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

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...

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Main Authors: Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya, Ho, Chin Siong
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Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63245/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012155
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spelling my.utm.632452017-06-19T03:50:51Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/63245/ Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya Ho, Chin Siong TH Building construction 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. 2013 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed 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. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/18/1/012155
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Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya
Ho, Chin Siong
Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
description 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.
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author Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya
Ho, Chin Siong
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Ho, Chin Siong
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title Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
title_short Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
title_full Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
title_fullStr Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
title_full_unstemmed Willingness to engage in energy conservation and CO2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
title_sort willingness to engage in energy conservation and co2 emissions reduction: an empirical investigation
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