4 results on '"CLIMATE change mitigation"'
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2. Awareness of Climate Change and the Dietary Choices of Young Adults in Finland: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study
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Jouni J. K. Jaakkola, Essi A. E. Korkala, and Timo T. Hugg
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Male ,Atmospheric Science ,Cross-sectional study ,Epidemiology ,Social Sciences ,010501 environmental sciences ,Global Health ,01 natural sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Sociology ,Environmental protection ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Food choice ,Medicine and Health Sciences ,Psychology ,Public and Occupational Health ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Finland ,2. Zero hunger ,Climatology ,education.field_of_study ,Multidisciplinary ,Socioeconomic Aspects of Health ,3. Good health ,Research Design ,Population study ,Medicine ,Female ,Research Article ,Clinical Research Design ,Science ,Climate Change ,Population ,Climate change ,Biology ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Diet Surveys ,03 medical and health sciences ,Food Preferences ,Young Adult ,Environmental health ,Humans ,education ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,Nutrition ,Demography ,Behavior ,Survey Research ,Global warming ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Confidence interval ,Health Care ,Climate change mitigation ,Survey Methods ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Attitude ,Socioeconomic Factors ,13. Climate action ,Public Opinion ,People and Places ,Earth Sciences ,Linear Models - Abstract
Climate change is a major public health threat that is exacerbated by food production. Food items differ substantially in the amount of greenhouse gases their production generates and therefore individuals, if willing, can mitigate climate change through dietary choices. We conducted a population-based cross-sectional study to assess if the understanding of climate change, concern over climate change or socio-economic characteristics are reflected in the frequencies of climate-friendly food choices. The study population comprised 1623 young adults in Finland who returned a self-administered questionnaire (response rate 64.0%). We constructed a Climate-Friendly Diet Score (CFDS) ranging theoretically from −14 to 14 based on the consumption of 14 food items. A higher CFDS indicated a climate-friendlier diet. Multivariate linear regression analyses on the determinants of CFDS revealed that medium concern raised CFDS on average by 0.51 points (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.03, 0.98) and high concern by 1.30 points (95% CI 0.80, 1.80) compared to low concern. Understanding had no effect on CFDS on its own. Female gender raised CFDS by 1.92 (95% CI 1.59, 2.25). Unemployment decreased CFDS by 0.92 (95% CI −1.68, −0.15). Separate analyses of genders revealed that high concern over climate change brought about a greater increase in CFDS in females than in males. Good understanding of climate change was weakly connected to climate-friendly diet among females only. Our results indicate that increasing awareness of climate change could lead to increased consumption of climate-friendly food, reduction in GHG emissions, and thus climate change mitigation.
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- 2014
3. Why do some people do 'more' to mitigate climate change than others? Exploring heterogeneity in psycho-social associations
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José Manuel Ortega-Egea, Nieves García-de-Frutos, and Raquel Antolin-Lopez
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Male ,Atmospheric Science ,Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ,Social Sciences ,lcsh:Medicine ,Behavioral engagement ,Behavioral Ecology ,Sociology ,Risk Factors ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Morphogenesis ,Psychology ,Medicine ,lcsh:Science ,Psychographic ,media_common ,Climatology ,Aged, 80 and over ,Social Research ,Multidisciplinary ,Ecology ,Public economics ,Environmental resource management ,Middle Aged ,Research Design ,Female ,Psychosocial ,Research Article ,Adult ,Conservation of Natural Resources ,Social Psychology ,Adolescent ,Climate Change ,Climate change ,Research and Analysis Methods ,Young Adult ,Humans ,media_common.cataloged_instance ,European union ,Social Behavior ,Aged ,Behavior ,Motivation ,Survey Research ,business.industry ,Ecology and Environmental Sciences ,Global warming ,lcsh:R ,Biology and Life Sciences ,Morphogenic Segmentation ,Individual level ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Climate change mitigation ,Earth Sciences ,lcsh:Q ,business ,Environmental Protection ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
The urgency of climate change mitigation calls for a profound shift in personal behavior. This paper investigates psycho-social correlates of extra mitigation behavior in response to climate change, while also testing for potential (unobserved) heterogeneity in European citizens' decision-making. A person's extra mitigation behavior in response to climate change is conceptualized--and differentiated from common mitigation behavior--as some people's broader and greater levels of behavioral engagement (compared to others) across specific self-reported mitigation actions and behavioral domains. Regression analyses highlight the importance of environmental psychographics (i.e., attitudes, motivations, and knowledge about climate change) and socio-demographics (especially country-level variables) in understanding extra mitigation behavior. By looking at the data through the lens of segmentation, significant heterogeneity is uncovered in the associations of attitudes and knowledge about climate change--but not in motivational or socio-demographic links--with extra mitigation behavior in response to climate change, across two groups of environmentally active respondents. The study has implications for promoting more ambitious behavioral responses to climate change, both at the individual level and across countries.
