DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102184
论文题名: Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision
作者: Whitmarsh L. ; Capstick S. ; Moore I. ; Köhler J. ; Le Quéré C.
刊名: Global Environmental Change
ISSN: 9593780
出版年: 2020
卷: 65 语种: 英语
中文关键词: Aviation
; Climate change
; Information
; Researchers
英文关键词: air transportation
; atmospheric pollution
; carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; climate change
; emission control
; fieldwork
; information management
; public attitude
; willingness to pay
英文摘要: Aviation is a fast-growing sector, releasing more carbon dioxide per passenger kilometre than other transport modes. For climate change researchers, work-related travel – including for conferences and fieldwork – is a major carbon-emitting activity. At the same time, many argue that climate scientists have an important role in curbing their own aviation emissions to align their practices with their assertions in relation to emissions reduction. We examine the tensions between competing professional demands in relation to flying; measure levels of flying by climate and non-climate researchers; assess influences on choices and attitudes; and consider how information provision and structural changes might enable changes in practice. Study 1 entails a large, international survey of flying undertaken by climate change (including sustainability and environmental science) researchers and those from other disciplines (N = 1408). Study 2 tests effects of varying information provision on researchers’ behavioural intentions and policy support to reduce flying (N = 362). Unexpectedly, we find climate change researchers – particularly professors – fly more than other researchers, but are also more likely to have taken steps to reduce or offset their flying. Providing information about the impacts of aviation increases behavioural intentions and support for institutional policies to reduce flying, particularly amongst more pro-environmental respondents. However, while attitudinal factors (e.g., personal norm) predict willingness to reduce flying, structural/social factors (e.g., family commitments, location) are more important in predicting actual flying behaviour. Recent initiatives to develop a low-carbon and more inclusive research culture within climate science and the broader research community thus need to be supported by broader policies and technologies to encourage and enable low-carbon and avoided travel. © 2020 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/168254
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作者单位: Department of Psychology, University of Bath, United Kingdom; School of Psychology, Cardiff University, United Kingdom; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, United Kingdom; Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, United Kingdom; Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations, United Kingdom; Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Recommended Citation:
Whitmarsh L.,Capstick S.,Moore I.,et al. Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision[J]. Global Environmental Change,2020-01-01,65