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Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation

Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya and Ho, Chin Siong (2013) Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation. In: 8th International Symposium of the Digital Earth, ISDE 2014, 26-29 Aug, 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012155

Abstract

Africa's response to climate change has largely been focused on adaptation rather than mitigation. The reason for this is based on the fact that the continent contributes very little to global CO2 emission. Again, mitigation policies like carbon tax as being practised in developed countries may be costly and difficult to implement in a continent where most economies are fragile. Using behavioural change as an adaptation approach, we examined the opinion of Ibadan city residents towards energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction. A total of 822 respondents were sampled across the three residential neighbourhoods of the city. Results from the study showed that female and male respondents differed in their opinion towards energy conservation. However, the female respondents tended to record higher mean scores on majority of the items used to capture energy conservation behaviour than their male counterparts. Also, those with higher level of education seemed to be more conscious of the environmental consequences arising from energy use at home than those with lower educational background. However, very slight variations were recorded in the mean value score across the different age groups, those respondents above 50 years scored a bit higher than other age groups.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:emission control, energy conservation
Subjects:T Technology > TH Building construction
Divisions:Built Environment
ID Code:63245
Deposited By: Siti Nor Hashidah Zakaria
Deposited On:19 Jun 2017 03:50
Last Modified:19 Jun 2017 03:50

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