How does one motivate climate mitigation? Examining energy conservation, climate change, and personal perceptions in Bangladesh and Pakistan

Alvi, Shahzad; Nawaz, Shahzada M. Naeem; Khayyam, Umer

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101645

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“…This study aimed to examine the factors influencing the behavioral intentions to purchase EVs among individuals from low-income countries. Generally, the findings illustrate that the respondents from Lahore, Pakistan were highly concerned about the environment and were willing to adopt mitigation measures to preserve the environment, consistent with the findings of Alvi et al [45]. The results also revealed that the respondents perceived a high performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence regarding the EVs in Lahore, Pakistan.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…Moreover, a study which was conducted in Malaysia found positive effects of environmental concerns on behavioral intentions to adopt EVs [26]. From Pakistan, Alvi et al [45] confirmed the public willingness to adopt mitigating strategies to preserve the environment. From China, Wang et al [65] highlighted the importance of environmental concerns affecting the financial policy measures and convenience policy measures for EV adoption.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Furthermore, the air pollution in Lahore, Pakistan, has been rising continuously and causing deaths [20,23]. Alvi et al [45] revealed that Pakistanis who have a higher income and education level are sensitive to climate change and willing to adopt mitigation measures. Considering the environmental benefits of EVs and electric mobility targets of Pakistan [24], this study considered environmental concerns, performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, and facilitating conditions as the factors affecting individuals' behavioral intentions to purchase EVs.…”

Section: Hypothesis Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to lead the transition in road transportation from traditional petroleum mobility to electric mobility. Despite many environmental benefits, the market penetration rate of EVs is still low in most developing countries. Recently, Pakistan formulated its first EV policy for 2020–2025 to accelerate EV adoption. This study aims to explore the factors, including environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, effort expectancy, social influence, and perceived facilitating conditions, affecting individuals’ behavioral intentions to purchase EVs in Pakistan. The hypotheses were developed based on the literature, and an online questionnaire survey was conducted in Lahore, Pakistan, to collect the relevant data. The partial least square path modeling approach of structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis. The results confirmed that the environmental concerns, perceived ease of use, and effort expectancy positively affect the public’s intentions to use EVs in the future. However, social influence and facilitating conditions did not significantly contribute to EV adoption in the present study. The findings suggest that the EV manufacturers aiming to accelerate EV adoption should develop marketing strategies to disseminate information regarding the environmental benefits of EVs and enhance clarity about EVs’ performance and usage.

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Public Intentions to Purchase Electric Vehicles in Pakistan

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“…Also, we have found that most respondents believe they are at risk from natural disasters caused by climate change. Concerning the causes that lead to climate change, most respondents point out that human activities are the main cause of climate change, which is consistent with the results of research conducted in other countries (Alvi, Nawaz, & Khayyam, 2020;Doloisio & Vanderlinden, 2020;Singh, 2020). It was also determined that most respondents would use renewable energy sources to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, which is expected given that producing energy from renewable sources in Serbia is in its initial phase (Golusin, Tesic, & Ostojic, 2010).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 81%

Public perception of climate change and its impact on natural disasters

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2021

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The aim of the research is the examination of the factors influencing the public perception of climate change and its impact on natural disasters. This paper presents the results of quantitative research regarding testing the central hypothesis where education is the predicting variable of public perception of climate change and its impact on natural disasters. A multivariate regression analysis was used, identifying the extent of the total scores of the main dependent variables (perception of vulnerability to climate change, perception of the climate change impact on natural disasters, knowledge and fear scores) were associated with five demographic and socio?economic variables: gender, age, marital status, education level, and employment status. A series of 208 face?to?face interviews were conducted during the beginning of 2020 on the central squares in the selected cities in Serbia, Belgrade (76.92%) and Sremska Mitrovica (23.08%). The results showed that education level was the most effective predictor of the mentioned research variables. Besides, employment status has been found to affect perceptions of vulnerability, while age affects the perceptions of climate change. Based on the obtained results, policies and strategies to improve people's awareness of climate change must take into account a comprehensive understanding of behavioral dispositions.

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“…At the same time, there is evidence demonstrating the importance of information and awareness for the adoption and implementation of policies at a national level (e.g. Alvi et al, 2020 in Bangladesh and Pakistan), suggesting that there are connections between drivers for adoption and implementation. Our focus on assessing the drivers for policy adoption and implementation across multiple country contexts allows us to delve deeper into the reasons behind these various drivers and barriers.…”

Section: Climate Policy Adoption Versus Implementationmentioning

confidence: 99%