Release Date: 2024-06-17

Perception of Climate Change and Social Confidence

Mehmet Resit Sevinc (Author), Gonul Sevinc (Author)

Release Date: 2024-06-17

Efforts to deal with climate change and adaptation are currently on the agenda of many countries. Research and academic studies generally focus on two different perceptions of the emergence of climate change. The first is that climate change occurs as a natural process. The second is the perception that human activities, directly or indirectly, trigger [...]

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    Published inAgricultural Economics and Climate Change
    First Page191
    Last Page218
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053359432.10
    Page Count28
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    Efforts to deal with climate change and adaptation are currently on the agenda of many countries. Research and academic studies generally focus on two different perceptions of the emergence of climate change. The first is that climate change occurs as a natural process. The second is the perception that human activities, directly or indirectly, trigger and bring about climate change. In this study, the perception towards climate change and the level of social confidence towards climate change in Şanlıurfa province were investigated. According to the research findings, participants generally think that climate change exists. According to the participants, although climate change is a natural process, human activities have a greater impact on the occurrence of climate change. Participants who believe that climate change exists are generally male, single, urban residents, under the age of 28, with a high level of education, fixed and average/high household income. The same participants do not believe very much that the occurrence of climate change is a natural process. These participants attribute the emergence of climate change to human activities. Participants think that the measures taken by society, policy makers and practitioners against climate change risks are not sufficient. Especially the confidence levels of the participants who are male, single, living in the city, under the age of 28 and have a high level of education are quite low.

    Mehmet Resit Sevinc (Author)
    Assoc. Prof. Dr., Harran University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0617-7822
    3Associate Professor Dr. Mehmet Reşit Sevinç completed his undergraduate education in the Department of Economics at Dokuz Eylül University (1997-2001). He received his master’s degree in Economics from the Institute of Social Sciences at Harran University (2002-2004) and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences at Çukurova University (2009-2015). Associate Professor Dr. Sevinç began his academic career at Harran University in 2005 and continues to serve in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture at Harran University. Throughout his approximately 20-year academic career, he has conducted numerous studies in the fields of rural development, rural organization, agricultural marketing, and agricultural policy, and continues to do so.

    Gonul Sevinc (Author)
    Assistant Professor, Harran University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6322-8844
    3Assistant Professor Dr. Gönül Sevinç completed her undergraduate education in the Department of Economics at Dokuz Eylül University (1997-2001). She received her master’s degree in Economics from the Institute of Social Sciences at Harran University (2005-2008) and her Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences at Harran University (2009-2018). Assistant Professor Dr. Sevinç began her academic career at Harran University in 2007 and continues to serve in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture at Harran University. Throughout her approximately 20-year academic career, she has conducted numerous studies in the fields of rural development, rural organization, and agricultural policy, and continues to do so.

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