While the scientific community presents a relatively uniform conclusion on the ongoing global warming and the policies that are essential for sustainable development and the mitigation of the negative effects of climate change, the public opinion on the topic is far from uniform. This article studies the factors related to public awareness of climate change and environmental policy, public ideas on the supposed effects of climate change, the belief on whether climate change is caused by human activities, and the perceived possibilities to alleviate climate change by humans. We employ a set of ordinal multinomial regression analyses with spline corrections for ordinal predictors on a representative sample of 1021 respondents (aged 15–86 years, M ± SD: 47.15 ± 17.46; 19.4% with higher education, 50.60% women) from the Czech Republic. Our results suggest that life satisfaction, belief in God, interest in climate-related issues, and the attitude to the European Union were the most relevant factors. Older people were less interested in climate, less aware of sustainable development and climate change, and less willing to take action. Women were more concerned with climate change compared to men. The effect of traditional mass media, Internet-based social networks, and discussion forums, and personal discussions outside of the internet were less significant than expected. The article provides policy suggestions for enhanced stakeholder engagement as well as suggestions for further research on the topic.

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公众对可持续发展和环境政策的支持：以捷克共和国为例

虽然科学界对持续的全球变暖以及对可持续发展和缓解气候变化负面影响至关重要的政策提出了相对统一的结论，但公众对该主题的看法远非统一。本文研究了与公众对气候变化和环境政策的认识、公众对气候变化的假定影响的看法、对气候变化是否是由人类活动引起的信念以及人类对缓解气候变化的感知可能性的相关因素。我们对 1021 名受访者的代表性样本（年龄 15-86 岁，M  ±  SD: 47.15 ± 17.46; 19.4% 受过高等教育，50.60% 是女性）来自捷克共和国。我们的结果表明，生活满意度、对上帝的信仰、对气候相关问题的兴趣以及对欧盟的态度是最相关的因素。老年人对气候的兴趣较低，对可持续发展和气候变化的认识较少，也不太愿意采取行动。与男性相比，女性更关心气候变化。传统大众媒体、基于互联网的社交网络和论坛以及互联网之外的个人讨论的影响没有预期的那么显着。文章提供了加强利益相关者参与的政策建议以及进一步研究该主题的建议。