Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
The aim of this article is to examine whether awareness, knowledge and risk perception of climate change have significant influence on attitudes and pro-environmental behaviour. The study found that awareness, knowledge and risk perception of climate change positively influence the formation of f...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English English |
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Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/1/proenvironmental_behaviour.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/4/45586_Pro-environmental%20behavior%20and%20public_SCOPUS.pdf |
| Summary: | The aim of this article is to examine whether awareness, knowledge and risk
perception of climate change have significant influence on attitudes and pro-environmental
behaviour. The study found that awareness, knowledge and risk perception of climate
change positively influence the formation of favourable attitudes future action climate
change. In addition, this paper also found mediated relationship through attitudes between
awareness, knowledge, risk perception and pro-environmental behaviour. The paper argues
that people are more likely to accept pro-environmental behaviours only if they have
sufficient understanding of the adverse impacts of no action. This study offers decision
makers field data to formulate relevant environmental policies and strategies in Malaysia. |
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