The development of global environmental concern during the last three decades

IF 3.7 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Axel Franzen, Sebastian Bahr
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Abstract

The environmental concern of a country's population is an important prerequisite for addressing environmental problems, foremost reducing CO2 emissions and limiting global warming. In this paper, we analyze the development of environmental concern by using the newest wave of the environmental module of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) for 29 countries. First, we discuss the measurement of environmental concern and construct a ranking of countries according to the 2020 survey results. Second, we analyze the determinants of environmental concern by employing multilevel models that take individual effects as well as context effects into account. The results show that environmental concern has increased in almost all nations since the last measurement in 2010. The country ranking is headed by European nations such as Switzerland, France and Germany. The USA takes a middle position and China ranks number 20. We observe more variance within countries at the individual level as compared to the differences between countries. At the individual level, environmental concern is closely related to education, post-materialistic values, political attitudes, and individuals' trust in the news media and in science. At the country level, the average environmental concern increases with the wealth of nations.

过去三十年全球环境问题的发展情况
一个国家人口的环境关注度是解决环境问题的重要前提,其中最重要的是减少二氧化碳排放和限制全球变暖。在本文中,我们利用国际社会调查计划(ISSP)最新的环境模块,对 29 个国家的环境关注度发展情况进行了分析。首先,我们讨论了环境关注度的测量方法,并根据 2020 年的调查结果构建了国家排名。其次,我们采用考虑了个体效应和环境效应的多层次模型,分析了环境问题的决定因素。结果显示,自 2010 年的上一次测量以来,几乎所有国家的环境关注度都有所提高。在国家排名中,瑞士、法国和德国等欧洲国家位居前列。美国居中,中国排名第 20 位。与国与国之间的差异相比,我们发现各国内部在个人层面上的差异更大。在个人层面,对环境的关注与教育、后物质主义价值观、政治态度以及个人对新闻媒体和科学的信任密切相关。在国家层面,平均环境关注度随着国家的富裕程度而增加。
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Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
Current Research in Environmental Sustainability Environmental Science-General Environmental Science
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