生态焦虑,气候变化和"底层十亿":呼吁更好地理解这一问题
1National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia colin.butler@anu.edu.au.
BMJ mental health
|January 17, 2025
概括
生态焦虑或气候焦虑在世界上最贫穷的人口中没有得到充分的研究. 本研究探讨了这种差距的原因,并倡导为弱势群体采取政策行动.
科学领域:
- 环境心理学环境心理学
- 全球健康差异全球健康差异
- 气候变化的社会经济影响
背景情况:
- 气候变化带来重大风险,导致生态焦虑增加,特别是在全球北方受过教育的人口中.
- 脆弱的人口,不成比例的贫困,居住在全球南方 ("底层十亿"),显示生态焦虑的有限证据.
- 世界上最贫困人口对气候焦虑的认识和经验存在研究差距.
研究的目的:
- 调查"底层10亿人"对生态焦虑研究有限的原因.
- 探索可能阻碍在弱势群体中承认人为气候变化的因素.
- 倡导针对弱势群体的政策干预,无论有记录的生态焦虑.
主要方法:
- 对研究缺口的伦理和实际原因的定论.
- 对影响气候变化认可的社会经济和健康相关不利因素的分析.
- 检查间接压力因子关系和信息获取限制.
主要成果:
- "底层的十亿人"面临的缺点 (例如,营养不良,受教育机会有限,缺乏电子信息) 可能会降低他们识别气候变化的能力.
- 现有的压力因素与气候变化之间的间接联系可能会掩盖其作用.
- 由于全球不平等,这一群体的"隐形化"有助于研究差距.
结论:
- 政策制定者必须代表"底层的十亿人"在气候变化问题上采取行动,而不管他们有记录的生态焦虑.
- 解决全球最贫困人口面临的独特挑战对于气候正义至关重要.
- 未来的研究应该考虑边缘化社区对气候变化意识和焦虑表达的具体障碍.
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