Alkema, Jorn (2022) Knowledge gaps are the climate's worst enemy: How climate knowledgeability of Dutch students can improve national climate response. Master thesis, Cultural Geography - Climate Adaptation Governance (CAG).
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Abstract
In the past decades researchers have found that knowledge about climate change will positively impact climate policy support. This support for policy is vital for policy success and implementation. Recent literature suggests more effort has to be put into making information more widely available, with a view to drastically reducing existing misconceptions and gaps in knowledge about climate change. This research conducted a survey to find a correlation between climate knowledgeability of Dutch high school students and their support for climate policy. Analysis of the sample (n=185) found knowledge gaps regarding nuclear energy, ozone, and climate policy awareness. It found misconceptions regarding nuclear energy, ozone, temperature rise, and most notably saw a high overestimation of Dutch progress on transitioning towards renewable energy. Statistical analysis of the sample found a significant relation between age and climate knowledge, older students tend to have higher knowledgeability. Similarly the research found a significant relation between gender and climate knowledge, boys tend to have higher knowledgeability than girls. On average students scored a 4.7 on the knowledge questions, which they tend to slightly overestimate both beforehand and after. Policy support among students is generally high, but most find the Dutch government should do more regarding climate change response. The research found no correlation between knowledge and policy support in the sample.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Name supervisor: | Huiskes, M.C. and Schulz, K.A. and Mc Dermott, R.P. |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Sep 2022 12:06 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Sep 2022 12:06 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/215 |
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