On this page you will find a wide range of CAST academic articles on varying subjects from our network of over 80 climate change social scientists. Topics range from broader categories such as behaviour change and public perceptions, to niche topics like transport & mobility and food & diet.
These articles reflect CAST’s mission to advance understanding of how to transform lifestyles, social structures and systems of governance to achieve a sustainable, low-carbon future.
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Behaviour change
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Whitmarsh, L., K. Mitev, N. Nash, et al. 2025. “ “Moments of Change” and Low-Carbon Behaviors: A Multidisciplinary, Systematic Review.” Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 16, no. 4: e70014. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.70014.
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Wilson, M. & Whitmarsh, L (2025). Behavior change interventions to promote adoption of e-bike shared mobility in a rural area: evidence from a mixed-method field trial. Front. Psychol. 16:1569176. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569176
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Capstick S, Whitmarsh L, Nash N, Haggar P, Lord J. (2019). Compensatory and Catalyzing Beliefs: Their Relationship to Pro-environmental Behavior and Behavioral Spillover in Seven Countries. Frontiers in psychology, 10, pp. 963.
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A. Roberts, W. Poortinga, M.O. Williams, Climate Anxiety in the United Kingdom: Associations with Environmentally Relevant Behavioural Intentions, and the Moderating Role of Efficacy, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2025, 102595, ISSN 0272-4944, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102595.
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Effendy, C., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. (2025) Driving carbon offset donations: Evaluating the effectiveness of nudging, framing, and nudge+ techniques, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, p. 102758. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102758.
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K, Laffan. & Verfuerth, C. (2025). Exploring when reducers and non-reducers eat red meat – a qualitative analysis of goals and situations, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102681, ISSN 0272-4944, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102681.
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Haggar, P., Whitmarsh, L., & Nash, N. (2023) A Drop in the Ocean? Fostering Water-Saving Behavior and Spillover Through Information Provision and Feedback. Environment and Behavior, 55(6-7), 520-548. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231201371
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Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. (2023) Choices for climate action: A review of the multiple roles individuals play. One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 9, 2023, Pages 1157-1172, ISSN 2590-3322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.08.006.
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Howarth C, Bryant P, Corner A, Fankhauser S, Gouldson A, Whitmarsh L & Willis R. (2019). The Pathway toward a Net-Zero-Emissions Future. One Earth, 1(1), pp. 18-20.
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Ghura, A., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. Measuring carbon capability beyond the carbon footprint. Commun. Sustain. 1, 18 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-025-00015-5
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Nielsen, K, Capstick S, Whitmarsh L. (2020). How psychology can help limit climate change. American Psychologist, in press.
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Hampton, S., Taylor, E. & Whitmarsh, L. Parenting and climate change: assessing carbon capability in early parenthood. Popul Environ 47, 34 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-025-00506-6
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Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709
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Maguire, D., Michaelides, G. and Tregaskis, O. (2025) ‘The goal proximity of employee green behaviour: validating and refining the Green Five taxonomy’, Journal of Environmental Management, 393, p. 126877. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2025.126877.
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Verfuerth, C., Sanderson Bellamy, A., Adlerova, B., Dutton, A. (2023) Building relationships back into the food system: addressing food insecurity and food well-being, Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7.
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Whitmarsh L, Poortinga W, Capstick S. (2021). Behaviour change to address climate change. Current Opinion in Psychology.
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Toy, S., Whitmarsh, L., & Sun, Y. (2025). Zero-car households – constraint or lifestyle choice? A systematic literature review of the factors affecting non-car ownership. Transport Reviews, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2025.2457091
Community action
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Nash N, Capstick S, Whitmarsh L, Chaudhary I, Manandhar R. (2019). Perceptions of Local Environmental Issues and the Relevance of Climate Change in Nepal's Terai: Perspectives From Two Communities. Frontiers in Sociology.
