Risk perception of differet environmental concerns

We run a public perception survey in the frame of the project titled “Source to Seas - Zero Pollution 2030 (SOS-ZEROPOL2030)” to investigate individuals risk perception (concern for health and environment as well as mitigation urgency) related to four different environmental issues (microplastics, PFAS, eutrophication and underwater noise). In addition, we assessed other psycho-social variables: values, personal norms, beliefs about causes of pollution, trust in governments and industry, techno-optimism, systems thinking, and socio-demographics including SES, subjective financial scarcity and political affiliation. Other variables that were assessed but will not be considered in this study are pro-environmental policy support and behavioral intention. The survey was administered in Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Greece and the Netherlands. The samples in each country were standardized for gender, age, and region (total N = 4886, approximately equally distributed across the five countries).