Youth Attitudes to Nature and Climate Change: Evidence From European Social Survey

Abstract

In the discourse of social sciences, more and more attention is paid to the analysis of nature as a value and the problems of climate change. However, in the context of sustainable development, the attitude of different generations towards nature and climate change is important. Although the youth as a social group is seen as the future generation, it is noticeable that not many studies are conducted in Lithuania, where the opinion of the youth and their responsibility for changes in nature and climate change processes are evaluated. Accordingly, the aim of the researchto determine whether nature and climate change are important to youth in Lithuania. Data from European Social Survey (ESS) Round 10 (2021) were used. Logical analysis and synthesis, comparison method, statistical data analysis were applied, Pearson correlation coefficient was calculated. The research results revealed that youth sufficiently perceive nature as a value and see climate change as a problem that must be not only observed but also solved.

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“…According to Model, the most problematic factor in Vidzeme region of Latvia is factor value compared to EU28. Factor value importance compared to environmental and climate change has been researched in Lithuania and mirrored in research by the author, that respondents who are older than 15-29 years have a higher level of personal responsibility despite the fact that there are more young people in this age category who have voiced (signalled) openly their responsible behavior nature and climate change (Vaznonienė, 2022). Although there is a belief that individual values are noncontrollable, a persons beliefs can be altered with help of information provision (Onel & Mukherjee, 2017;Ünal et al, 2018).…”