In an article on The Conversation website, Alice Brock and Ian Williams of the University of Southampton discuss how too many of us, while aware of climate change and its impact, are simply too complacent to take effective action. Do you agree with them? Climate complacency: study finds even the most informed people would … Continue reading “Regardless of an individual’s stated environmental opinion and beliefs most opted for the easiest, but least impactful options”
Category: behaviour/attitudes
Changing how we think about climate action just might change what we do
Daniel Steel from the University of British Columbia, C. Tyler DesRoches from Arizona State University and Kian Mintz-Woo from the University College Cork write on The Conversation website about the need to abandon viewing our climate actions as a sacrifice. Do you agree? Effective climate action requires us to abandon viewing our efforts as … Continue reading Changing how we think about climate action just might change what we do
While Europe is battered by the climate crisis, governments must reassure voters that green costs will be fairly shared
In an article on the Guardian website, Francesco Grillo, visiting fellow at the European University Institute, Florence and director of the thinktank Vision asks a pertinent question: how can we put the climate crisis back at the top of the agenda, for politicians and the public alike? Climate fatigue isn’t a sign that Europeans … Continue reading While Europe is battered by the climate crisis, governments must reassure voters that green costs will be fairly shared
“From a psychology point of view, motivating us to take action on climate is a wicked problem”
In an article on The Conversation website, Jeff Rotman. Senior Lecturer in Marketing and Consumer Psychology & Co-Director of the Better Consumption Lab at Deakin University in Australia discusses our behaviour from a psychological point of view. Misinformation and doubt are particularly damaging to climate action. They let us feel OK about inaction. He concludes: … Continue reading “From a psychology point of view, motivating us to take action on climate is a wicked problem”
Energy in Demand News, November 5th, 2023
The negotiations taking place before a climate conference are always complicated. This is proving true this year as well. The Financial Times reports (behind a paywall) that western countries have clashed with Saudi Arabia over the role it should play to “kick-start a UN fund to help poorer countries deal with the loss and damage … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 5th, 2023
What Americans are saying about their views on climate change
A new national survey by the Pew Research Center provides a good overview of American attitudes towards climate change. Rebecca Hersher discusses the results in an article on the NPR News website. Is it any different than your country? Here's how Americans feel about climate change Most Americans say that climate change is harming … Continue reading What Americans are saying about their views on climate change
One particularly significant strategy the oil industry has adopted is to place responsibility for climate change mitigation and adaptation on the individual
In an article on The Conversation website, Sarah M. Munoz, Doctoral researcher in political science at the Université de Montréal discusses how oil companies have effectively made consumers responsible for curbing the climate crisis. What are your views? How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers The political response to the … Continue reading One particularly significant strategy the oil industry has adopted is to place responsibility for climate change mitigation and adaptation on the individual
The benefits of sustainable housing
Andréanne Doyon, Assistant professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University and Trivess Moore, Senior Lecturer, School of Property, Construction and Project Management at RMIT University provide a very good review in an article on The Conversation website about the range of benefits of sustainable housing. How sustainable, liveable and resilient housing … Continue reading The benefits of sustainable housing
Paris 50 degrees: a full-scale exercise in the 13th and 19th arrondissements
On October 13, 2023, the capital staged a full-scale crisis exercise to deal with the future heatwaves that await us. "Paris 50°": this is the name of the crisis exercise that the capital launched. Faced with global warming and heatwaves that are likely to multiply and intensify in the coming years, the City of Paris … Continue reading Paris 50 degrees: a full-scale exercise in the 13th and 19th arrondissements
The worrying backlash to the European Green Deal
Many of the European Union's heads of state and government leaders have called for a 'regulatory pause' on climate and environmental issues. They are concerned about the consequences of measures designed to lead the EU-27 to carbon neutrality. Many Le Monde correspondents (Virginie Malingre, Thomas Wieder, Allan Kaval, Anne-Françoise Hivert, Sandrine Morel, Cécile Ducourtieux, Hélène … Continue reading The worrying backlash to the European Green Deal
