Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung

Baur, Nina; Blasius, Jörg

doi:10.1007/978-3-531-18939-0_1

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“…Older people and those higher educated are overrepresented in the sample; this is fairly common in empirical social research (Bauer & Blasius, 2014) and might be due to the sampling areas being located in better-off districts of the overall Graz urban area. Yet, the respondents hold environmental values very similar to the general Austrian population.…”

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A Household Is Not a Person: Consistency of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adult Couples and the Accuracy of Proxy-Reports

Seebauer

Fleiß

Schweighart

2016

Environment and Behavior

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Studies on environmental behavior commonly assume single respondents to represent their entire household or employ proxy-reporting, where participants answer for other household members. It is contested whether these practices yield valid results. Therefore, we interviewed 84 couples, wherein both household members provided self-and proxy-reports for their partner. For use of electrical household appliances, consumption of hot water, space heating, everyday mobility, and environmental values, many variables fail to achieve criteria for validity. Consistency (agreement between selfreports of household members) is higher if behaviors are undertaken jointly or negotiated between partners. Accuracy (agreement of proxy-reports with corresponding self-reports) is higher for routine behaviors and for behaviors easily observable by the partner. Overall, indices perform better than items

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 95%

A Household Is Not a Person: Consistency of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adult Couples and the Accuracy of Proxy-Reports

Seebauer

Fleiß

Schweighart

2016

Environment and Behavior

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“…Interviews were recorded, transcribed and anonymized (see supplemental material for an overview of interviewees and institutional affiliation). The interview data gathered was analysed using qualitative content analysis (Baur & Blasius, 2014). A deductive development of categories was complemented by taking into account theoretical considerations.…”

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confidence: 99%

Analyzing climate and energy policy integration: the case of the Mexican energy transition

Lüpke

Well

2019

Climate Policy

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One of the main challenges faced by climate policy makers today is to design and implement policies capable of transferring climate policy goals into sectoral actions towards transformational pathways. Hence, climate policies need to be of crosscutting character, lead to coherence with sectoral goals and reconcile diverging sectoral interests. Against this background, Mexico has undertaken significant efforts to reform its energy sector, including goals for clean energy and energy efficiency, and the adoption of implementation mechanisms via the Law for Energy Transition of 2015. Furthermore, Mexico has introduced a complex climate governance system, including ambitious mitigation goals. In this paper, we applied concepts of climate policy integration to analyse whether integration between the policy subsystems of energy and climate change occurred in Mexico in terms of political discourse and negotiation, policy goals and instruments, and implementation; as well as the factors at work that lead to climate policy integration. We find that on the level of political discourse and negotiation, an integration process between the energy and climate subsystems occurred, influenced by the availability and market maturity of clean energy, mitigation scenarios and external events, such as the 2015 Paris Climate Change Conference. However, a combination of decisions on integrated climate-energy policy outputs, and preparing the public administration system for the implementation of integrated policies, is needed to enable appropriate institutional mandates, budgets and instruments and avoid institutional fragmentation. Omitting to take these decisions was identified as a major shortcoming in the political-administrative system, preventing higher levels of climate policy integration.Key policy insights . The Mexican Energy Transition Law shows that policy windows can be used by policy makers to attain integrated energy-climate policy outputs and to advance national mitigation and energy sector goals. . In order to make full use of integrated policy decisions, the administrative system has to follow suit by also introducing mandates, budgets and policy instruments of an integrative character. . Climate policy integration in practice implies identifying and using the full potential of policy windows in order to ensure the raising of ambition under the Paris Agreement as well as achievement of sectoral policy objectives. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In addition, we conducted ten semi-structured interviews with experts [56,57] in four municipalities in the spring of 2015 to gain in-depth insights into the process of municipal climate change adaptation. The interviewees were either experts employed explicitly to address the topic of "climate" in (larger) municipalities or persons responsible for all issues of environmental protection (in smaller municipalities) and experts from several offices (for example, forest management, urban green space planning, and winter services) selected according to the nine fields of action of the SACC-BW.…”

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Tailoring Climate Parameters to Information Needs for Local Adaptation to Climate Change

Hackenbruch

Kunz-Plapp

Müller

et al. 2017

Climate

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Abstract:Municipalities are important actors in the field of local climate change adaptation. Stakeholders need scientifically sound information tailored to their needs to make local assessment of climate change effects. To provide tailored data to support municipal decision-making, climate scientists must know the state of municipal climate change adaptation, and the climate parameters relevant to decisions about such adaptation. The results of an empirical study in municipalities in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg in Southwestern Germany showed that adaptation is a relatively new topic, but one of increasing importance. Therefore, past weather events that caused problems in a municipality can be a starting point in adaptation considerations. Deduction of tailored climate parameters has shown that, for decisions on the implementation of specific adaptation measures, it also is necessary to have information on specific parameters not yet evaluated in climate model simulations. We recommend intensifying the professional exchange between climate scientists and stakeholders in collaborative projects with the dual goals of making practical adaptation experience and knowledge accessible to climate science, and providing municipalities with tailored information about climate change and its effects.

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Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung

Cited by 62 publications

References 4 publications

A Household Is Not a Person: Consistency of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adult Couples and the Accuracy of Proxy-Reports

A Household Is Not a Person: Consistency of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Adult Couples and the Accuracy of Proxy-Reports

Analyzing climate and energy policy integration: the case of the Mexican energy transition

Tailoring Climate Parameters to Information Needs for Local Adaptation to Climate Change

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