Climate change – psychology’s contribution
Climate change is a word on everybody’s lips at the moment. But, what role can we, as psychologists, both individually and within our sub-disciplinary groups play in reducing and adapting to the impacts of society’s ‘carbon footprint’? This article argues that the issue of climate change raises an...
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| author | Spence, Alexa Pidgeon, Nick Uzzell, David |
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| description | Climate change is a word on everybody’s lips at the moment. But, what role can we, as psychologists, both individually and within our sub-disciplinary groups play in reducing and adapting to the impacts of society’s ‘carbon footprint’? This article argues that the issue of climate change raises an important set of research and public policy questions which psychologists are well placed to help address. In particular, we focus on the issues of sustainable behaviour change and nuclear power. |
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| spelling | nottingham-22542020-05-04T20:27:03Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2254/ Climate change – psychology’s contribution Spence, Alexa Pidgeon, Nick Uzzell, David Climate change is a word on everybody’s lips at the moment. But, what role can we, as psychologists, both individually and within our sub-disciplinary groups play in reducing and adapting to the impacts of society’s ‘carbon footprint’? This article argues that the issue of climate change raises an important set of research and public policy questions which psychologists are well placed to help address. In particular, we focus on the issues of sustainable behaviour change and nuclear power. 2009 Article PeerReviewed Spence, Alexa, Pidgeon, Nick and Uzzell, David (2009) Climate change – psychology’s contribution. The Psychologist, 21 . pp. 108-111. ISSN 0952-8229 http://www.bps.org.uk/publications/the-psychologist |
| spellingShingle | Spence, Alexa Pidgeon, Nick Uzzell, David Climate change – psychology’s contribution |
| title | Climate change – psychology’s contribution |
| title_full | Climate change – psychology’s contribution |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Climate change – psychology’s contribution |
| title_short | Climate change – psychology’s contribution |
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