Effects of climate change policies on aviation carbon offsetting: a three-year panel study

Ritchie, BW; Sie, L; Gössling, S; Dwyer, L

Effects of climate change policies on aviation carbon offsetting: a three-year panel study

Ritchie, BW Sie, L Gössling, S Dwyer, L

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Citation:: Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020, 28 (2), pp. 337 - 360
Issue Date:: 2020-02-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Ritchie, BW	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Sie, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gössling, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dwyer, L https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9797-1043	en_US
dc.date.issued	2020-02-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2020, 28 (2), pp. 337 - 360	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0966-9582	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139072
dc.description.abstract	© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Air travel is predicted to grow over the coming decades contributing to carbon emissions. Airlines have offered voluntary carbon offsetting for over a decade, yet less than 10% of air travellers purchase them. Previous studies ignore the broader policy or social context of sustainable transport and aviation offsetting. In a natural experiment, a panel of the same Australian residents was tracked over a three-year period before and after the historic COP21. A novel hierarchical model was also tested using Partial Least Squares SEM. Although behaviour specific attitudes and social norms were more influential at encouraging aviation carbon offsetting, global policy knowledge and effectiveness of climate change policies play an important role. Although no changes in ratings were detected over a three-year period, the effect of social norms on encouraging aviation offsetting became stronger in later years. Implications and future research directions to better understand the political and social context of carbon offsetting and sustainable transport are provided.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Sustainable Tourism	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1080/09669582.2019.1624762	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Sport, Leisure & Tourism	en_US
dc.title	Effects of climate change policies on aviation carbon offsetting: a three-year panel study	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	2	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	28	en_US
utslib.for	1503 Business and Management	en_US
utslib.for	1506 Tourism	en_US
utslib.for	1604 Human Geography	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.issue	2	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	28	en_US

Abstract:

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Air travel is predicted to grow over the coming decades contributing to carbon emissions. Airlines have offered voluntary carbon offsetting for over a decade, yet less than 10% of air travellers purchase them. Previous studies ignore the broader policy or social context of sustainable transport and aviation offsetting. In a natural experiment, a panel of the same Australian residents was tracked over a three-year period before and after the historic COP21. A novel hierarchical model was also tested using Partial Least Squares SEM. Although behaviour specific attitudes and social norms were more influential at encouraging aviation carbon offsetting, global policy knowledge and effectiveness of climate change policies play an important role. Although no changes in ratings were detected over a three-year period, the effect of social norms on encouraging aviation offsetting became stronger in later years. Implications and future research directions to better understand the political and social context of carbon offsetting and sustainable transport are provided.

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