IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/spr/jenvss/v14y2024i2d10.1007_s13412-024-00892-7.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Climate change awareness and themes of support to decarbonize the economy among students in Iran

Author

Listed:
  • Fatemeh Ghazavi Khorasgani

    (Memorial University of Newfoundland)

  • Mahgol Tavakoli

    (University of Isfahan)

Abstract

Climate change awareness and support for decarbonization among different parts of society are crucial to any initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Iran is one of the top CO2-emitting countries. However, there have been limited efforts in studying the Iranian population’s knowledge of global warming, their concerns about its consequences, and their support for a decarbonized economy. In this work, we study climate change awareness and the support for decarbonization among university students in Isfahan Province. Isfahan is one of the most populated and developed provinces in Iran. Therefore, understanding the awareness and willingness to act among the educated young generation adults in this province is critical in assessing plans to mitigate climate change in Iran. We present a correlation analysis between students’ backgrounds (age, gender, economic background, and level of education) and their concerns about climate change consequences and their support for a transition toward a decarbonized economy. The results show that most surveyed students (N = 388) agree that global warming is a concerning issue. Moreover, most students have taken some actions in their personal lives to reduce their carbon footprint. However, the support for policies to prevent climate change was not as strong among the students. Our analysis shows younger students have higher support for climate actions. Moreover, female students are more aware of the climate crisis and its consequences.

Suggested Citation

  • Fatemeh Ghazavi Khorasgani & Mahgol Tavakoli, 2024. "Climate change awareness and themes of support to decarbonize the economy among students in Iran," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 14(2), pages 372-383, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:14:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s13412-024-00892-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-024-00892-7
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s13412-024-00892-7
    File Function: Abstract
    Download Restriction: Access to the full text of the articles in this series is restricted.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1007/s13412-024-00892-7?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:14:y:2024:i:2:d:10.1007_s13412-024-00892-7. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Sonal Shukla or Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.springer.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.