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Archives: Briefings (page 2)

CAST Briefing 30: Who holds the power? Challenges and opportunities for Citizens’ Assemblies: A briefing for policymakers and practitioners

This briefing highlights some of the key design features that need to be got right – in particular, regarding who gets to decide what the CA is about and what happens as a result of CAs. This briefing is based…

CAST Briefing 29: Five principles for good public engagement: How to get people involved in the climate conversation

This briefing is aimed at politicians, policymakers and practitioners working to engage people with climate action and sustainable behaviour change. It draws on CAST’s extensive evidence base, as well as wider research.

CAST Briefing 28: How ​​not​​ to transform: Learning from the backlash against low-carbon heating policy in Germany

This briefing is intended for academics and policymakers interested in climate policy backlash specifically ​concerning ​the decarbonisation of domestic heating.

CAST Briefing 27: “But we’re a meat-eating family”: Engaging environmentally concerned but politically distrustful groups on reducing meat and dairy

This briefing is intended for practitioners, researchers, and community organisations working on encouraging low-carbon lifestyle changes related to food and diet, particularly with audiences who are more likely to identify as working class.

CAST Briefing 26: Public perceptions of climate change and policy action in the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil from 2020 – 2023

This briefing note is intended as a resource for specialists, researchers, policymakers, and others interested in public perceptions of climate change in the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil.

CAST Briefing 25: Reducing domestic water use: learning from everyday routines: A briefing for policy makers and innovators

This briefing note explores how insights from everyday life – particularly from research that investigates the diversity and complexity of people’s ordinary patterns of water use – can support impactful, systemic changes to reduce water demand and its associated energy…

CAST Briefing 24: ‘Moments of Change’ for Low-Carbon Behaviour

This briefing note is intended as a resource for decision-makers and other stakeholders who aim to improve the design and implementation of climate policy.

CAST Briefing 23: How can you change sustainability behaviours in your workplace?

This briefing note is a resource for businesses and organisations of any size that want to help employees be more sustainable at work.

CAST Briefing 22: Academic researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities: A briefing for the university sector

This briefing note is intended as a resource for all those working in the university sector.

CAST Briefing 21: How public engagement can support reducing car use: A briefing for policy makers and communicators

This briefing note from Climate Outreach and the Centre for Climate and Social Transformations (CAST) is aimed at policymakers and summarises key evidence on the social, cultural and communication challenges in reducing car usage.
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