Essays about: "climate worry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words climate worry.

  1. 1. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC'S IMPACT ON THE PERCEPTION OF CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE EU

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Patricija Viksne; [2023-03-08]
    Keywords : Climate change; COVID-19 pandemic; climate change perception;

    Abstract : The study examines how individuals’ perceptions of climate change as a threat have changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Western and Eastern Europe. Different psychological theories about psychological links to the pandemic and climate change, psychological mechanisms, and the finite pool of worry effect were used to understand how the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic could affect individuals’ perception of climate change as a threat. READ MORE

  3. 2. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
    Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

    Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

  4. 3. Contested justice - Climate justice activists’ and coal workers’ interpretations of a just transition in the Rhinish lignite phase out

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anna Weinrich; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The combustion of lignite coal for energy production significantly contributes to Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions, leading climate justice activists to advocate for an immediate coal exit. Workers of the lignite industry strongly oppose this as they worry about the structural decline of mining regions and their financial security. READ MORE

  5. 4. Should we worry about the climate? An exploration of climate coping, experientialavoidance and climate friendly behaviour among adolescents

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Vincent de Verdier; Stella Tengsand; [2021]
    Keywords : adolescents; climate worry; climate friendly behaviour; climate coping; experiential avoidance;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the biggest threats facing the world, connected to rising oceanlevels, droughts, and other natural disasters. The aim of this study was to explore if and howclimate worry, climate coping and experiential avoidance are connected to climate friendlybehaviour among Swedish adolescents in their third year of upper-secondary school (N=470). READ MORE

  6. 5. Emotional reactions to climate change and associated coping strategies: a grounded theory study on graduate students of sustainability-related programmes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Uppsala centrum för hållbar utveckling, CSD Uppsala

    Author : Uladzislau Zubkevich; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Emotions; Coping strategies; Climate change; Students; Grounded theory;

    Abstract : Climate change is happening. Yet this phenomenon does not only concern the environment, but also has various notable and important psychological implications for individuals in particular and society in general. READ MORE