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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102324
	Empirical testing of the visualizations of climate change mitigation scenarios with citizens: A comparison among Germany, Poland, and France
	Xexakis G.; Trutnevyte E.
发表日期	2021
ISSN	9593780
卷号	70
英文摘要	While scenarios are used extensively for communication about climate change mitigation, little is known about the interpretation of these scenarios by citizens. We conducted a cross-country empirical evaluation of scenario visualizations for global mitigation, using online surveys in Germany (N = 379), Poland (N = 223), and France (N = 225). Each respondent received visualizations of the required changes in global carbon dioxide emissions and composition of electricity supply (fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewable sources) for limiting global warming to 1.5 °C. We evaluated the effects of respondents’ demographics, prior beliefs, numeracy, and graph literacy on the reading accuracy and knowledge gains from the visualizations. We also included an experimental between-groups design on visualization format, where four groups received different graph formats (steep or gradual graphs with depictions of uncertainty ranges or scenario ensembles) and the fifth group received a table. Results showed that higher education level, numeracy, and graph literacy increased reading accuracy in all countries, while age reduced them. Respondents with prior beliefs about climate change mitigation that matched the information in the visualizations had also higher reading accuracy and knowledge gains. While the effects of different visualization formats were comparatively minor, customizing formats according to demographic and country differences was used to reduce adverse effects from these differences. These results emphasize the need to design visualizations that match characteristics of the intended audience and could inform better communication of climate change mitigation scenarios to non-expert audience. © 2021 The Author(s)
关键词	Citizen engagement Climate change mitigation Communication Uncertainty Usability evaluation Visualization
英文关键词	carbon dioxide; climate change; electricity supply; empirical analysis; global warming; survey method; visualization; France; Germany; Poland [Central Europe]
语种	英语
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/205561
作者单位	Renewable Energy Systems Group, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Xexakis G.,Trutnevyte E.. Empirical testing of the visualizations of climate change mitigation scenarios with citizens: A comparison among Germany, Poland, and France[J],2021,70.
APA	Xexakis G.,&Trutnevyte E..(2021).Empirical testing of the visualizations of climate change mitigation scenarios with citizens: A comparison among Germany, Poland, and France.Global Environmental Change,70.
MLA	Xexakis G.,et al."Empirical testing of the visualizations of climate change mitigation scenarios with citizens: A comparison among Germany, Poland, and France".Global Environmental Change 70(2021).