Does awareness of environmental problems guarantee environmental actions? Maybe more for those privileged

• Main Author: EOM, Kimin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2019
• Subjects: Applied Behavior Analysis; Place and Environment
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3105; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4362/viewcontent/Does_Awareness_Of_Environmental_Problems_Guarantee_Environmental_Actions_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Environmental problems such as climate change have been a major challenge facing humanity today. Most climate scientists are in consensus that human activities are the major cause of the occurring climate change. Thus, large efforts from activists and governmental and international organizations have been made to reduce human-generated greenhouse gas emissions and promote pro-environmental actions. One of the commonly-used approaches is to provide information regarding the urgency of climate change so that people recognize the problem and further act to address it. Although this approach has been effective in persuading people of the seriousness of climate change, it has had only minimal effects in bringing behavioral change.