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Carbon Neutrality Education Promotes Parents’ Pro-environmental Behavior by Children’s Information Communication

Authors
Xiaoqing Zheng1, Yan Sun1, *
1Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
*Corresponding author. Email: uny@psych.ac.cn
Corresponding Author
Yan Sun
Available Online 9 September 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_8How to use a DOI?
Keywords
carbon neutrality education; information communication; children; parents; pro-environmental behavior
Abstract

Climate change is a global problem, and the Chinese government has put forward the goal of carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality is increasingly embedded in the field of education. However, few researchers have explored its effects. In particular, previous researchers have found that education may have a spillover effect on parents. Therefore, this study examines the effect of carbon-neutral education on parents’ pro-environment behaviors and examines the indirect effect of children’s information communication. Based on matched and longitudinal family-level data, this study found that carbon neutrality education can effectively increase children’s participation in carbon-neutral information communication. In addition, children’s information communication significantly increased their parents’ pro-environment behaviors. Furthermore, carbon neutrality education can increase parents’ pro-environment behaviors by increasing children’s information communication. The findings of this study not only demonstrate the effectiveness of carbon neutral education in China, but also provide new insights into how carbon neutrality education promotes parents’ pro-environment behaviors from an intergenerational learning perspective.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2023 9th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2023)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
9 September 2023
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10.2991/978-2-38476-092-3_8
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2352-5398
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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