Faith in Science: Religion and Climate Change Attitudes in the Middle East

IF 3.9 2区 社会学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Global Environmental Politics Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI:10.1162/glep_a_00720
Nima Mazaheri
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The Middle East is facing many challenges because of climate change: extreme heat, recurring droughts, water salinization, and more. Yet little is known about how people in the region perceive the threat of climate change or about the factors associated with perceiving it as more or less of a threat. This study utilizes the Arab Barometer surveys and examines how religion influences climate change perceptions among 13,700 people across twelve countries. Contrary to arguments in the literature, Muslims tend to be less concerned about climate change compared to Christians. Yet all Middle Easterners with a strong sense of religiosity are more concerned about climate change relative to their counterparts. Political attitudes also matter. Religious Muslims who endorse Islamist government are less concerned than secular Muslims, suggesting a “culture war” on the issue. These findings show that religion exerts a nuanced and unexpected influence on how people evaluate the climate change crisis.
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对科学的信仰:中东的宗教与气候变化态度
由于气候变化,中东面临着许多挑战:酷热、反复发生的干旱、水盐碱化等等。然而,人们对该地区的人们如何看待气候变化的威胁,以及将其视为或多或少的威胁的相关因素知之甚少。这项研究利用阿拉伯晴雨表调查,考察了宗教如何影响12个国家13700人对气候变化的看法。与文献中的论点相反,与基督徒相比,穆斯林往往不太关心气候变化。然而,与同龄人相比,所有具有强烈宗教信仰感的中东人都更关心气候变化。政治态度也很重要。支持伊斯兰政府的宗教穆斯林比世俗穆斯林更不担心,这表明在这个问题上存在“文化战争”。这些发现表明,宗教对人们如何评估气候变化危机产生了微妙而意想不到的影响。
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期刊介绍: Global Environmental Politics examines the relationship between global political forces and environmental change, with particular attention given to the implications of local-global interactions for environmental management as well as the implications of environmental change for world politics. Each issue is divided into research articles and a shorter forum articles focusing on issues such as the role of states, multilateral institutions and agreements, trade, international finance, corporations, science and technology, and grassroots movements.
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