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Research paper thumbnail of Climate Change Communication among Ecuador's College Students: an Analysis of Attitudes, Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, Emotions, and Behavior

Climate Change Communication among Ecuador's College Students: an Analysis of Attitudes, Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, Emotions, and Behavior, 2021

Today climate change has become one of the most significant challenges for the scientific communi... more Today climate change has become one of the most significant challenges for the scientific community because the impact on people's behavior is based on how climate change is communicated. Consequently, the number of studies and publications on climate change communication in Ecuador is still zero, is a topic that has not been installed as a component of basic plans, programs, or strategies actions within the Ecuadorian government. The study focuses on college students from six different universities in the province of Manabí, Ecuador, considering that they become leaders and decision-makers in the future. Therefore, exploring climate change communication among Ecuador's college students through an analysis of knowledge, risk perception, emotions, attitudes, and behavior is a topic of deep interest to develop strategies by creating initiatives to enhance a better awareness among society. This research has a quantitative approach to measure variables in a specific population proposing a model that is the first to have been conducted in Ecuador to understand the reasons behind why college students' have particular behavior towards climate change. Therefore, descriptive and statistical regression analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS and an online survey sent via Qualtrics platform. The results from 577 responders show that Ecuador's college students do not have good environmental behavior due to the lack of clear and accurate information on this problem. Although students are aware and worried about climate change threats, they are willing to implement more sustainable activities. Regression statistical results show that attitude, risk perception, and emotion impact statistically and significantly on predicting the behavior of Ecuador's college students towards climate change. Even though knowledge is a factor that does not show statistical and significant values to predict it. One of the reasons why knowledge cannot impact behavior is because climate change communication involves mental and social factors, which require multiple factors associated with each other that lead a person to behave appropriately. Hence, it is necessary to produce an overview of the situation to wake up central and local governments to develop climate change communication strategies through universities to promote the importance of good environmental practices and motivate students to implement them.

Research paper thumbnail of Caracterización de arrecifes rocosos de la costa del Pacífico de Ecuador usando la metodología Reef Check

Research paper thumbnail of Climate Change Communication among Ecuador's College Students: an Analysis of Attitudes, Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, Emotions, and Behavior

Climate Change Communication among Ecuador's College Students: an Analysis of Attitudes, Knowledge, Risk Perceptions, Emotions, and Behavior, 2021

Today climate change has become one of the most significant challenges for the scientific communi... more Today climate change has become one of the most significant challenges for the scientific community because the impact on people's behavior is based on how climate change is communicated. Consequently, the number of studies and publications on climate change communication in Ecuador is still zero, is a topic that has not been installed as a component of basic plans, programs, or strategies actions within the Ecuadorian government. The study focuses on college students from six different universities in the province of Manabí, Ecuador, considering that they become leaders and decision-makers in the future. Therefore, exploring climate change communication among Ecuador's college students through an analysis of knowledge, risk perception, emotions, attitudes, and behavior is a topic of deep interest to develop strategies by creating initiatives to enhance a better awareness among society. This research has a quantitative approach to measure variables in a specific population proposing a model that is the first to have been conducted in Ecuador to understand the reasons behind why college students' have particular behavior towards climate change. Therefore, descriptive and statistical regression analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS and an online survey sent via Qualtrics platform. The results from 577 responders show that Ecuador's college students do not have good environmental behavior due to the lack of clear and accurate information on this problem. Although students are aware and worried about climate change threats, they are willing to implement more sustainable activities. Regression statistical results show that attitude, risk perception, and emotion impact statistically and significantly on predicting the behavior of Ecuador's college students towards climate change. Even though knowledge is a factor that does not show statistical and significant values to predict it. One of the reasons why knowledge cannot impact behavior is because climate change communication involves mental and social factors, which require multiple factors associated with each other that lead a person to behave appropriately. Hence, it is necessary to produce an overview of the situation to wake up central and local governments to develop climate change communication strategies through universities to promote the importance of good environmental practices and motivate students to implement them.