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Sustainability and climate change
Surveys conducted by Eurac Research and the Provincial Institute of Statistics ASTAT
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Project description
In 2022 the Regional Institute for Statistics ASTAT launched the ASTAT panel "So denkt Südtirol / Così pensa l’Alto Adige", offering a new opportunity for accessing statistical data on various topics at short notice. This initiative also marked the first collaboration between ASTAT and the Center for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research. Meanwhile, two surveys have been successfully conducted.
Survey 1: Climate Change and Sustainability
The survey on "Climate Change and Sustainability" was conducted on the basis of a random sample and therefore allows conclusions to be drawn about the population as a whole. About 1,300 citizens of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol were asked in June 2022 about their assessments, views and behaviours with regard to climate change, climate protection and sustainability.
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Survey: South Tyroleans wish for more climate protection and social justice
South Tyrol should do more for climate protection. To be more precise: politicians should put climate change mitigation measures ahead of economic interests. This is the opinion of the majority of around 1,300 South Tyroleans who were asked about their assessments, views and behaviour in relation to climate change, climate protection and sustainability as part of a survey by Eurac Research and the Provincial Institute for Statistics ASTAT.
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Survey 2: Emotions and inequalities amid the climate crisis
In the summer of 2023, the collaboration continued with a new phase. Two additional aspects of the climate crisis were examined through a survey: emotions and inequalities. These areas are crucial in the socio-political response to the climate crisis but have been overlooked in South Tyrol until now. This study aims to understand the emotional responses of people in South Tyrol to climate change and its impacts, as well as the social tensions and conflicts arising from it. Since the survey was conducted using a random sample with 1,028 citizens, the results provide insights applicable to the entire population of South Tyrol.
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“70 percent are afraid of the negative consequences of climate change”
What emotions do the effects of the climate crisis and the current political coping strategies trigger in people? Can climate anxiety be identified in South Tyrol? And what differences in emotional response are there between different social groups? The Eurac Research Center for Advanced Studies and the Provincial Institute for Statistics ASTAT carried out a survey on feelings and attitudes in relation to the climate crisis. Socio-economist Felix Windegger and sociologist Christoph Kircher were the authors of the study.
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