Energy
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Hanmer, C., C. Wilson, O. Y. Edelenbosch and D. P. van Vuuren (2022). Translating Global Integrated Assessment Model Output into Lifestyle Change Pathways at the Country and Household Level. Energies 15(5). DOI: 10.3390/en15051650
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Minas, A. M., García-Freites, S., Walsh, C., Mukoro, V., Aberilla, J. M., April, A., Kuriakose, J., Gaete-Morales, C., Gallego Schmid, A., & Mander, S. (2024). Advancing Sustainable Development Goals through energy access: Lessons from the Global South. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 199, 114457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114457
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Rao, N. D. and C. Wilson (2022) Advancing energy and well-being research. Nature Sustainability. 5(2): 98-103. [DOI.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00775-7]
Food & diet
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Chard, E., Bergstad, C. J., Steentjes, K., Poortinga, W., & Demski, C. (2024). Gender and cross-country differences in the determinants of sustainable diet intentions: A multigroup analysis of the UK, China, Sweden, and Brazil. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1355969
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K, Laffan. & Verfuerth, C. (2025). Exploring when reducers and non-reducers eat red meat – a qualitative analysis of goals and situations, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102681, ISSN 0272-4944, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102681.
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Hoolohan C, Mclachlan C, Jones C, Larkin A, Birch C, Mander S & Broderick J. (2021). Responding to the climate emergency: how are UK universities establishing sustainable workplace routines for flying and food?. Climate Policy.
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Lee, S., Freer, M., Wood, R., Edelenbosch, O., Sharmina, M., Doelman, J., Van Vuuren, D., & Wilson, C. (2023). From future diets to dishes: Communicating dietary shift associated with a 1.5°C scenario for Brazil, China, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 1266708. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1266708
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Gan, Y. S., & Hinvest, N. S. (2025). Quantifying the value of carbon label information in food choice using drift diffusion modelling. Journal of Choice Modelling, 56, 100564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocm.2025.100564
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Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709
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Verfuerth, C., Gregory-Smith, D., Oates, C. J., Jones, C. R. and Alevizou, P. (2021). Reducing meat consumption at work and at home: facilitators and barriers that influence contextual spillover. Journal of Marketing Management
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Verfuerth, C., Sanderson Bellamy, A., Adlerova, B., Dutton, A. (2023) Building relationships back into the food system: addressing food insecurity and food well-being, Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 7.
Government & policy
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Lorenzoni, I., Jordan, A., Sullivan-Thomsett, C. & Geese, L. (2025). A review of National Citizens’ Climate Assemblies: learning from deliberative events, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2449416.
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Gaffney, A. (2025) Accelerating climate action in unfavourable local contexts: the role of policy entrepreneurship. npj Climate Action, 4(1), p.66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44168-025-00266-x.
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De Vito, L., Wynne-Jones, S., Heins, E. & Verfuerth, C. (2023) Policy fellowship schemes as a vehicle for co-production - insights from Welsh Government fellowships, Centre for Science and Policy.
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Dudley, H., Jordan, A. & Lorenzoni, I. (2022) Advising national climate policy makers: A longitudinal analysis of the UK Climate Change Committee, Global Environmental Change, 76, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102589
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Dudley, H., Jordan, A., & Lorenzoni, I. (2021). Independent expert advisory bodies facilitate ambitious climate policy responses. Science Brief.
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Dupont, C., B. Moore, E. Boasson, V. Gravey and A.J. Jordan et al. (2023) Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality? WIRES Climate Change, e863. DOI: 10.1002/wcc.863
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Barton, H., Hoolohan, C., Jones, C. & McLachlan, C. (2025) Empowering city decision-makers: A practical guide to learning for decarbonisation at the city-level, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 167, 2025, 104046, ISSN 1462-9011, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104046.
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Kenny, J., & Fisher, S. D. (2025). Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised. Environmental Politics, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2597649
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Westlake, S., Willis, R. From stealth to pragmatism: A telling shift in UK politicians’ views on climate action, 2018–2023. Climatic Change 178, 162 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-025-03987-4
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Geese, L., Sullivan-Thomsett, C., J. Jordan, A., Kenny, J., & Lorenzoni, I. (2024). Measuring climate mitigation policy content in text-as-data: navigating the conceptual challenges. Political Research Exchange, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/2474736X.2024.2387120
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Geese L, Sullivan-Thomsett C. High emissions, low engagement? How members of parliament represent the carbon footprint of their constituents. European Journal of Political Research. Published online 2026:1-25. doi:10.1017/S1475676526100681
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Howarth C, Bryant P, Corner A, Fankhauser S, Gouldson A, Whitmarsh L & Willis R. (2019). The Pathway toward a Net-Zero-Emissions Future. One Earth, 1(1), pp. 18-20.
