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Archives: Academic Articles

Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood

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

Parenting and climate change: assessing carbon capability in early parenthood

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

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions

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

Driving carbon offset donations: Evaluating the effectiveness of nudging, framing, and Nudge+ techniques

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.

Accelerating climate action in unfavourable local contexts: the role of policy entrepreneurship

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.

Quantifying the value of carbon label information in food choice using drift diffusion modelling

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

Exploring public discourse about new cycle lanes and low-traffic neighbourhoods using Twitter/X data

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.

The goal proximity of employee green behaviour: validating and refining the Green Five taxonomy

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.

From stealth to pragmatism: A telling shift in UK politicians’ views on climate action, 2018–2023

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

The role of policy appraisals and second-order beliefs in public support for climate policies in the UK

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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