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GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
Volume 17, Issue 3-4, Pages 445-459Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.01.004
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climate change; engagement; barriers; public perceptions; mitigation; behaviour
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- Natural Environment Research Council [tynd10001] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [tynd10001] Funding Source: UKRI
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This paper reports on the barriers that members of the UK public perceive to engaging with climate change. It draws upon three mixed-method Studies, with an emphasis on the qualitative data which offer an in-depth insight into how people make sense of climate change. The paper defines engagement as an individual's state, comprising three elements: cognitive, affective and behavioural. A number of common barriers emerge from the three studies, which operate broadly at 'individual' and 'social' levels. These major constraints to individual engagement with climate change have implications for achieving significant reductions in greenhouse gases in the UK. We argue that targeted and tailored information provision should be supported by wider structural change to enable citizens and communities to reduce their carbon dependency. Policy implications for effective engagement are discussed. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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