2020
DOI: 10.3390/su12176985
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Climate Change and Social Perception: A Case Study in Southern Italy

Abstract: The consequences of climate change can involve various ambits and be very severe. For this reason, the social perception of climate change is a fundamental issue since it can influence the decisions of the policymakers, by encouraging or discouraging political, economic and social actions. In this paper, a sample of 300 interviews, collected through a standardized questionnaire and carried out among two municipalities located in southern Italy, was exploited to investigate the perception of climate change. Spe… Show more

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“…The social perception of climate change is a fundamental issue: it can influence political decision-makers in shaping the legal order and in creating incentives and requirements for respecting the natural environment [52,53]. The surveyed youth expressed their concern about climate change and confirmed the necessity to undertake actions limiting its changes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…The social perception of climate change is a fundamental issue: it can influence political decision-makers in shaping the legal order and in creating incentives and requirements for respecting the natural environment [52,53]. The surveyed youth expressed their concern about climate change and confirmed the necessity to undertake actions limiting its changes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 90%
“…Assim como Ernoul (2020), onde os principais meios de obtenção de informação eram igualmente a televisão, seguida de rádios, jornais e a internet. Para Antronico et al (2020) as principais fontes de conhecimento foram a televisão, a internet e o meio social. Apesar da diferença entre os meios utilizados nas diferentes pesquisas, a televisão é um meio presente, ficando na segunda posição apenas no presente estudo.…”
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“…Tais conclusões corroboram com as encontradas pelo ITS -Rio (2020), onde 77% dos respondentes afirmam que as mudanças climáticas são consequências das ações humanas. Os resultados concordam também com os encontrados por Mello et al (2012), Ribeiro et al (2014), Barbosa et al (2018), Antronico et al (2020) e Ernoul (2020). Há um consenso de que as ações antrópicas têm influência sobre o clima terrestre, assim como presente no Quinto Relatório de Avaliação do IPCC (2014).…”
Section: Resultsunclassified
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