Användning av koldioxidbudgetar för att motivera minskning av koldioxidutsläpp

Sammanfattning: The problem of rising temperatures and climate change is of great importance to all life. It has been made a global target by the UN and 194 countries has signed the Paris agreement which states a goal of keeping average global temperature raises two degrees below pre-industrial temperatures. Despite this, it is not clear what needs to be done. One thing for sure is that greenhouse gas emissions and ways to lessen them must be communicated in a concrete way in order to influence people and help fight climate change. This study explored how carbon budgets could be a tool for making greenhouse gas emissions less of an abstract concept. The study also examined how the implementation intentions-model could be used for increasing motivation in implementing behaviours in order to motivate reducing emissions of students. The focus of the study was to motivate participants to decrease consumption of aerial transportation and meat as these were ruled as important sources of emission for students. The study showed statistically significant results of whether these methods can be used in influencing participants behaviours.