The climate emergency across business, community and campaign groups: Motivations and barriers to driving change for the common good
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O'Leary, S., Lieberman, S., Gulyas, A., Ogilvie, M., Bates, D., Heath, T., Pelz, C., Williams, S. and Shalet, D. 2022. The climate emergency across business, community and campaign groups: Motivations and barriers to driving change for the common good. Graduate College Working Papers.
Authors | O'Leary, S., Lieberman, S., Gulyas, A., Ogilvie, M., Bates, D., Heath, T., Pelz, C., Williams, S. and Shalet, D. |
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Abstract | Initiatives to help tackle the climate emergency have tended to focus on large-scale actions that governments can take and smaller-scale actions for individuals, with relatively limited attention given to the mass of groups that form society between these two ends of the spectrum. The aim here is to help close that gap and the chosen areas of study are business, community, and campaign groups. The approach was to assess the existing literature and to conduct three focus groups to identify what motivates these groups to take actions on climate change, while also uncovering the barriers that may drive choices of inaction. The findings indicate that multiple factors motivate environmental engagements across business, community, and campaign groups, but personal ethics and concern for the future play the most vital roles. The most common barriers cited were difficulties in accessing |
Keywords | Climate; Motivations; Barriers; Business; Community; Campaign |
Year | 2022 |
Journal | Graduate College Working Papers |
Publisher | Canterbury Christ Church University |
ISSN | 2753-4006 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 25 Sep 2024 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 25 Sep 2024 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/9927x/the-climate-emergency-across-business-community-and-campaign-groups-motivations-and-barriers-to-driving-change-for-the-common-good
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