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DOI | 10.1007/s10584-024-03737-y |
A 'greenhouse affect'? Exploring young Australians' emotional responses to climate change | |
Russell, Tanja | |
发表日期 | 2024 |
ISSN | 0165-0009 |
EISSN | 1573-1480 |
起始页码 | 177 |
结束页码 | 5 |
卷号 | 177期号:5 |
英文摘要 | Recent studies reveal that young people are experiencing a range of emotions relating to climate change, including anxiety, anger and a sense of powerlessness. Young people have also voiced distrust in governments for failing to adequately address climate change, which they see as a critical threat to their future. However, there is limited research considering the interplay between young people's emotions about climate change and the broader social context in which they live; social-ecological theory can assist in identifying important systemic factors influencing emotional responses to climate change. In this qualitative research project, I drew upon a social-ecological theoretical framework to explore the affective dimensions of climate change as experienced by young Australians aged 18-24 (N = 14). A primary, overarching finding was of climate change as a multidimensional emotional challenge for young people, with four sub-themes that describe key experiences through which it manifests: a fragmented climate education; disillusionment with politics, but hope for change; reckoning with uncertain futures; and grappling with agency. The findings contribute to the growing literature on climate-related emotions, highlighting experiences of interrelated emotions that resist being reduced to one label (e.g., 'eco-anxiety'). Accordingly, I discuss a 'greenhouse affect' to convey the affective quandary provoked by climate change, expanding upon established anxiety-centred concepts. I also discuss implications for educating young Australians about climate change, and how this might improve their sense of agency to meaningfully contribute to climate solutions. |
英文关键词 | Climate change; Emotion; Anxiety; Affect; Young people; Education |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS记录号 | WOS:001214816100001 |
来源期刊 | CLIMATIC CHANGE
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/285773 |
作者单位 | Australian National University; Australian National University |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Russell, Tanja. A 'greenhouse affect'? Exploring young Australians' emotional responses to climate change[J],2024,177(5). |
APA | Russell, Tanja.(2024).A 'greenhouse affect'? Exploring young Australians' emotional responses to climate change.CLIMATIC CHANGE,177(5). |
MLA | Russell, Tanja."A 'greenhouse affect'? Exploring young Australians' emotional responses to climate change".CLIMATIC CHANGE 177.5(2024). |
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