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- 2014
4. Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Land transport
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E. Uherek, Peter Hoor, Kristin Rypdal, Michael Gauss, Stephan Schmid, Carlos Borrego, Jos Lelieveld, Yves Balkanski, Jens Borken-Kleefeld, Terje Koren Berntsen, Dimitrios Melas, Thomas Halenka, Katarzyna Juda-Rezler, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry (MPIC), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Department of Meteorology and Environment Protection, Charles University [Prague] (CU), Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement [Gif-sur-Yvette] (LSCE), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Modelling the Earth Response to Multiple Anthropogenic Interactions and Dynamics (MERMAID), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Oslo (UiO), Universidade de Aveiro, Norwegian Meteorological Institute [Oslo] (MET), Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz = Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU), Warsaw University of Technology [Warsaw], Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), and Johannes Gutenberg - Universität Mainz (JGU)
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Climate impacts ,Atmospheric Science ,impact on climate change ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,020209 energy ,Radiative forcing ,Air pollution ,Climate change ,02 engineering and technology ,[SDU.STU.ME]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Meteorology ,7. Clean energy ,01 natural sciences ,Mitigation scenarios ,12. Responsible consumption ,Vehicle technologies ,road, rail, inland shipping [Transport] ,Land transport ,Environmental protection ,11. Sustainability ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,inland shipping ,Emission inventory ,rail ,Air quality index ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,General Environmental Science ,[PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-AO-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics [physics.ao-ph] ,Global warming ,Environmental engineering ,Transport: road ,Global change ,Mobile air conditioners ,land transport emissions ,Climate change mitigation ,13. Climate action ,Emissions ,[SDU.STU.CL]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Climatology ,Greenhouse gas ,Emission scenarios ,Environmental science ,Health impacts - Abstract
International audience; Emissions from land transport, and from road transport in particular, have significant impacts on the atmosphere and on climate change. This assessment gives an overview of past, present and future emissions from land transport, of their impacts on the atmospheric composition and air quality, on human health and climate change and on options for mitigation. In the past vehicle exhaust emission control has successfully reduced emissions of nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds and particulate matter. This contributed to improved air quality and reduced health impacts in industrialised countries. In developing countries however, pollutant emissions have been growing strongly, adversely affecting many populations. In addition, ozone and particulate matter change the radiative balance and hence contribute to global warming on shorter time scales. Latest knowledge on the magnitude of land transport's impact on global warming is reviewed here. In the future, road transport's emissions of these pollutants are expected to stagnate and then decrease globally. This will then help to improve the air quality notably in developing countries. On the contrary, emissions of carbon dioxide and of halocarbons from mobile air conditioners have been globally increasing and are further expected to grow. Consequently, road transport's impact on climate is gaining in importance. The expected efficiency improvements of vehicles and the introduction of biofuels will not be sufficient to offset the expected strong growth in both, passenger and freight transportation. Technical measures could offer a significant reduction potential, but strong interventions would be needed as markets do not initiate the necessary changes. Further reductions would need a resolute expansion of low-carbon fuels, a tripling of vehicle fuel efficiency and a stagnation in absolute transport volumes. Land transport will remain a key sector in climate change mitigation during the next decades.
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- 2010
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