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| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-024-57042-w |
| Identifying American climate change free riders and motivating sustainable behavior | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 2045-2322 |
| 起始页码 | 14 |
| 结束页码 | 1 |
| 卷号 | 14期号:1 |
| 英文摘要 | Free riders, who benefit from collective efforts to mitigate climate change but do not actively contribute, play a key role in shaping behavioral climate action. Using a sample of 2096 registered American voters, we explore the discrepancy between two groups of free riders: cynics, who recognize the significance of environmental issues but do not adopt sustainable behaviors, and doubters, who neither recognize the significance nor engage in such actions. Through statistical analyses, we show these two groups are different. Doubters are predominantly male, younger, with lower income and education, exhibit stronger conspiracy beliefs, lower altruism, and limited environmental knowledge, are more likely to have voted for Trump and lean towards conservative ideology. Cynics are younger, religious, higher in socioeconomic status, environmentally informed, liberal-leaning, and less likely to support Trump. Our research provides insights on who could be most effectively persuaded to make climate-sensitive lifestyle changes and provides recommendations to prompt involvement in individual sustainability behaviors. Our findings suggest that for doubters, incentivizing sustainability through positive incentives, such as financial rewards, may be particularly effective. Conversely, for cynics, we argue that engaging them in more community-driven and social influence initiatives could effectively translate their passive beliefs into active participation. |
| 英文关键词 | Collective action; Sustainability behaviors; Environment; Climate change; Free riders |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| WOS类目 | Multidisciplinary Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001188276500078 |
| 来源期刊 | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/308896 |
| 作者单位 | California Institute of Technology; Harvard University; University of Cambridge |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Identifying American climate change free riders and motivating sustainable behavior[J],2024,14(1). |
| APA | (2024).Identifying American climate change free riders and motivating sustainable behavior.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,14(1). |
| MLA | "Identifying American climate change free riders and motivating sustainable behavior".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14.1(2024). |
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