From Red to Green?

Liu, John Chung‐En; Leiserowitz, Anthony

doi:10.3200/env.51.4.32-45

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“…Just like many other countries, anthropogenic climate change is far from a solid social consensus in Chinese society. It is also important to note that climate change, as a global issue, is only at the periphery of the public's attention, while most Chinese citizens care much more about local environmental problems such as air and water pollution (Harris 2006;Liu and Leiserowitz 2009).…”

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Low carbon plot: climate change skepticism with Chinese characteristics

Liu

2015

Environmental Sociology

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Liu

2015

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“…International comparative studies of public attitudes indicate that generalizations about East Asia cannot be made from studies of Western countries [ 9 ]. East Asian survey respondents, compared to those in the US, appear to place greater value on the environment and show higher acceptance of climate change science [ 10 – 13 ]. However, the number of studies is limited and has not yet extended to the question of willingness to change.…”

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Towards an East Asian model of climate change awareness: A questionnaire study among university students in Taiwan

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Lavallee

2018

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East Asia emits more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than any other region, yet little is known about attitudes towards climate change in this region. A cross-sectional survey investigating climate change knowledge, concern and behavior change was administered to 1118 university students at nine universities across Taiwan in June 2016. Knowledge was assessed with a 15-item quiz while concern and behavioral change were self-reported on 5-point Likert scales. The relationship of these three variables with various socio-demographic variables was investigated through Kruskal-Wallis tests and ordinal logistic regressions. Knowledge was homogeneous by region but differed sharply by socioeconomic position. Concern appears high by international standards, with 65% reporting being “somewhat concerned” and 28% being “very concerned,” while climate change denial was negligible. Students expressing greater concern were more likely to be from eastern and southern Taiwan, regions more vulnerable to extreme weather events. However, these high concern levels did not translate into action, as only 38% of respondents reported “some” and 11% reported “very much” behavioral change in response to climate change. Higher levels of behavioral change were reported by students expressing greater concern and students with lower levels of climate change knowledge. In contrast with studies of Western societies, our findings suggest an East Asian model in which the conflict between economic growth and the environment is playing out in different ways, such that the crucial need is for policy leadership and not more education.

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“…Urban Chinese has been found to care more about environmental problems immediately affecting them-notably air pollution and waste-than about less accessible problems such as climate change or biodiversity loss (Liu and Leiserowitz 2009). Air pollution has the mobilizing feature that it is inescapable and well known.…”

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Public perceptions of air pollution and climate change: different manifestations, similar causes, and concerns

2016

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Co-benefits are seen as a key factor for overcoming the problems of collective action and extended time horizons holding back mitigation of global warming. The mechanism behind this hypothesis is that public acceptance of mitigation policies constitutes a crucial limiting factor, necessitating ancillary gains such as clean air for mitigation policy to be politically robust. However, the public's preference for local pollution mitigation and concomitant failure to appreciate the benefits of global warming mitigation is assumed rather than demonstrated. In this paper, we show, first, that people distinguish between the physical manifestations of air pollution and global warming, and second, that they see both phenomena as arising from the same causes as well as having negative impacts on humans. Specifically, using a survey experimental design with open-ended questions in an urban Chinese setting, we demonstrate that citizens relate glacier melt and sea-level rise to global warming, while linking the local phenomenon of smog almost exclusively to air pollution. At the same time, respondents link impacts on humans and vehicle/industrial pollution topics with both air pollution and global warming. These findings are relevant to decision-makers as they suggest that the public values mitigation of global warming in its own right. Our novel method may shed new light on a range of issues relating to energy, the economy, and environmental issues.

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From Red to Green?

Cited by 23 publications

References 10 publications

Low carbon plot: climate change skepticism with Chinese characteristics

Low carbon plot: climate change skepticism with Chinese characteristics

Towards an East Asian model of climate change awareness: A questionnaire study among university students in Taiwan

Public perceptions of air pollution and climate change: different manifestations, similar causes, and concerns

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