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Abstract Three focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted among residents already practising climate change mitigative activities, low-income urban communities and rural residents to identify the behavioural attitudes on climate mitigation in households in the district of Colombo. Eight adult residents aged 18 years or above were purposively selected for each discussion. The principal investigator conducted all discussions with the assistance of a note-taker, using a semi-structured FGD guide. The thematic analysis was carried out to identify the beahvioural attitudes. Of the 24 participants, 14 were men and 10 were women, while 10 were < 40 years of age. Views on the existance of climate change were based on recent increase in temperature and natural disasters. Behavioural attitudes on climate change mitigation were generated under several themes: causes for climate change, perceptions on vulnerability to effects of climate change, negative attitudes towards climate mitigation, new technologies used for climate mitigation, carbon tax, green test and views on government responsibilities towards climate mitigation. The findings showed that behavioural attitudes are more driven by poor scientific knowledge, poverty and cultural beliefs which should be addressed by mitigative actions.
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