碳素素养和工程系学生的环保行动之间的复杂关系
Sherry Ann Ram1, Heather L MacLean1,2,3, Deborah Tihanyi2,4
1University of Toronto, Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, 35 St George St, Toronto, ON, M8Z 3Y6, Canada.
Heliyon
|November 30, 2023
概括
了解碳足迹是关键的. 虽然工程学生表现出对高影响力行动的认识,但碳素素养和减少排放之间的联系仍然很弱,特别是对于中等和低影响力的选择.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 气候变化缓解缓解 气候变化缓解
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 生活方式的选择显著影响人均温室气体排放.
- 主要贡献者包括交通,饮食和住宅能源使用.
- 碳素素养对亲环境行为和有效行动优先级的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查碳素素养和亲环保行动之间的关系.
- 在本科工程学生中评估温室气体减排战略.
- 了解行动影响意识如何影响个人碳足迹.
主要方法:
- 对多伦多大学的本科工程学生进行的调查.
- 评估了与会者对各种亲环境行动的碳素素养.
- 根据报告的行动计算个人碳足迹.
- 分析了碳素素养,感知行动影响和实际碳足迹之间的相关性.
主要成果:
- 参与者的平均碳足迹为4.8tCO2,低于国家平均水平,但高于全球目标.
- 碳素素养在高影响力行动 (运输,饮食) 中最高,在航空旅行中较低.
- 一个行动的高影响与较低的相关碳足迹相关联,无论准确度如何.
- 发现亲环境行动与碳素素养之间总体关系较弱.
结论:
- 碳素素养与个人碳足迹有轻微的负相关性,用于高影响力行动.
- 对于中等和低影响的行动,碳素素养和个人碳足迹之间存在正相关性.
- 意识到行动的影响,即使是不准确的,也可以导致对高影响性活动的减排.
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