Misconceptions on Climate Mitigation Behavior

Truelove and Parks (2012) investigated misconceptions on behaviours related to climate-change among U.S. students. They found that participants overestimated the impact of littering, but underestimated the impact of meat consumption and adjusting the thermostat. It is unclear, how much knowledge the German public has about behaviours related to climate-change. This study investigates what a German sample knows about the impact of behaviours to mitigate global warming. Additionally, we investigate if there is a relationship between effectiveness knowledge and self-reported environmental behaviour. We are further interested in possible differences among different age groups, living places (city or countryside), and educational background.