Links between climate change knowledge, perception and action: impacts on personal carbon footprint
Authors
Chuvieco Salinero, Emilio; Burgui Burgui, Mario; Orellano, Anabel Rocío; Otón Azofra, Gonzalo; Ruiz Benito, PalomaIdentifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/50714DOI: 10.3390/su13148088
ISSN: 2071-1050
Date
2021-07-20Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida; Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Geología, Geografía y Medio AmbienteFunders
Universidad de Alcalá
Comunidad de Madrid
Bibliographic citation
Chuvieco, E. et al., 2021. Links between climate change knowledge, perception and action: Impacts on personal carbon footprint. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 13(14), p.8088.
Keywords
Carbon Footprint
Climate change
knowledge
Perception
Action
Behavior
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI
Access rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
The current understanding of determinants of climate action and mitigation behaviour is largely based on measures of climate change including concerns, attitudes and beliefs. However, few studies have shown the actual effects of external and internal drivers on citizens' lifestyles related to climate change, particularly in terms of their carbon footprint (CF). A questionnaire (N = 845) assessing the impact of potential explanation factors for personal CF was carried out in Spain. The study showed the importance of better understanding the factors affecting citizen's consumption and climate change mitigation policies. Internal factors were not very explicative. Knowledge was linked to clothing and perceived commitment to food, with both sectors being more directly linked to personal choices than other CF sections. Both accounted for 40% of personal emissions. Frequency of action was not shown to be significantly related to any CF section. External factors, such as income, level of studies, age and type of work, were found to be more important than internal drivers in explaining personal CF, particularly type of work, age and income, which were linked to all CF sectors but household energy. Sex was highly associated to clothing, but also significant for transport. Political orientation was not found to be linked to any section of personal CF.
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