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Dasandi N, Graham H, Lampard P, Jankin Mikhaylov S. Intergovernmental engagement on health impacts of climate change. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 Feb 1;99(2):102-111B. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.270033. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33551504; PMCID: PMC7856366.
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Jordan A, Lorenzoni I, Tosun J, Enguer Saus J, Geese L, Kenny J, Levario Saad E, Moore B & Schaub S. (2022) The political challenges of deep decarbonisation: towards a more integrated agenda, Climate Action.
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Jordan A, Moore B, (2020). Durable by design. Policy feedback in a changing climate. Cambridge University Press.
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Jordan, A & Moore, B (2021). UK climate policy: For the long haul. IEMA.
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Eadson, W. et al. (2026) ‘Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens’, Energy Research &; Social Science, 131, p. 104480. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104480.
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Moore, B. & Jordan, A. (2020). Disaggregating the dependent variable in policy feedback research: an analysis of the EU emissions trading system. Policy Sciences.
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Moore, B., Geese, L., Kenny, J., Dudley, H., Jordan, A., Prados Pascual, A., Lorenzoni, I., Schaub, S., Enguer, J., & Tosun, J. (2024). Politicians and climate change: A systematic review of the literature. WIREs Climate Change, e908. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.908
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Pohjolainen, P., Kukkonen, I., Jokinen, P., Poortinga, W., Adedayo Ogunbode, C., Böhm, G., … & Umit, R. (2021). The role of national affluence, carbon emissions, and democracy in Europeans’ climate perceptions. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research.
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Kenny, J., Geese, L. Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions. Commun Earth Environ 6, 747 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02655-w
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Dudley, H., Holmes, J., Jordan, A., & Lorenzoni, I. (2025). The policy impact of climate change advisory bodies: government responses to the UK Climate Change Committee’s recommendations, 2009–2020. Climate Policy, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2497881
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Poortinga, W. (2025). The role of policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in public support for climate policies in the UK. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2539977
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Thorman D, Whitmarsh L, Demski C. (2020). Policy Acceptance of Low-Consumption Governance Approaches: The Effect of Social Norms and Hypocrisy. Sustainability, (3).
Health & wellbeing
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Wilson, M. & Whitmarsh, L (2025). Behavior change interventions to promote adoption of e-bike shared mobility in a rural area: evidence from a mixed-method field trial. Front. Psychol. 16:1569176. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569176
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A. Roberts, W. Poortinga, M.O. Williams, Climate Anxiety in the United Kingdom: Associations with Environmentally Relevant Behavioural Intentions, and the Moderating Role of Efficacy, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2025, 102595, ISSN 0272-4944, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102595.
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Gill M, Ebi K, Smith K, Whitmarsh L, Haines A. (2020). We need health warning labels on points of sale of fossil fuels. British Medical Journal, in press
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Dasandi N, Graham H, Lampard P, Jankin Mikhaylov S. Intergovernmental engagement on health impacts of climate change. Bull World Health Organ. 2021 Feb 1;99(2):102-111B. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.270033. Epub 2020 Nov 4. PMID: 33551504; PMCID: PMC7856366.
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Isham, A., Verfuerth, C., Armstrong, A., Elf, P., Gatersleben, B., & Jackson, T. (2022) The problematic role of materialistic values in the pursuit of sustainable well-being, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Martin-Kerry, J.M., Graham H.M, & Lampard, P. (2023) ‘I don't really associate climate change with actual people's health’: a qualitative study in England of perceptions of climate change and its impacts on health, Public Health, Volume 219, 2023, Pages 85-90.
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Nielsen, K, Capstick S, Whitmarsh L. (2020). How psychology can help limit climate change. American Psychologist, in press.
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Rao, N. D. and C. Wilson (2022) Advancing energy and well-being research. Nature Sustainability. 5(2): 98-103. [DOI.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00775-7]
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Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709
Heating & cooling
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Khosravi, F., Demski, C., King, L., Gross, L., & Scott, M. (2025) A nation unprepared: Extreme heat and the need for adaptation in the United Kingdom, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 124, 104065, ISSN 2214-6296, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104065.
