Title: Economic prosperity and perception of climate change: a case study

Authors: Olga Radonjić; Rade Šarović; Goran Ćeranić; Predrag Živković

Addresses: Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Montenegro ' Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Montenegro ' Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Montenegro ' Department of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Montenegro

Abstract: In order to obtain scientific results on the perception of climate change in the countries of the former Yugoslavia, in this paper, the hypothesis of economic prosperity was correlated with the data from the 10th round of the European Social Survey, where the attitude (scepticism) towards climate change was studied in Slovenia, Croatia and Montenegro. The general results of this paper show that the denial of climate change is an established phenomenon among the former Yugoslav population. It has been confirmed that the economic prosperity of the countries significantly affects the perception of climate change.

Keywords: climate change; economic prosperity; environment; Slovenia; Croatia; Montenegro.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGW.2024.142422

International Journal of Global Warming, 2024 Vol.34 No.2, pp.139 - 149

Received: 31 Jan 2024
Accepted: 14 Jun 2024
Published online: 30 Oct 2024 *

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