Our latest CAST report, commissioned by the Climate Change Committee (CCC), reveals that substantial behaviour change is required across society to reach the UK’s ambitious net-zero 2050 target, with 60% of reductions needing to come from consumers. In our latest CAST report: ‘The Implications of Behavioural Science for Effective Climate…
A new research paper by CAST Associate Director Professor Wouter Poortinga and co-authors Dr Christina Demski and Dr Katharine Steentjes: ‘Generational differences in climate-related beliefs, risk perceptions and emotions in the UK’ examining differences in attitudes towards climate change, reveals younger people experience more fear, guilt and outrage over the…
Words by Dr Steve Westlake, CAST affiliate (prev. Knowledge Exchange Associate) The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has delivered another blunt assessment of the UK government’s climate track record, and it’s a very mixed picture. The CCC’s latest Progress Report states that “a coherent public engagement strategy on climate action is…
© Photography by Crispin Hughes Words by Dr Stuart Capstick CAST Deputy Director and Theme 3 lead Dr Stuart Capstick discusses his experience at ‘The Big One’ climate and nature protests as part of Scientists for XR which took place in central London from 21-24 April 2023 where people from…
CAST PhD Researcher Briony Latter and CAST Affiliate Dr Adam Corner informed an essential travel guide ‘Green Travel Guide for Festivals and Events 2023’ by live event industry charity ecolibrium via a CAST Impact Fund project exploring how to communicate effectively with live music audiences on their travel choices. The live…
Our CAST Director Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE has joined the Wales Net Zero 2035 Challenge Group, which officially launched its first challenge last month: How could Wales feed itself by 2035? Lorraine shares why the Group’s work with the Welsh government and Plaid Cymru is crucial in helping the UK…
Last week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the final part of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The AR6 Synthesis Report underscores the escalating severity of the climate crisis but also highlights the broad range of available policy measures that could bring about deep emissions cuts and enhance climate resilience…
Audience travel is one of the biggest contributors to the carbon emissions of live music events. Along with Adam Corner and Chiara Badiali, we launched a project to provide the live music industry with recommendations for how to positively influence the travel choices of their audiences. Our report – From…
CAST is conducting an evidence review on the implications of behavioural science for effective climate policy. The review is commissioned by the UK Climate Change Committee (CCC). The evidence review will identify what current academic literature and government, third sector and business reports and polls state about what works to…
The Policy TerrainThis is a time in history that asks a great deal of us all. The IPCC’s (2021) “brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all” represents an uncompromising challenge at a policy level (Tollefson 2021), an organisational one (Nyberg &…