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Britton J, Mae Minas A, Marques A C. Pourmirza Z (2021). Exploring the potential of heat as a service in decarbonization: Evidence needs and research gaps. Energy Sources.
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King, L. and Demski, C. (2025) ‘Living with extreme heat: perceptions and experiences’, Buildings and Cities, 6(1), p. 527–543. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.541.
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Hoggett, R., King, L., Lowes, R., Demski, C., & Ugalde-Loo, C. (2025) People centric policy is needed to create a clean cooling pathway for UK homes, Environmental Science & Policy, Volume 167, 2025, 104045, ISSN 1462-9011, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104045.
Organisational change
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Hoolohan C, Mclachlan C, Jones C, Larkin A, Birch C, Mander S & Broderick J. (2021). Responding to the climate emergency: how are UK universities establishing sustainable workplace routines for flying and food?. Climate Policy.
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Eadson, W. et al. (2026) ‘Just business? Rethinking the role of small and medium enterprise climate action through a just transition lens’, Energy Research &; Social Science, 131, p. 104480. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2025.104480.
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Latter B., Demski C., Capstick S. (2024). Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities. PLOS Climate 3(1): e0000322. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000322
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Latter, B. and Capstick, S. (2021) Climate Emergency: UK Universities' Declarations and Their Role in Responding to Climate Change. Frontiers in Sustainability.
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Hampton, S. et al. (2025) ‘Multiple roles of business for climate action’, iScience, 28(12), p. 114059. doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.114059.
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Maguire, D., Michaelides, G. and Tregaskis, O. (2025) ‘The goal proximity of employee green behaviour: validating and refining the Green Five taxonomy’, Journal of Environmental Management, 393, p. 126877. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JENVMAN.2025.126877.
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Whitmarsh L, Capstick S, Moore I, Köhler J, Le Quéré C. (2020) Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision. Global Environmental Change
Public engagement
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Lorenzoni, I., Jordan, A., Sullivan-Thomsett, C. & Geese, L. (2025). A review of National Citizens’ Climate Assemblies: learning from deliberative events, Climate Policy, DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2024.2449416.
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Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C., & Demski, C. (2024). Discourses of climate inaction undermine public support for 1.5 °C lifestyles. Global Environmental Change, 87, 102875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102875
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Demski, C. (2021) Net zero public engagement and participation: Research Note.
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Effendy, C., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. (2025) Driving carbon offset donations: Evaluating the effectiveness of nudging, framing, and nudge+ techniques, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, p. 102758. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102758.
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Haggar, P., Whitmarsh, L., & Nash, N. (2023) A Drop in the Ocean? Fostering Water-Saving Behavior and Spillover Through Information Provision and Feedback. Environment and Behavior, 55(6-7), 520-548. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231201371
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Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. (2023) Choices for climate action: A review of the multiple roles individuals play. One Earth, Volume 6, Issue 9, 2023, Pages 1157-1172, ISSN 2590-3322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.08.006.
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Lee, S., Freer, M., Wood, R., Edelenbosch, O., Sharmina, M., Doelman, J., Van Vuuren, D., & Wilson, C. (2023). From future diets to dishes: Communicating dietary shift associated with a 1.5°C scenario for Brazil, China, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, 1266708. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1266708
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Moore, B., Geese, L., Kenny, J., Dudley, H., Jordan, A., Prados Pascual, A., Lorenzoni, I., Schaub, S., Enguer, J., & Tosun, J. (2024). Politicians and climate change: A systematic review of the literature. WIREs Climate Change, e908. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.908
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Player, L., Prosser M.B., A., Thorman, D., Tirion S.C, A., Whitmarsh L., Kurz, T., & Shah, P. (2023) Quantifying the importance of socio-demographic, travel-related, and psychological predictors of public acceptability of low emission zones, Journal of Environmental Psychology.
