Schulz, Rebecca (2022) Perception of Climate Change and Mitigation Measures: Acceptability of Climate Change Mitigation Pathways. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Considering the unprecedented threat that global warming poses, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presents four pathways proposed to help mitigate climate change. The public acceptability of these pathways could facilitate their implementation. Within the framework of the protection motivation theory, this thesis investigated the relationship of climate change risk perception and perceived effectiveness of the pathways to fulfil their goal of limiting climate change to 1.5°C with the acceptability of two out of the four IPCC pathways (P2 and P4). Results of our pre-registered survey (N = 224, collected via convenience sampling) support a positive association between climate change risk perception and the acceptability of P2 and a negative association between this variable and the acceptability of P4. Climate change risk perception was also positively related to the probability to prefer P2 over P4. Furthermore, a positive association between the perceived effectiveness of the pathways and the acceptability of P2 as well as P4 was found. Compared to climate change risk perception, perceived effectiveness could explain more variance in the acceptability of both pathways. Implications and limitations are discussed at the end of the paper. Keywords: climate change, IPCC, acceptability, protection motivation theory
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Goersch, R. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2022 12:44 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2022 12:44 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/1189 |
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