Essays about: "Climate Change Beliefs"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 33 essays containing the words Climate Change Beliefs.

1. 6. Climate change: Information, beliefs and action. Can new information affect Swedes’ climate change mitigation efforts?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Martin Kihlstedt; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate change; information provision experiment; beliefs; action; climate behavior; social norms; climate policy; survey experiment; information deficit; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Due to the steep requirements of the 1.5°C goal, there is an urgent need to better understand what measures can be used to strengthen climate mitigation efforts. This study illuminates which factors drive climate mitigation efforts in the Swedish public and how such efforts are affected by new information. READ MORE

3. 7. Faith for the Planet : Perceptions amongst religious and spiritual leaders of sustainability communication - the case of Faith for Ecocide Law

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Alina Frank; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainability communication; environment; climate change; rights of nature; Ecocide; Ecocide Law; Faith for Ecocide Law; religion; religious and spiritual leaders; perceptions; attitude; behavior;

   Abstract : The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced, posing severe threats to people around the world. Increased awareness about this crisis as well as a growing call for a more sustainable world can be noted not only by scientists and activists but also in the political and economic sector as well as within religious communities. READ MORE

4. 8. Protecting animals, until dinner? Investigating the existence of Meat-Related Cognitive Dissonance among veterinary students in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Lydia Soilemezi; [2022]
   Keywords : meat paradox; cognitive dissonance; veterinary students; animal welfare; meat reduction; plant based; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Even though animal farming is one of the leading causes of climate change and more people in the west are raising concerns over animal welfare, meat consumption here is high and expected to rise. This thesis examines the reasoning and tensions that arise when omnivores’ dietary choices clash with their love for animals by studying how the concept of the meat paradox and cognitive dissonance theory can be explained among veterinary students in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 9. Viticulture in cold climate toward more sustainable wine production

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

   Author : Noha Baraka Wadha; [2022]
   Keywords : viticulture; cold climate; sustainable viticulture; viticulture and climate change; sustainable challenges; fungi resistance; SWOT; Terroir;

   Abstract : This literature study investigates viticulture in a cold climate and how climate change could contribute to a more sustainable wine production. This study aims to investigate if wine production in cold climate regions could create a dynamic balance between productivity and the consumption of natural resources. READ MORE

6. 10. Representation of climate change in the United States: the case study of the Evangelical Climate Initiative

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Irina Martin; [2022]
   Keywords : Keywords: religion; public policy; perceptions; United States; evangelism; climate change; discourse analysis; Cornwall Alliance; Evangelical Climate Initiative; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to critically research and describe how the leaders of the National Association of Evangelicals and within the campaign ‘Evangelical Climate Initiative’ seek to influence climate change policymaking in the United States. The importance of this study is coming from the need to assess how strongly a religious group influences climate change policymaking in the United States. READ MORE