Environmental consciousness and household energy poverty in Ghana

IF 8.6 1区环境科学与生态学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Global Environmental Change Pub Date : 2024-08-07 DOI:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102896

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Abstract

The energy poverty literature has identified numerous factors that influence the phenomenon. However, only a limited number of studies examine the role of environmental consciousness, especially in the case of cooking fuel. This variable might be essential due to the close association of energy poverty with environmental quality to aid the overall environmental sustainability discourse. This study investigates the level of environmental consciousness and its impact on household cooking energy decisions using survey data from more than 1200 households in Ghana. The study employs an instrumental variable estimation approach to investigate the impact of environmental consciousness on energy poverty. The study finds that being environmentally conscious positively affects cleaner cooking fuel choices, and thus, such households are less inclined to be energy poor.

Furthermore, it was discovered that awareness of global environmental issues has a more substantial effect on household energy poverty.

Further robustness analysis confirms the findings. The study has implications for reducing energy poverty. A nationwide awareness campaign of contemporary, global environmental concerns is recommended to make people more environmentally conscious, reduce energy poverty, and accelerate the transition to cleaner cooking energy.

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加纳的环境意识与家庭能源贫困

能源贫困文献指出了影响这一现象的众多因素。然而，只有为数有限的研究探讨了环境意识的作用，尤其是在烹饪燃料方面。由于能源贫困与环境质量密切相关，因此这一变量可能对整个环境可持续性的讨论至关重要。本研究使用来自加纳 1200 多个家庭的调查数据，调查了环境意识水平及其对家庭烹饪能源决策的影响。研究采用工具变量估算法来调查环境意识对能源贫困的影响。研究发现，环保意识会对清洁烹饪燃料的选择产生积极影响，因此，这类家庭不太倾向于成为能源贫困家庭。此外，研究还发现，对全球环境问题的认识对家庭能源贫困有更大的影响。这项研究对减少能源贫困具有重要意义。建议在全国范围内开展有关当代全球环境问题的宣传活动，以提高人们的环保意识，减少能源贫困，并加快向清洁烹饪能源的过渡。

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Global Environmental Change 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

18.20

自引率

2.20%

发文量

146

审稿时长

12 months

期刊介绍： Global Environmental Change is a prestigious international journal that publishes articles of high quality, both theoretically and empirically rigorous. The journal aims to contribute to the understanding of global environmental change from the perspectives of human and policy dimensions. Specifically, it considers global environmental change as the result of processes occurring at the local level, but with wide-ranging impacts on various spatial, temporal, and socio-political scales. In terms of content, the journal seeks articles with a strong social science component. This includes research that examines the societal drivers and consequences of environmental change, as well as social and policy processes that aim to address these challenges. While the journal covers a broad range of topics, including biodiversity and ecosystem services, climate, coasts, food systems, land use and land cover, oceans, urban areas, and water resources, it also welcomes contributions that investigate the drivers, consequences, and management of other areas affected by environmental change. Overall, Global Environmental Change encourages research that deepens our understanding of the complex interactions between human activities and the environment, with the goal of informing policy and decision-making.