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Tosun, J., Geese, L., & Lorenzoni, I. (2023) For Young and Future Generations? Insights from the Web Profiles of European Climate Pact Ambassadors, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 1-13. doi:10.1017/err.2023.53
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Verfuerth, C., Demski, C., Capstick, S., Whitmarsh, L., & Poortinga, W. (2023) A people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals, Journal of the British Academy, 11(s4): 97–124.
Public perceptions
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Capstick S, Whitmarsh L, Nash N, Haggar P, Lord J. (2019). Compensatory and Catalyzing Beliefs: Their Relationship to Pro-environmental Behavior and Behavioral Spillover in Seven Countries. Frontiers in psychology, 10, pp. 963.
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Chard, E., Bergstad, C. J., Steentjes, K., Poortinga, W., & Demski, C. (2024). Gender and cross-country differences in the determinants of sustainable diet intentions: A multigroup analysis of the UK, China, Sweden, and Brazil. Frontiers in Psychology, 15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1355969
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Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C., & Demski, C. (2024). Discourses of climate inaction undermine public support for 1.5 °C lifestyles. Global Environmental Change, 87, 102875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102875
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Moorcroft H, Hampton S, Whitmarsh L (2025) Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK. PLOS Clim 4(3): e0000573. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000573
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Effendy, C., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. (2025) Driving carbon offset donations: Evaluating the effectiveness of nudging, framing, and nudge+ techniques, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 107, p. 102758. doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102758.
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Kenny, J., & Fisher, S. D. (2025). Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised. Environmental Politics, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2597649
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Malet Lambert, I., Poortinga, W., Potoglou, D., & Xenias, D. Exploring public discourse about new cycle lanes and low-traffic neighbourhoods using Twitter/X data, Travel Behaviour and Society, Volume 42, 2026, 101128, ISSN 2214-367X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101128.
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Haggar, P., Whitmarsh, L., & Nash, N. (2023) A Drop in the Ocean? Fostering Water-Saving Behavior and Spillover Through Information Provision and Feedback. Environment and Behavior, 55(6-7), 520-548. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231201371
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Howarth C, Bryant P, Corner A, Fankhauser S, Gouldson A, Whitmarsh L & Willis R. (2019) Building a Social Mandate for Climate Action: Lessons from COVID-19
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Isham, A., Verfuerth, C., Armstrong, A., Elf, P., Gatersleben, B., & Jackson, T. (2022) The problematic role of materialistic values in the pursuit of sustainable well-being, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
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Kenny, J., Geese, L., Jordan A., & Lorenzoni, I. (2024), ‘A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys’, Environmental Politics, https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2429264
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Latter B., Demski C., Capstick S. (2024). Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities. PLOS Climate 3(1): e0000322. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000322
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King, L. and Demski, C. (2025) ‘Living with extreme heat: perceptions and experiences’, Buildings and Cities, 6(1), p. 527–543. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.541.
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Martin-Kerry, J.M., Graham H.M, & Lampard, P. (2023) ‘I don't really associate climate change with actual people's health’: a qualitative study in England of perceptions of climate change and its impacts on health, Public Health, Volume 219, 2023, Pages 85-90.
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Ghura, A., Hampton, S. & Whitmarsh, L. Measuring carbon capability beyond the carbon footprint. Commun. Sustain. 1, 18 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44458-025-00015-5
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Nash N, Capstick S, Whitmarsh L, Chaudhary I, Manandhar R. (2019). Perceptions of Local Environmental Issues and the Relevance of Climate Change in Nepal's Terai: Perspectives From Two Communities. Frontiers in Sociology.
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Hampton, S., Taylor, E. & Whitmarsh, L. Parenting and climate change: assessing carbon capability in early parenthood. Popul Environ 47, 34 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11111-025-00506-6
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Player, L., Prosser M.B., A., Thorman, D., Tirion S.C, A., Whitmarsh L., Kurz, T., & Shah, P. (2023) Quantifying the importance of socio-demographic, travel-related, and psychological predictors of public acceptability of low emission zones, Journal of Environmental Psychology.
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Pohjolainen, P., Kukkonen, I., Jokinen, P., Poortinga, W., Adedayo Ogunbode, C., Böhm, G., … & Umit, R. (2021). The role of national affluence, carbon emissions, and democracy in Europeans’ climate perceptions. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research.
