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Bridging Attitudes and Evidence: Climate Change Perspectives in Italy

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: The most visible and well-known consequence of natural and environmental disasters is displacement. The paper analyzes environmentally induced displacement and attitudes towards climate change in Italy between 2013 and 2023. For this purpose, the Gradient Boosting Model (GBM) is used to analyze environmental displacement, while the Fuzzy-Hybrid TOPSIS is implemented to study climate change concerns. The results show that weather-related disasters are the most important casual climate effect on displacement. Furthermore, the issue of climate change is far from uniform and varies significantly across socio-economic factors such as age, education, religion, and income.

Source: Challenges

DOI: 10.3390/challe16010002

Authors: Alessandro Indelicato, Rossella Maria Pia Di Rocco, Juan Carlos Martín, Vincenzo Marinello

Institutions: Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, University of Eastern Finland, Università degli Studi di Enna Kore

Language: English

Topic: Climate Change Communication and Perception

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,591