It helped me sort of face the end of the world: The role of emotions for third sector climate change engagement initiatives

Environmental Values

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 621-640

  Büchs, Milena ^a   Hinton, Emma ^a   Smith, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Carbon reduction; Climate change communication; Emotions; Third sector

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARBON BALANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LITERATURE REVIEW; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 84941649422     PISSN: 09632719     EISSN: 17527015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3197/096327115X14384223590177     Document Type: Article

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