Socioeconomic geography of climate change views in Europe

Weckroth, Mikko; Ala-Mantila, Sanna

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102453

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“…Common views regarding climate change have their socioeconomic roots, which are specific to geographical locations, such as urban and rural localities ( Weckroth and Ala-Mantila, 2022 ). The study has unveiled a variety of findings in rural areas of district Swat and Malakand.…”

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Assessing Socioeconomic Risks of Climate Change on Tenant Farmers in Pakistan

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The study uses a transformative worldview to give voice to an economically marginalized group of tenant farmers vulnerable to climate changes due to their calamity prone geographical location. Drawing on anthropogenic global warming (AGW) theory lens, we examine the impact of manmade actions on climate change in District “Swat” and “Malakand” of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province, Pakistan using a sequential mixed methods research design. Through this research design, the results of quantitative survey were complemented with a qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews. In first phase, we conducted a survey of 200 tenant farmers, followed by second wave of data collection involving 12 open-ended in-depth interviews (IDIs). The both qualitative and quantitative results suggest that farmers in both districts are affected by climate change although their crop yield had progressively increased signaling better coping and survival skills than other parts of country. Majority of respondents believed that climate change is something beyond their control in disagreement with AGW theory. Major economic losses were specifically, due to sudden alterations in weather patterns, such as floods, and hailstorms that reduce productivity as well as results in food waste with no avenues available to reclaim the energy laden in organic food waste. Besides, a productivity loss was attributed to outdated farming, lack of awareness regarding sharecropping and crop loan insurance practices. The study concludes that farmers are most vulnerable to climate change in socioeconomic terms as such changes impact their income sources; This inwardly compels cash strapped tenant farmers to delve in practice of informal credit with substantive risks attached which further deteriorates their livelihoods. The study offers understanding of how low-literate and economically marginalized indigenous tenant farmers cope to climate change and offers policy recommendations to advocate for the rights to earn sustainable livelihoods in the face of grand climate challenge.

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Assessing Socioeconomic Risks of Climate Change on Tenant Farmers in Pakistan

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“…Individuals adopt the environmental behavior that is convenient for them, such as self-driving rather than taking public transport [ 29 , 30 ]. Similarly, individuals with low socioeconomic status tend to act in relation to the environment with financial considerations in mind [ 31 , 32 ]; an example of this is in terms of energy use [ 33 , 34 ]. However, Abrahamse and Steg [ 35 ] in their study found that income has a great influence on the reduction of energy consumption.…”

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“…This group was chosen as previous studies have generally found that individuals with low socioeconomic status have low pro-environmental behavior [ 48 ]. Weckroth and Ala-Mantila [ 33 ] who examined value orientation in the context of European countries found those in the lower income deciles reporting greater engagement with energy saving behavior despite reporting weaker pro-environmental norms. Having better understanding of the environmental values held by this target group would therefore allow interventions to be carried out more effectively through increasing pro-environmental behavior among people with low socioeconomic status, especially in and outside the school education context.…”

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Measuring Pro-Environmental Behavior Triggered by Environmental Values

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Pro-environmental behavior in addressing climate change is influenced by multi-dimensional factors—knowledge, values, intention and sociodemographic background. Correlational studies between environmental values and environmental behaviors have not been able to determine values or behaviors that need to be given priority in future interventions. Therefore, this study firstly determined the environmental values and pro-environmental behavior that are easy or difficult to embrace by 152 respondents with low socioeconomic background. Secondly, we identified the extent pro-environmental behavior is triggered by environmental values. This survey study employs the Rasch analysis model. The respondents had difficulty in associating themselves with biospheric values however readily demonstrated consideration toward altruistic values, especially related to concerns for future generations. In terms of environmental conservation behavior, the respondents were not willing to relinquish comfort easily, such as giving up self-driving and taking public transportation or reducing usage of electricity. In addition, adults of low socioeconomic background find it difficult to endorse statements such as getting involved in campaigns related to environmental conservation. Thus, younger family members must be educated about conservation behaviors such as environmental campaigns commonly offered at schools, and these youngsters can be encouraged to extend their role by educating their parents.

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“…However,Vona (2019) emphasized that affected workers' support for climate policies would be highly discouraged due to the 'job-killing' arguments, although the economic losses caused by climate policies was less than the benefits. Regional GDP per capita has been used to predict people's perception of climate changing(Weckroth & Ala-Mantila 2022). Therefore, we consider social-economic characteristics including NUTS2-level unemployment rate and NUTS3-level GDP per capita which provided general economic status of regions in 2015.…”

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