Does Digitalization Lead to Climate Awareness? A Cross-Country Panel Data Analysis
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
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November 2025
This paper explores how digitalization affects climate change awareness across 65 countries from 2005 to 2020.
Climate change requires increased public awareness and decisive action to support effective mitigation efforts. Understanding digitalization’s potential role in shaping public understanding of climate-related issues has become a progressively important area of study.
This paper explores how digitalization affects climate change awareness across 65 countries from 2005 to 2020. The study applies advanced econometric methods to uncover a U-shaped pattern that shows digitalization initially has little or negative impact, but significantly boosts awareness once digital maturity is reached.
Renewable energy consumption has a similar pattern. Household consumption and corruption control enhance awareness, while human development, capital formation, and trade openness show negligible effects. The findings support targeted fiscal policies to improve digital infrastructure and boost climate awareness.
Contents
- Introduction
- Literature Review
- Stylized Facts of Climate Change Awareness and Its Various Potential Drivers
- Data and Methodology
- Result Analysis and Discussion
- Conclusion, Policy Implications, and Limitations
