Prioritising climate change actions post COVID-19 amongst university students; a Q methodology perspective in the United Arab Emirates

This study establishes a behavioral model for university students by utilizing the theories of planned behavior and value-belief-norm, and proposes key latent variables for risk perception toward climate change to establish a structural equation model. Partial least squares analyses and three indicators are utilized to test the reliability, validity, and goodness-of-fit of the model. This study establishes a mixed model with formative and reflective indicators, and assesses both environmental concern and personality traits as formative indicators. Using standardized path coefficients, eight out of 10 paths demonstrate statistical significance, indicating that environmental value and environmental attitudes influence environmental behavior. Three of the five included personality traits (e.g., agreeableness, extraversion, and openness) demonstrate a positive correlation with environmental behavior and environmental attributes. Individuals’ risk perception positively influences their environmental value, environmental attitudes, and environmental behavior with respect to climate change. Keywords: climate change, environmental behavior, partial least square, personality trait.

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Ethical Concerns and Contributions in Response to Climate Change and the Links to Well-being: a Study of University Students in the Netherlands

Central European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.21101/cejph.a3998 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 118-124 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mona Betour El Zoghbi ◽

Walid El Ansari

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

The Netherlands ◽

University Students ◽

Well Being ◽

Ethical Concerns

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Perception and Knowledge on Climate Change: A Case Study of University Students in Bangladesh

Journal of Atmospheric Science Research ◽

10.30564/jasr.v2i3.1542 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Bezon Kumar ◽

Arif Ibne Asad ◽

Purnima Banik

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Global Warming ◽

University Students ◽

Descriptive Statistics ◽

Primary Data ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

The University ◽

Change Problem

This paper mainly investigates the perception and knowledge on climate change of the university students in Bangladesh. To carry out this study, primary data are collected from 370 students and uses several statistical methods. Perception and knowledge on the causes, effects and mitigation ways of climate change problems, and perceived duties to combat against climate change are analyzed with descriptive statistics. This paper finds that deforestation is the main cause of global warming and climate change and, the effects of climate change is very serious on people’s health. Majority portion of the students think that it is difficult to combat against climate change problem because it has already been too late to take action. Besides this study also finds that government is crucially responsible for combating against climate change problem. The study calls for government mainly besides industry and youths to aware people about the causes, effects, mitigation ways of climate change so that they can contribute to the sustainable development by mitigating climate change problem.

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