Nuzhat Shameem, Shazia Hassan, Muzammel Shah, Yasmine Muhammad Javaid Iqbal
Adapting the practice to justice are infrequent phenomena in climate change in ethical leadership context by authorities and entities but are persuaded by international platforms. Numerous studies have been carried out on climate change and its devastating impacts but in retrospective manner not in futuristic approach. In the present study, it was aimed to address the climate change scenario in scientific and anthropogenic perspective by covering scientific aspect through secondary data and anthropogenic activities by the use of primary level data collection method. In this study, preparation of questionnaire to collect data on dynamic concepts including; contributing factors of climate change, impact of climate change, global level climate change, role of stakeholders, discounting factor and ethical leadership style for climate justice was challenging and cumbersome. Three different measuring scales including ABC poll survey (USA), climate Stewardship survey and ethical leadership questionnaire was used. A hybrid model questionnaire was prepared by combination of three different questionnaires’ adaptation. For testing the hybrid questionnaire, pilot study was carried out before the actual study. Necessary reliability and validity tests were run during piloting survey. Institutions working in Islamabad in climate change and its impacts were unit of analysis at first level and the experts working in these institutions and academia were unit of analysis at second level. In total 200 questionnaires was circulated through electronic way of data collection (software) and only 114 were received back. Data was transformed into SPSS and interpreted analyzed through multiple regression model and Andereo F. Hayes process to measure the mediation effect of role of stakeholders and discounting factor and to measure the moderating effect of ethical leadership’s style in controlling climate change. Study results supported the hypothesis that the ethical leadership may play role of moderator in controlling the climate change and far reaching effects on next generation. The hypothesis was also supported that discounting factor and role of stakeholder can be mediator in reducing the GHG emission as reducing the using of fossil fuel by imposing taxes which will further control negative effects. The majority of the experts were of the opinion that civil societies may survey as leader in controlling climate change. Study scope was limited because of time and resources constraints and requires a future study at national level to identify the role of stakeholders and discounting factor.