Department of Environmental Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Studentų str. 11, Kaunas dist., Akademija, LT, 52261, Lithuania.
Environ Manage. 2022 Jan;69(1):1-16. doi: 10.1007/s00267-021-01574-8. Epub 2022 Jan 7.
Climate change is one of the primary environmental problems broadly discussed in the Paris Agreement. In the literature, authors mainly focused on the changes in climate change concern. However, it is more important to answer whether the changes in concerns and responsibilities affect climate-friendly behaviour. Therefore, this study's objective was to analyse the changes in climate change concern, personal responsibility, and climate-friendly behaviour in EU-28 from 2015 (the launch of the Paris Agreement) to 2019 and evaluate how these changes contributed to separate actions. The changes in climate change concern and personal responsibility were statistically significant (F value). During the analysed period, the purchase of energy-efficient appliances increased the most. Meanwhile, the usage of environmentally friendly transport alternatives decreased. The determinants of changes in climate-friendly behaviour were identified using the multiple linear regression model. Results showed that changes in climate change concern significantly and positively affected waste management and choice of energy supplier which offers a greater share of energy from renewable sources and purchased of low-energy homes. Meanwhile, personal responsibility significantly and positively influenced switching energy suppliers but had a negative effect on home insulation. Furthermore, residents who performed high-cost behaviours (purchase of low-energy homes) also switched energy suppliers and insulated their homes. Therefore, the results indicated that the benefit and cost of behaviour (time, money) are very important aspects to promote climate-friendly behaviour. This study suggested that policymakers should raise public awareness about climate change and take all efforts to reduce the cost of high-cost behaviours and enable the possibilities to perform climate-friendly behaviour.
气候变化是《巴黎协定》中广泛讨论的主要环境问题之一。在文献中，作者主要关注气候变化关注度的变化。然而，更重要的是要回答关注和责任的变化是否会影响有利于气候的行为。因此，本研究的目的是分析 2015 年（《巴黎协定》启动）至 2019 年欧盟 28 国气候变化关注度、个人责任和有利于气候的行为的变化，并评估这些变化如何促成单独的行动。气候变化关注度和个人责任的变化在统计学上具有显著意义（F 值）。在分析期间，购买节能电器的行为增加最多。与此同时，使用环保型交通替代方式的行为减少了。利用多元线性回归模型确定了有利于气候的行为变化的决定因素。结果表明，气候变化关注度的变化显著且积极地影响了废物管理和能源供应商的选择，这些选择提供了更大比例的可再生能源和购买低能耗住宅。与此同时，个人责任显著且积极地影响了能源供应商的转换，但对房屋隔热有负面影响。此外，采取高成本行为（购买低能耗住宅）的居民还会更换能源供应商并对房屋进行隔热处理。因此，结果表明，行为的收益和成本（时间、金钱）是促进有利于气候的行为的非常重要的方面。本研究建议政策制定者应提高公众对气候变化的认识，并尽一切努力降低高成本行为的成本，为实施有利于气候的行为创造可能性。
