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 publications 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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Corner A, Graham H, Whitmarsh L. (2019). CAST briefing paper 01: Engaging the public on low-carbon lifestyle change.
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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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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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Nielsen, K, Capstick S, Whitmarsh L. (2020). How psychology can help limit climate change. American Psychologist, in press.
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Whitmarsh, L., (2020). CAST Briefing Paper 05: Tracking the effect of COVID-19 on low-carbon behaviours and attitudes to climate change: results from wave 2 of the CAST COVID-19 Survey.
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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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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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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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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
Climate mitigation
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Moore, B., Verfuerth, C., Minas, A. M., Tipping, C., Mander, S., Lorenzoni, I., Hoolohan, C., Jordan, A. J. & L. Whitmarsh (2021). Transformations for climate change mitigation: A systematic review of terminology, concepts, and characteristics. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change.
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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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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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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
Climate policy
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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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Jordan A, Moore B, (2020). Durable by design. Policy feedback in a changing climate. Cambridge University Press.
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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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Jordan, A & Moore, B (2021). UK climate policy: For the long haul. IEMA.
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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
Food & diet
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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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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.
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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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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
Government-led change
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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, HGraham, Lampard P, & Jankin Mikhaylov S, Intergovernmental engagement on health impacts of climate change (2021), Bulletin of the World Health Organisation.
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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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Jordan A, Moore B, (2020). Durable by design. Policy feedback in a changing climate. Cambridge University Press.
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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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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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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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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
Health
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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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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, HGraham, Lampard P, & Jankin Mikhaylov S, Intergovernmental engagement on health impacts of climate change (2021), Bulletin of the World Health Organisation.
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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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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.
Heating & cooling
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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.
Organisational change
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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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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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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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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
Public engagement
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Corner A, Graham H, Whitmarsh L. (2019). CAST briefing paper 01: Engaging the public on low-carbon lifestyle change.
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Demski, C. (2021) Net zero public engagement and participation: Research Note.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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Capstick S, Demski C, Poortinga W, Whitmarsh L, Steentjes K, Corner A, Graham H. (2019). CAST briefing paper 02: Public opinion in a time of climate emergency.
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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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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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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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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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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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Capstick S, Demski C, Cherry C, Verfuerth C, Steentjes K. (2020). CAST briefing paper 03: Climate change citizens' assemblies.
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Whitmarsh, L., Hoolohan, C., Larner, O., McLachlan, C. & Poortinga, W. (2020). CAST Briefing Paper 04: How has COVID-19 Impacted Low-Carbon Lifestyles and Attitudes towards Climate Action?
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Whitmarsh, L., (2020). CAST Briefing Paper 05: Tracking the effect of COVID-19 on low-carbon behaviours and attitudes to climate change: results from wave 2 of the CAST COVID-19 Survey.
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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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Steentjes K, Demski C, Poortinga W. (2021). Public perceptions of climate change and policy action in the UK, China, Sweden and Brazil. CAST Briefing Paper 10.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
Social transformations
Transport & mobility
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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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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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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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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
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