Nombre: PÂMELA ROSSONI LIMA
Tipo: MSc dissertation
Fecha de publicación: 12/11/2018
Supervisor:
Nombre |
Rol |
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| ANA PAULA MENEGUELO | Advisor * |
| GISELE DE LORENA DINIZ CHAVES | Co-advisor * |
Junta de examinadores:
| Nombre |
Rol |
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| ALDARA DA SILVA CÉSAR | External Examiner * |
| ANA PAULA MENEGUELO | Advisor * |
| GISELE DE LORENA DINIZ CHAVES | Co advisor * |
| JESUINA CASSIA SANTIAGO DE ARAUJO | External Examiner * |
Resumen: Cleaner energy production associated with population awareness for sustainable consumption becomes a challenge for the 21st century. However, most of the energy consumed worldwide comes from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas). The combustion process generates greenhouse gases with the most abundant being carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). However, carbon dioxide is worth mentioning because it is the gas that contributes most to global warming, representing 58% of the total world GHG emissions (IEA, 2017). In Brazil, this gas represents 73% of the emissions (SEEG, 2018). In this context, the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology is inserted, which aims to contribute to the reduction of CO2 emissions. In 2010, Brazil committed itself to take appropriate mitigation actions to reduce the intensity of its GHG emissions, but there is no regulation of how the commitment will be fulfilled and there is no discussion in the media about the issue . Therefore, this dissertation aimed to analyze the public perception of CCS technology in the state of Espírito Santo, specifically in the cities of Vitória and São Mateus, relating it to environmental awareness of citizens in the context of climate change. For this, this study had as methodological strategy the obtaining of data through personal interviews with 400 inhabitants of the city of Vitória and 400 inhabitants of São Mateus. Subsequently, a descriptive analysis of the results was carried out in order to substantiate the differences between the answers obtained in the capital and in the interior. In addition, hypothesis tests were also carried out with different population groups to evaluate the existence of an association between the qualitative variables. It was observed that the population of both cities feel climate change around the place WHERE they live, that fossil fuels contribute in part to global warming, that deforestation is the way that contributes most to increase global warming in the Brazil and that climate change can increase water shortages. Respondents from both cities have voiced concerns about environmental issues, however, there is a low willingness to pay tax to combat global warming and low adherence to leaving their cars and using public transportation. It was verified that the population of the two cities do not have knowledge about CCS, however, when knowing the technology demonstrated support attitudes for the development of the same in Brazil by the Government. No significant differences were found regarding the support for
development of CCS in Brazil by the Brazilian Government due to sex, economic class and schooling level in the two cities. In the city of Vitoria, there were no significant differences in relation to the people concerned with climate change due to gender, economic class and schooling level. However, in the city of São Mateus, significant differences were found in relation to people concerned about climate change degree of schooling. The hypothesis test revealed that this difference is between the upper and lower levels, with people with the highest level of education being more sensitive to these issues.
