m3 increase in PM2.5 concentration. The difference is consistent during the two lag weeks and more obvious when adjusting for the interaction between PM2.5 concentration and smoking prevalence. The effects of PM2.5 on daily nonaccidental death are different between men and women in Shanghai, China, and women tend to have a lower risk. The underlying mechanisms of the sex difference of PM2.5 effects on death need further investigation. The method displayed in the manuscript can be used for other environmental stressors as well.

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Public engagements with smog in urban China: Knowledge, trust, and action

Cited by 43 publications

References 32 publications

The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

The Use of Social Networking Sites and Pro-Environmental Behaviors: A Mediation and Moderation Model

The Impact of Different Government Subsidy Methods on Low‐Carbon Emission Reduction Strategies in Dual‐Channel Supply Chain

Sex differences in associations of fine particulate matter with non-accidental deaths: an ecological time-series study

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