Climate Change and Individual Behavior : Considerations for Policy

Climate change is anthropogenic - the product of billions of acts of daily consumption. That solutions need to be anthropogenic too is well accepted. Yet, suggested solutions are normally cast in the realms of finance and technology, often neglecting the primal root of the problem: individual behavior. An emerging body of social-psychology scholarship has examined the barriers and drivers of individual behavior in relation to both adaptation and mitigation. This paper reviews some of its conclusions, and suggests policy areas that should be considered in devising appropriate interventions.

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Main Author:	Liverani, Andrea
Language:	English
Published:	2009-09-01
Subjects:	AIR CONDITIONING, APPROACH, BALANCE, BENEFITS FROM CLEANER AIR, BUILDING CODES, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON EMISSIONS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY, CLIMATE POLICY, CLIMATIC CHANGE, CO2, CO2 EMISSIONS, COASTAL AREAS, CONSERVATION, DEFORESTATION, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DISCOUNT RATES, ECONOMIC FACTORS, ECONOMIC INCENTIVES, ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMICS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY INVESTMENTS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY MEASURES, ENERGY EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY EXPENDITURE, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY SAVINGS, ENERGY TAXES, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, ENVIRONMENTAL TAXES, FLOODING, FORESTRY, GHGS, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GROUNDWATER POLLUTION, HABITATS, HUMAN HEALTH, INCOME, INSURANCE, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, POLICY DECISIONS, POLLUTERS, POLLUTION, POSITIVE FEEDBACK, POWER, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRAMS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PURCHASES, REFORESTATION, SAVINGS, TAX CREDIT, TAX REBATE, TAXATION, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CONTROL, TRAGEDY OF THE COMMONS, TRANSACTION COSTS, TROPICAL FOREST, VEHICLES, WATER USE,
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090917102136 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/4249
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