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Poortinga, W., Demski, C. & Steentjes K. (2023) Generational differences in climate-related beliefs, risk perceptions and emotions in the UK, Communications Earth & Environment.
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Poortinga, W., Whitmarsh, L., Steentjes, K., Gray, E., Thompson, S., & Brisley, R. (2023). Factors and framing effects in support for net zero policies in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, 1287188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1287188
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Malet Lambert, I., Poortinga, W., Potoglou, D., & Xenias, D. (2025). Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach. Travel Behaviour and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101205
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Kenny, J., Geese, L. Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions. Commun Earth Environ 6, 747 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02655-w
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Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709
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Poortinga, W. (2025). The role of policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in public support for climate policies in the UK. Climate Policy, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2539977
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Thorman D, Whitmarsh L, Demski C. (2020). Policy Acceptance of Low-Consumption Governance Approaches: The Effect of Social Norms and Hypocrisy. Sustainability, (3).
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Tosun, J., Geese, L., & Lorenzoni, I. (2023) For Young and Future Generations? Insights from the Web Profiles of European Climate Pact Ambassadors, European Journal of Risk Regulation, 1-13. doi:10.1017/err.2023.53
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Verfuerth, C., Demski, C., Capstick, S., Whitmarsh, L., & Poortinga, W. (2023) A people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals, Journal of the British Academy, 11(s4): 97–124.
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Verfuerth, C., Gregory-Smith, D., Oates, C. J., Jones, C. R. and Alevizou, P. (2021). Reducing meat consumption at work and at home: facilitators and barriers that influence contextual spillover. Journal of Marketing Management
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Verfuerth, C., Henn, L., & Becker, S. (2019) Is it up to them? Individual leverages for sufficiency. GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
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Whitmarsh L, Capstick S, Moore I, Köhler J, Le Quéré C. (2020) Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision. Global Environmental Change
Social transformations
Transport & mobility
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Latter, B., Waples, L., Capstick, S., Poortinga, W., Davis, C.J., Hoolohan, C. (2025) ‘Experiences of car free living: Findings of a trial across four cities in England’, Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 31, p. 101484. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101484.
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Wilson, M. & Whitmarsh, L (2025). Behavior change interventions to promote adoption of e-bike shared mobility in a rural area: evidence from a mixed-method field trial. Front. Psychol. 16:1569176. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1569176
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Malet Lambert, I., Poortinga, W., Potoglou, D., & Xenias, D. Exploring public discourse about new cycle lanes and low-traffic neighbourhoods using Twitter/X data, Travel Behaviour and Society, Volume 42, 2026, 101128, ISSN 2214-367X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101128.
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Hoolohan C, Mclachlan C, Jones C, Larkin A, Birch C, Mander S & Broderick J. (2021). Responding to the climate emergency: how are UK universities establishing sustainable workplace routines for flying and food?. Climate Policy.
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Hoolohan, C. (2024). Shifting air travel demand: a case study on enabling experimentation in surface travel. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2024.2364635
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Player, L., Prosser M.B., A., Thorman, D., Tirion S.C, A., Whitmarsh L., Kurz, T., & Shah, P. (2023) Quantifying the importance of socio-demographic, travel-related, and psychological predictors of public acceptability of low emission zones, Journal of Environmental Psychology.
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Malet Lambert, I., Poortinga, W., Potoglou, D., & Xenias, D. (2025). Preferences for urban street space reallocation to encourage cycling: A Best-Worst Scaling profile case approach. Travel Behaviour and Society. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101205
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Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709
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Whitmarsh L, Capstick S, Moore I, Köhler J, Le Quéré C. (2020) Use of aviation by climate change researchers: Structural influences, personal attitudes, and information provision. Global Environmental Change
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Toy, S., Whitmarsh, L., & Sun, Y. (2025). Zero-car households – constraint or lifestyle choice? A systematic literature review of the factors affecting non-car ownership. Transport Reviews, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2025.2457091
Water
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Haggar, P., Whitmarsh, L., & Nash, N. (2023) A Drop in the Ocean? Fostering Water-Saving Behavior and Spillover Through Information Provision and Feedback. Environment and Behavior, 55(6-7), 520-548. https://doi.org/10.1177/00139165231201371
