Chinese Public Perception of Climate Change on Social Media: An Investigation Based on Data Mining and Text Analysis
Table 3
Examples of content and sentiment value.
Content
Value
Positive/Negative
“The State Council Information Office held a press conference this morning (27) to release the 2019 Annual Report on China’s Policies and Actions to Address Climate Change. After preliminary accounting, China’s carbon dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 4.0% in 2018, a cumulative decrease of 45.8% from 2005, equivalent to an emission reduction of 5.26 billion tons of carbon dioxide, and the proportion of non-fossil energy in total energy consumption reached 14.3%, basically reversing the rapid growth of carbon dioxide emissions.”
0.818
Positive
“As humans, we all want to build a beautiful house. Humanity is a community of destiny, both profitable and damaging faced with ecological and environmental issues, and no country can accomplish it alone. Only via collaboration will we be able to effectively address global environmental concerns such as climate change, marine pollution, and biological conservation, as well as to accomplish the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals for 2030. Only by walking alongside one another can we ensure that the concept of green development takes root in people’s hearts and minds and that the path toward a global ecological civilisation is steady and far-reaching.”
0.9853
Positive
“Pingxiang heavy rain I would like to say that the next-door Liling is the same. July days, there is still 22 degrees. Global climate change is getting more and more serious. When I went out today to find flooded areas after two days of heavy rain.”
0.0533
Negative
“[Polar bear wanders hundreds of miles to Russian city to find food in the garbage] On June 18, a hungry polar bear appeared in the suburbs of the northern industrial city of Norilsk, Russia. It is thin, bony, and slow-moving, rummaging through garbage dumps, searching for food. Because of its poor health condition, it is not suitable to be returned directly to its natural habitat. In recent years, the natural habitat of polar bears has been severely damaged by climate change and melting sea ice.”
