Energy use, climate change and folk psychology: Does sustainability have a chance? Results from a qualitative study in five European countries

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1025-1034

  Fischer, Anke ^a   Peters, Vera ^b   Vávra, Jan ^c   Neebe, Mirjam ^b   Megyesi, Boldizsár ^d  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d Magyar Tudomanyos Akademia Politikai Tudomanyok Intezete   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy; Folk psychology; Governance; Human nature; Natural resource use; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INNOVATION; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 79960060512     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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