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Our guest-edited special issue on #climatechange policy is now online 👉bit.ly/3AAxVoY
Here's a quick intro from our Blog Editor @policy_centre and a thread

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Thinking back to high-level work 40 years ago calling for behavioural science to integrate with climate science leads Baruch Fischoff to consider why it didn't happen, and how it can happen now: "A planetary threat needs an academic world worthy of the challenge"

Read the outcome of 5 experiments on how attitudes are formed on "hot-button" policy issues such as climate change, and our "contagious sense of understanding". Can we help people know what they don't know, and thereby combat polarisation around climate change?

What really predicts support for climate change policies? Is it beliefs, affect, risk perception, or social norms? Better understanding could enable more tailored communication strategies

Is it more effective to deploy 'bottom up' social norms in support of climate change policies, or 'top-down' elite cues/endorsements. Read about an experiment using two very different mitigation options

Social norms don't seem useful when the norm is a harmful behaviour, and run a high risk of 'doubling down' reactance to coercion. Will an emphasis on dynamic norms - joining in with change be effective?

Choice architecture alone may not be enough to guide high quality active decisions over climate risk management. The authors propose a 6-point "building code" for decision making

What #behavioural tactics do citizen activists use to convince politicians, and what works? Being a trusted messenger? Deploying shared values? Highlighting extreme weather? Setting out long-term costs (& benefits of action)? A fascinating study

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