Does Information about Personal Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Improve Individual Environmental Friendliness? A Survey Experiment

• Published in: Sustainability Vol. 13; no. 4; p. 2284
• Main Authors: Yamashita, Hideki, Kyoi, Shinsuke, Mori, Koichiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 20.02.2021
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; climate change; Emissions (Pollution); Environmental aspects; environmental friendliness; Environmental movement; individual CO2 emissions; polycentric approach; Social aspects; survey experiment; threshold value; Japan

The purpose of this study is to identify factors that can change the environmental friendliness of individuals in the context of climate change issues in terms of values, beliefs, controllability, concern, attitude, intention, and behavior through a survey experiment, and to test the hypothesis that...