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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.09.001
	Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?
	Rhodes E.; Axsen J.; Jaccard M.
发表日期	2014
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	29
英文摘要	Citizen support for climate policies is typically seen as an important criterion in climate policy making. Some studies of climate policy support assume that a significant number of citizens need to be aware of the policies in question and able to provide informed opinions. In this study, we probe this assumption using a web-based survey of residents of the Canadian province of British Columbia (n = 475) by assessing: (1) citizen awareness and knowledge of climate policies, (2) citizen support for different climate policies, (3) the relationship between citizen knowledge and policy support, and (4) the effect of information provision on policy support. Our main finding is that most survey respondents are not aware of any of British Columbia's climate policies, and have little understanding of the potential effect of these on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Once they are made aware of different types of climate policies, respondents are more likely to express support for regulations, such as the zero-emissions electricity standard and energy efficiency regulations, and less likely to support a carbon tax. Statistical analysis indicates that citizen knowledge of policy is not associated with higher policy support. Furthermore, providing information on likely policy effectiveness to our survey respondents did not translate into higher support, suggesting that widespread knowledge and well-informed citizen support are not necessarily required for implementation of effective climate policies. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Citizen support; Climate policy; Information provision; Knowledge deficit model; Policy awareness; Policy knowledge
学科领域	decision support system; emission control; energy efficiency; environmental policy; greenhouse gas; pollution tax; public attitude; standard (regulation); statistical analysis; World Wide Web; British Columbia; Canada
语种	英语
scopus关键词	decision support system; emission control; energy efficiency; environmental policy; greenhouse gas; pollution tax; public attitude; standard (regulation); statistical analysis; World Wide Web; British Columbia; Canada
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117735
作者单位	School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rhodes E.,Axsen J.,Jaccard M.. Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?[J],2014,29.
APA	Rhodes E.,Axsen J.,&Jaccard M..(2014).Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?.Global Environmental Change,29.
MLA	Rhodes E.,et al."Does effective climate policy require well-informed citizen support?".Global Environmental Change 29(2014).