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Bridging Attitudes and Evidence: Climate Change Perspectives in Italy

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  • Alessandro Indelicato

    (School of Theology, University of Eastern Finland, 80100 Joensuu, Finland
    Department of Applied Economics, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

  • Rossella Maria Pia Di Rocco

    (Department of Economics and Law, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy)

  • Juan Carlos Martín

    (Department of Applied Economics, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)

  • Vincenzo Marinello

    (Department of Economics and Law, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore, 94100 Enna, Italy)

Abstract

The most visible and well-known consequence of natural and environmental disasters is displacement. The paper analyzes environmentally induced displacement and attitudes towards climate change in Italy between 2013 and 2023. For this purpose, the Gradient Boosting Model (GBM) is used to analyze environmental displacement, while the Fuzzy-Hybrid TOPSIS is implemented to study climate change concerns. The results show that weather-related disasters are the most important casual climate effect on displacement. Furthermore, the issue of climate change is far from uniform and varies significantly across socio-economic factors such as age, education, religion, and income.

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  • Alessandro Indelicato & Rossella Maria Pia Di Rocco & Juan Carlos Martín & Vincenzo Marinello, 2024. "Bridging Attitudes and Evidence: Climate Change Perspectives in Italy," Challenges, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-19, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jchals:v:16:y:2024:i:1:p:2-:d:1553704
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