Publication Type

Editorial

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

6-2021

Abstract

Climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing many countries in the Asia Pacific. Asia as a whole is a primary contributor to carbon emissions. According to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020, the Asia Pacific region alone accounts for more than half of the world’s total greenhouse gas emissions. This represents an increase in consumption of oil, gas, and coal in Asia Pacific from 44.5% in 2009 to 50.5% in 2019. According to the review, compared to the rest of the world, Asia Pacific had the highest growth rate (2.7%) of carbon emissions between 2008 and 2018 (North America: −0.8%, South and Central America: 1.1%, Europe: −1.5%, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS): 0.5%, Middle East: 2.6%, Africa: 2.0%). Based on multiple data sources (CAIT Climate Data Explorer by World Resources Institute, 2020), 4 of the top-10 countries with the most greenhouse gas emissions are Asian, which include China (1st), India (3rd), Indonesia (5th), and Japan (7th). In view of the impending threat of anthropogenic climate change in the Asian regions, the role of Asian social psychology in offering insights on the reactions to and impacts of climate change cannot be understated. The current special issue represents one important attempt to bring together research that sets out to enrich the social psychological understanding of climate change.

Keywords

Climate change, social psychology, Asia Pacific

Discipline

Environmental Sciences | Social Psychology | Social Psychology and Interaction

Research Areas

Psychology

Publication

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volume

24

Issue

2

First Page

113

Last Page

116

ISSN

1367-2223

Identifier

10.1111/ajsp.12478

Publisher

Wiley

Embargo Period

8-29-2021

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12478

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