"Fiddling While Rome Burns": The Role of Ecological States in the Association Between Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Subjective Well-Being.
EQLS
European Union
ecological state
greenhouse gas emissions
mental well-being
regional analysis
Journal
Frontiers in sociology
ISSN: 2297-7775
Titre abrégé: Front Sociol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101777459
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
18
04
2019
accepted:
11
02
2020
entrez:
19
4
2021
pubmed:
28
2
2020
medline:
28
2
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Since March 2019, students around the world have taken to the streets to express their anger at the lack of effective actions against the threat of climate change, essentially accusing governments, and adults in general of "fiddling while Rome burns." This paper puts forward the hypothesis that the ecological state moderates the positive association found in the literature between greenhouse gas emissions and mental well-being, taken as evidence of fiddling on climate change issues. This hypothesis is examined in the context of the countries and regions of the European Union using a hierarchical three-level analysis on the third wave (2011-2012) of the European Quality of Life Survey for a sample of EU citizens. The ecological state is operationalized using a climate change performance index. NO
Identifiants
pubmed: 33869420
doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2020.00011
pmc: PMC8022467
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
11Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Signoretta, Bracke and Buffel.
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