Examining the Link between Political Orientation, Carbon Footprints, and Pro-Climate Actions in the Nordic Countries

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Original abstract

Climate change mitigation is a highly political issue today: how people vote affects emission-intensive activities as well as mitigation efforts in a major way. For some, voting for a green party can be a pro-climate action in itself, whereas for others, voting green is to give support for climate mitigation beyond what they do in their own lives. This paper examines whether people’s political preferences are reflected in their personal carbon footprints and their engagement in pro-climate actions. The study uses data from a carbon footprint calculator survey conducted in the five Nordic countries, which had over 7400 respondents. The participants calculated their carbon footprints and answered questions about their engagement in pro-climate actions, climate-related attitudes, and socio-economic status. The study found that right-leaning voters had the highest footprints and lowest climate concerns, while left and green voters had the lowest footprints and highest climate concerns. The voting preference itself showed as a statistically significant variable even after controlling for socio-economic and residential location-related aspects. However, when climate concern was taken into account, the difference in footprints between orientations became smaller, meaning that climate concern was associated with reduced footprints similarly across the political party spectrum. When it comes to engagement in pro-climate actions, participation was similar across the political orientations, with left and green voters engaging slightly more, and right-leaning respondents slightly less. When asked if their engagement was made to lower their carbon footprints, green and left voters were more likely to be motivated by climate reasons.

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