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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Main Authors:	Masud, Muhammad Mehedi, Akhtar, Rulia, Rafia, Afroz, Al-Amin, Abul Quasem, Kari, Fatimah
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Language:	English English
Published:	Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
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spelling	iium-455862017-12-12T10:00:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/ Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Rafia, Afroz Al-Amin, Abul Quasem Kari, Fatimah H Social Sciences (General) 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. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/1/proenvironmental_behaviour.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/45586/4/45586_Pro-environmental%20behavior%20and%20public_SCOPUS.pdf Masud, Muhammad Mehedi and Akhtar, Rulia and Rafia, Afroz and Al-Amin, Abul Quasem and Kari, Fatimah (2015) Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies For Global Change, 20. pp. 591-600. ISSN 1573-1596 (O), 1381-2386 (P) http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11027-013-9509-4#page-1
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description	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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author	Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Rafia, Afroz Al-Amin, Abul Quasem Kari, Fatimah
author_facet	Masud, Muhammad Mehedi Akhtar, Rulia Rafia, Afroz Al-Amin, Abul Quasem Kari, Fatimah
author_sort	Masud, Muhammad Mehedi
title	Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
title_short	Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
title_full	Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
title_fullStr	Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
title_full_unstemmed	Pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
title_sort	pro-environmental behavior and public understanding of climate change
publisher	Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
publishDate	2015
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