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Witnessing Climate Change In The United States Virgin Islands: Emotional Responses And Calls For Action, Thomas Bane
Witnessing Climate Change In The United States Virgin Islands: Emotional Responses And Calls For Action, Thomas Bane
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Climate change is one of the greatest threats facing humanity in the 21st century. This study investigated people’s observations of climate change in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). A qualitative study was used with a Grounded Theory approach to better understand how people witnessed climate change events, what people’s emotional responses were, and what calls for action they had to respond to climate change in the USVI. The study had two parallel arms: five focus groups (n=17) with residents of the USVI and key informant interviews with community leaders (n=10). Participants witnessed a wide …