Heterogeneity in climate change beliefs across New Zealand’s rural sector

IF 3.6 2区社会学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecology and Society Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.5751/es-14382-280410

Sabrina Swerdloff, Dennis Wesselbaum, Philip Stahlmann-Brown

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Abstract

In this paper we present novel evidence about heterogeneity in climate beliefs using a large-scale survey of farmers, foresters, growers, and lifestyle block owners in New Zealand. Using a flexible, conditional-moments approach, we estimate the interpersonal dispersion in climate change beliefs conditional on individual characteristics, which provides a direct measure of the heterogeneity in beliefs about climate change. Our results show that women, younger respondents, farmers with less family farming history, higher educated respondents, and those respondents who are less trusting in social media are more likely to believe in climate change. Further, beliefs are more heterogeneous among males (young and old), the less educated, and those who trust social media. Our results offer new insights allowing governments and NGOs to design and communicate policies to reduce the heterogeneity in climate change beliefs, which should support the uptake of climate change actions.

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新西兰农村地区气候变化信念的异质性

在本文中，我们通过对新西兰农民、林农、种植者和生活街区所有者的大规模调查，提出了关于气候信念异质性的新证据。使用灵活的条件矩方法，我们估计了气候变化信念的人际离散性，这为气候变化信念的异质性提供了一个直接的度量。我们的研究结果表明，女性、年轻的受访者、家庭农业历史较少的农民、受过高等教育的受访者以及那些对社交媒体信任度较低的受访者更有可能相信气候变化。此外，男性(年轻人和老年人)、受教育程度较低的人以及信任社交媒体的人的信仰更加多样化。我们的研究结果提供了新的见解，允许政府和非政府组织设计和沟通政策，以减少气候变化信念的异质性，这应该支持采取气候变化行动。

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来源期刊

Ecology and Society 环境科学-生态学

CiteScore

6.20

自引率

4.90%

发文量

109

审稿时长

3 months

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