UNSW悉尼大学和格里菲斯大学的研究人员近期发表长期追踪研究，对广为流传的"回收是转移注意力"这一说法进行了检验。[1]研究团队在2021年至2024年间追踪调查了近2800名澳大利亚人，参与者包括从事回收、使用可重复利用容器、乘坐公共交通、采取绿色饮食或骑自行车上班等环保行为的人群。[1]
研究结果显示，个人环保行为既不会减少也不会增加人们对更广泛气候政策和集体行动的支持。[1]UNSW气候风险与应对研究所主要作者Omid Ghasemi博士表示，"个人气候行动既不促进也不破坏更广泛的气候参与"。[1]同期调查数据反映，2021年至2024年间，集体气候行动和气候政策支持略有下降，而个人环保行为保持相对稳定。[1]该研究成果已于2026年7月23日发表在《npj Climate Action》期刊上。[1]
Researchers from UNSW Sydney and Griffith University have challenged the widespread claim that individual environmental behaviors distract people from supporting broader climate policies.[1] A four-year longitudinal study tracking nearly 2,800 Australians found that personal climate actions—including recycling, using reusable containers, taking public transportation, adopting green diets, and cycling to work—neither reduced nor increased support for wider climate policy and collective action.[1]
The research, led by Dr. Omid Ghasemi from UNSW's Climate Risk and Resilience Institute, monitored participants from 2021 to 2024 and was published on July 23, 2026, in the journal npj Climate Action.[1] During this period, collective climate action and climate policy support declined slightly, while personal environmental behaviors remained relatively stable.[1] According to Dr. Ghasemi, "personal climate action neither promotes nor undermines broader climate engagement."[1]