Public perception of climate change in China: Results from the questionnaire survey

Hao Yu, Bing Wang, Yue-Jun Zhang () and Yi-Ming Wei

No 42, CEEP-BIT Working Papers from Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP), Beijing Institute of Technology

Abstract: Based on the questionnaire survey, this paper analyzes China's public perception of climate change in terms of several influence factors and some empirical findings are obtained. We find that some respondents are willing to take individual actions to address climate change, and they pay more attention to climate change or approve that climate change does harm to residents and society; meanwhile, they tend to have confidence in the government to deal with climate change or believe that fiscal and taxation policies are the effective policy measures. However there are also other respondents unwilling to take actions and argue that climate change proves the natural consequences. Thus, in order to motivate the public to take actions, the paper suggests that the government should widespread disseminate relevant knowledge about climate change to the public and guide the work to address climate change and adopt proper fiscal and taxation policies.

Keywords: Public perception; Climate change; Questionnaire survey; Individual actions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C83 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2013-01
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