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@ARTICLE{Meyer:912502,
author = {Meyer, Frauke and Shamon, Hawal and Vögele, Stefan},
title = {{D}ynamics and heterogeneity of environmental attitude,
willingness and behavior in {G}ermany from 1993 to 2021},
journal = {Sustainability},
volume = {14},
number = {23},
issn = {2071-1050},
address = {Basel},
publisher = {MDPI},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-05675},
pages = {16207},
year = {2022},
abstract = {$first_pagesettingsOrder$ Article ReprintsOpen
AccessArticleDynamics and Heterogeneity of Environmental
Attitude, Willingness and Behavior in Germany from 1993 to
2021by Frauke Meyer, Hawal Shamon* [ORCID] and Stefan
Vögele[ORCID]Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institut für
Energie- und Klimaforschung, Systemforschung und
Technologische Entwicklung (IEK-STE), 52425 Jülich,
Germany*Author to whom correspondence should be
addressed.Sustainability 2022, 14(23), 16207;
https://doi.org/10.3390/su142316207Received: 26 October 2022
/ Revised: 23 November 2022 / Accepted: 24 November 2022 /
Published: 5 December 2022(This article belongs to the
Section Social Ecology and Sustainability)Download Browse
FiguresVersions NotesAbstractThis paper analyzes
environmental attitude, willingness, and behavior using a
relatively broad range of survey items from the four
Environment Modules of the International Social Survey
Programme (ISSP) in Germany. The ISSP Environment Module is
a repeated cross-sectional large-scale survey in Germany
covering a period of nearly 30 years with four survey waves
(1993, 2000, 2010, and 2020). We find that environmental
attitude, willingness, and behavior are relatively stable
between 1993 and 2010 in Germany. However, in the fourth
wave, we find a significant upward trend in attitude and
willingness compared to 2010—even though the COVID-19
pandemic was omnipresent at the time of the survey. This
could indicate that climate change and environmental issues
have gained such significance that they cannot easily be
fully displaced by other major events, such as a pandemic.
Moreover, we detect systematic heterogeneity in
environmental attitude, willingness, and behavior
predominantly with respect to respondents’ education,
residential region, and political orientation but also some
heterogeneity regarding gender, age, and income. Finally, we
reveal that the dynamic of environmental attitude,
willingness, and behavior also depends on certain
socio-demographic characteristics, such as residential
region, or political orientation. Our findings are essential
for a better understanding of the social feasibility of
transformation pathways towards a sustainable energy
system.},
cin = {IEK-STE},
ddc = {690},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-STE-20101013},
pnm = {1112 - Societally Feasible Transformation Pathways
(POF4-111)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-1112},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000896397500001},
doi = {10.3390/su142316207},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/912502},
}