Nowadays, climate services capable to support resilient, robust and wise decision-making in terms of sustainable climate action represent the most valuable solution especially in times of crisis; these services strongly depend on the advances that science has to offer which are interrelated with the powerful sustainable development (SD) plans designed through innovation, research, and common scientific knowledge and effort; the transfer of technology projects are vital to the development of nations at a global level, especially in the case of developing countries which have a lot to benefit from these exchanges of ideas, information, and knowledge (United Nations (UN), 2015d; United Nations (UN), 2022).
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Dynamics of Self-Belief to Fight Against Climate Change: Evidence From European Social Survey
Copyright: © 2023
|Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-7499-0.ch004
Abstract
All prominent leaders, managers, researchers, and specialists worldwide position the positive and constructive contributions for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the centre of their activities and interests due to the power that the international community holds in reaching all SDG targets and achieving a global partnership for sustainable development (SD). The focal point of this study is represented by individuals' self-belief to fight against climate change and utilizes valuable data from the European Social Survey (ESS) Wave 10 in 2020 on two main areas: the impact that large numbers of people limiting their energy use might have on climate change and the causes of climate change which could be represented by natural processes, human activity, or both. The findings show that more than half of those individuals in the sample are taking bold and transformative steps towards a better future for all choosing sustainability, being more likely to have positive attitudes about individual efforts to control climate change, centering on reducing their energy consumption.