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DOI	10.1007/s10584-019-02595-3
	A new approach to explain farmers’ adoption of climate change mitigation measures
	Moerkerken A.; Blasch J.; van Beukering P.; van Well E.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0165-0009
起始页码	141
结束页码	161
卷号	159 期号:1
英文摘要	The determinants of farmers’ decisions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are currently not well understood. This study takes several new angles in investigating farmers’ climate change mitigation behaviour. Based on two identical surveys among representative samples of Dutch farmers, this study examines the underlying determinants and motivating factors for three different types of climate change mitigation measures on farms: energy saving, the production of renewable energy and reduction of emissions of methane and nitrous oxide (non-CO2 emissions). Furthermore, the study explores whether farmers’ awareness and behaviour has been influenced by a communication campaign carried out by the government of the Netherlands between 2012 and 2015. Four major conclusions emerge. Firstly, the analyses demonstrate that accounting for the cost-effectiveness and technology readiness level (TRL) of different types of climate change mitigation measures provides for a better understanding of the factors that motivate farmers to adopt these measures. Secondly, neither the willingness to take GHG reduction measures nor knowledge on GHG emissions are consistent motivating factors for energy-related measures. Thirdly, it seems that external factors, such as economic hardship, dominate the overall environmental awareness of farmers. Fourthly, the farmer’s propensity to innovate proved to be the strongest and most consistent predictor of both the willingness and the actual adoption of climate change mitigation technologies. Therefore, focusing on making farmers more open to change and general innovation in campaigns in the agricultural sector might be more effective than campaigns focusing specifically on climate change mitigation. © 2019, Springer Nature B.V.
英文关键词	Agriculture; Climate change mitigation; Communication campaign; Energy use; Farmer behaviour
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Agriculture; Cost effectiveness; Energy conservation; Gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Motivation; Nitrogen oxides; Agricultural sector; Climate change mitigation; Energy use; Environmental awareness; Farmer behaviour; Reduction of emissions; Representative sample; Technology readiness levels; Climate change; agricultural production; alternative energy; climate change; communication network; energy use; farmers attitude; greenhouse gas; innovation; knowledge; methane; nitrous oxide; Netherlands
来源期刊	Climatic Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/147230
作者单位	Netherlands Enterprise Agency RVO, Croeselaan 15, Utrecht, 3521BJ, Netherlands; Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands; CLM Research and Advisory, Gutenbergweg 1, Culemborg, 4104 BA, Netherlands
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Moerkerken A.,Blasch J.,van Beukering P.,等. A new approach to explain farmers’ adoption of climate change mitigation measures[J],2020,159(1).
APA	Moerkerken A.,Blasch J.,van Beukering P.,&van Well E..(2020).A new approach to explain farmers’ adoption of climate change mitigation measures.Climatic Change,159(1).
MLA	Moerkerken A.,et al."A new approach to explain farmers’ adoption of climate change mitigation measures".Climatic Change 159.1(2020).