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Exploring food consumers’ motivations to fight both climate change and biodiversity loss: Combining insights from behavior theory and Eurobarometer data

Using data from Eurobarometer 83.4, this study combines the two branches of research that address climate-related and biodiversity-related opinions and actions of individuals in the EU. The literature shows that the differences between climate-related and biodiversity-related policies correspond, at an individual level, to a person's basic attitudes towards environmental protection and towards nature protection, respectively. The contribution of this study is to demonstrate how these attitudes can influence behavior that has environmental repercussions for both issues, such as food consumption practices. The analysis focused on two Eurobarometer questions about buying local and seasonal food (to fight climate change) and about buying organic and local food (to protect biodiversity and nature). The results of two multinomial regression analyses, separately in Northwestern European countries and Eastern and Southern European countries, demonstrated that climate-related and biodiversity-related attitudes were, independent of each other, related to the adoption of these purchase behaviors. The results may support Europe's new Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy and indicate that improving food consumption practices can enable individuals to better play their part in fighting climate change and biodiversity loss simultaneously, which opens up interesting new perspectives for policymakers, businesses and consumers.
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands
- Free University of Amsterdam Pure VU Amsterdam Netherlands
Southern Europe, Nordeuropa, Northern Europe, Südeuropa, eating behavior, Ökologie und Umwelt, regression analysis, Einstellung, Eurobarometer 83.4 (2015) (Data file Version 3.0.0) [Biodiversity loss; Food consumption practices; ZA6595], 20900, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Ökologie, Psychology, Climate change, biodiversity, Klimawandel, Ecology, Eurobarometer, buying behavior, Osteuropa, Europe, climate change, 10700, Sozialpsychologie, Europa, Umweltschutz, Social Psychology, Western Europe, Essverhalten, Eastern Europe, Ecology, Environment, Biodiversität, Food consumption practices, Westeuropa, Kaufverhalten, environmental protection, attitude research, Regressionsanalyse, Psychologie, attitude, Attitudes, Biodiversity loss, Einstellungsforschung, EU, ddc: ddc:150, ddc: ddc:577
Southern Europe, Nordeuropa, Northern Europe, Südeuropa, eating behavior, Ökologie und Umwelt, regression analysis, Einstellung, Eurobarometer 83.4 (2015) (Data file Version 3.0.0) [Biodiversity loss; Food consumption practices; ZA6595], 20900, SDG 13 - Climate Action, Ökologie, Psychology, Climate change, biodiversity, Klimawandel, Ecology, Eurobarometer, buying behavior, Osteuropa, Europe, climate change, 10700, Sozialpsychologie, Europa, Umweltschutz, Social Psychology, Western Europe, Essverhalten, Eastern Europe, Ecology, Environment, Biodiversität, Food consumption practices, Westeuropa, Kaufverhalten, environmental protection, attitude research, Regressionsanalyse, Psychologie, attitude, Attitudes, Biodiversity loss, Einstellungsforschung, EU, ddc: ddc:150, ddc: ddc:577
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