Why aren’t we taking action? Psychological barriers to climate-positive food choices

Climatic Change

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 165-178

  Gifford, Robert D ^a   Chen, Angel K S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; CONFIRMATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTOR MODEL; INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84991396626     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: 15731480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-016-1830-y     Document Type: Article

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