Are individuals' interpretations and political action regarding climate change impacted by materialist/post-materialist values in different contexts?

我的研究将关注21世纪的气候变化问题。2019年的民意调查显示，多达85%的英国人“关注”气候变化，52%的人表示他们“非常关注”（Ipsos Mori，2019）。此外，同一项调查显示，89%的中产阶级受访者表示关注。这些数字提出了几个不同的问题来解释这些变化。首先，对气候变化的日益关注是否与英国选民中后物质主义价值观的发展有关？社会阶层之间的差异是否显著，特别是在2008年金融危机的背景下？气候变化问题特别有趣，因为它是“唯物主义者”还是“后唯物主义者”的立场尚不明确-特别是关于人们认为这是一个值得关注的问题的主观原因。对气候变化实际威胁的感知如何映射到个人阻止气候变化的愿望？这些问题将在英国、澳大利亚和加拿大等不同地理位置的国家进行探讨，以便更清楚地了解环境价值的社会学，以及它们在不同国家之间的差异。我将重点讨论气候变化问题，特别是作为后-唯物主义和唯物主义是如此模糊，直接的问题涉及到气候变化造成的物理威胁，特别是与自然和人类环境退化有关的观点一起考虑。我感兴趣的是探索世界不同地区国家之间的潜在差异，这些国家有着不同的环境和生态系统，气候变化可能经常产生不同的影响。主要关注气候变化和后唯物主义的文学作品就在那里。Vainio & Paloniemi（2011）以芬兰为研究对象，分析了促使人们采取旨在减缓气候变化的行动的因素，例如“选择气候友好型交通工具、减少消费或回收利用”，其中一个变量是后物质主义价值观。他们的结论是，虽然后物质主义价值观不是气候行动的直接预测者，但它们是“信仰在气候变化中的中介作用”的重要贡献者，这是一个强有力的预测因素（Vainio & Paloneimi，2011：我的研究将采取一种稍微不同的方法，并试图绘制出个人对气候变化的看法，其感知的威胁和他们关注的原因，同时分析他们认为什么样的行动对解决气候变化问题最重要，并看看围绕气候变化政治问题的具体价值观和具体解释与行动之间是否存在明确的关系。

My research will be concerned with the issue of climate change in the 21stcentury. Polls in 2019 have shown the as much as 85% of the Britishpopulation are 'concerned' about climate change, and 52% say they are 'veryconcerned' (Ipsos Mori, 2019). Furthermore, the same poll indicated that 89%of the middle-class respondents indicated concern. These numbers raiseseveral different questions with regards to explaining these shifts. Firstly, is anincreased concern with climate change related to the development of postmaterialistvalues amongst the British electorate? Are the variations betweensocial classes significant, especially in the context of the 2008 financial crisis?The issue of climate change is particularly interesting as its position as'materialist' or 'post-materialist' is unclear - especially with regards to people'ssubjective reasons for believing it is an issue of concern. How do perceptionsas to the actual threat of climate change map on to individual's desire to stopit? These questions will be explored within countries with varied geographies,Britain, Australia and Canada, in order to develop a clearer picture of thesociology of environmental values, and how they vary across differentcountries.I will focus upon the issue of climate change in particular as the line betweenpost-materialism and materialism is blurred in such a way that direct questionspertaining to the physical threats posed by climate change can be consideredspecifically alongside the perspectives relating to the degradation of naturaland human environments. I am interested in exploring the potentialdifferentiation between countries in different part of the word, with differentenvironments and eco-systems and where climate change is likely to oftenengender disparate effects. Literature focusing predominantly on climatechange and post-materialism is out there. Vainio & Paloniemi (2011) focusedon Finland, analyzing the factors that drive people to engage in actionpurposed with mitigating climate change, such as "choosing climate friendlytransportation, reducing consumption or recycling", with one variable beingpost-materialist values. They conclude that while post-materialist values arenot a predictor of climate action directly, they are important contributors to the"mediating role of belief in climate change," which is a strong predictor ofaction (Vainio & Paloneimi, 2011: p390.My research will take a slightly different approach, and attempt to map outindividual's perspectives on climate change, its perceived threats and theirreasons for concern, alongside an analysis of what kinds of action they deemto be most important to tackling it, and seeing whether the are clearrelationships between specific values and specific interpretations and actionssurrounding the political issue of climate change.