Topline Results: European Attitudes to Climate Change, Fairness, and Action covers climate change concern, the seriousness of different climate issues, and who should be responsible for mitigating its effects. There is also analysis of data on prioritising environmental protection or economic…
Accelerating the use of behavioural science in climate policymaking
In September 2025, ClimateXChange held a roundtable with the Scottish Government to explore how behavioural science can be better integrated into climate and environmental policymaking. Academics and senior civil servants worked to identify new projects or approaches to trial in…
Community climate hubs: the Greener and Cleaner peer-learning model for low-carbon lifestyles
Greener and Cleaner is working with researchers from the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to evaluate the outcomes of engaging with the Greener and Cleaner Hub. This study aims to understand how using the community climate hub…
Cornwall Council Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot – Process evaluation report
Cornwall Council is working with researchers from the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) to evaluate the Council’s Active Travel Social Prescribing Pilot. The aims of the pilot are to promote increased levels of physical activity through walking,…
Behaviour change interventions to encourage uptake of e-bike shared mobility in Cornwall
Cornwall Council is working with researchers from the Centre for Climate Change and Social (CAST) to develop recommendations for encouraging low-carbon behaviours among residents and Council employees, including the uptake of active travel (i.e., walking, wheeling, or cycling). This report presents…
Catalysts of Change: People at the Heart of Climate Transformations
Drawing on five years of CAST research conducted in collaboration with policymakers, local authorities, charities, businesses and community groups, this report synthesises five key messages and sheds light on how we can achieve the social changes needed to tackle climate change. The…
Circular Economy in the Community: A Pilot Project Exploring Sustainable Models for Repair and Reuse Hubs in Wales
This report, written by Carly Baker, Rhiannon Craft and Prof Wouter Poortinga, presents the findings of a pilot project, in collaboration with Keep Wales Tidy, exploring sustainable models for repair and reuse hubs in Wales. It includes a literature review, four case studies, and the results of…
Cornwall Council behaviour change and engagement programme – survey of residents
This report, written by Dr Mark Wilson and Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE for Cornwall Council, presents the survey findings which measured Cornwall residents’ perceptions of climate change and their current behaviours in four key lifestyle areas: travel, home energy use, products they buy, and food, and their…
Net Zero Living
Together with Ipsos, we have taken an in-depth look at the public’s attitudes towards climate change and how policymakers can increase support for, and participation in, sustainable policies.
Mainstreaming low-carbon lifestyles
The report, commissioned by the Low-carbon Lifestyles & Behavioural Spillover (CASPI) team at Cardiff University, is designed for the wide range of individuals and organisations involved in influencing sustainable behaviours, including national policy-makers, local authorities, professional campaigners, and those leading…