Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries
New York University · University of Vienna · +208 more institutions
Abstract
Effectively reducing climate change requires marked, global behavior change. However, it is unclear which strategies are most likely to motivate people to change their climate beliefs and behaviors. Here, we tested 11 expert-crowdsourced interventions on four climate mitigation outcomes: beliefs, policy support, information sharing intention, and an effortful tree-planting behavioral task. Across 59,440 participants from 63 countries, the interventions' effectiveness was small, largely limited to nonclimate skeptics, and differed across outcomes: Beliefs were strengthened mostly by decreasing psychological distance (by 2.3%), policy support by writing a letter to a future-generation member (2.6%), information…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 251.04
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 75
Authors
258- MVMadalina VlasceanuCorresponding
New York University
- KCKimberly C DoellCorresponding
University of Vienna, New York University
- JBJoseph B. Bak-ColemanCorresponding
Harvard University Press, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York
- BTBoryana Todorova
University of Vienna
- MBMichael Berkebile-Weinberg
New York University
Topics & keywords
- Tournament
- Climate change
- Intervention (counseling)
- Behavioural sciences
- Psychology
- Environmental resource management
- Environmental science
- Ecology
- Climate action
Funding
- NSNational Science FoundationAward: 1937959
- JSJames S. McDonnell FoundationAward: 220020334
- JTJohn Templeton FoundationAwards: 62631, 61378
- CUClemson University
- AUAarhus Universitet
- UIUniversitetet i Stavanger
- PCPomona College
- UOUniversity of St Andrews
- ECEuropean CommissionAward: 776608
- NRNational Research Foundation
- DFDeutsche ForschungsgemeinschaftAward: 390683824
- SNSchweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen ForschungAwards: 50279, P400PS_190997, 61378, 209465, 62631, 203283, 15230
- CRCanada Research Chairs
- FDFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São PauloAwards: 2019/26665-5, 2014/50279-4, 2019/, 2014/, 2020/15230-5
- EUErasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- RURadboud Universiteit
- VUVrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- ASAustrian Science Fund
- FDFonds De La Recherche Scientifique - FNRS
- AUAmerican University of SharjahAwards: FRG20, FRG20-M-B134
- AUAarhus Universitets Forskningsfond
- UWUniversität Wien
- FWFonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
- NONederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk OnderzoekAwards: 453-15-005, 15230
- CNConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoAwards: 2014/50279-4, 2020/15230-5
- NRNational Research Foundation of Korea
- JFJacobs FoundationAward: MR/P014097/1
- KLKU Leuven
- SFSimon Fraser University
- VVetenskapsrådetAwards: 2018-01755, 2018-
- UGUniversiteit Gent
- RJRiksbankens JubileumsfondAward: P21-0384
- ANAgentúra na Podporu Výskumu a VývojaAward: APVV-21-
- NFNorges ForskningsrådAward: 262675
- UHUniversität Hamburg
- TUThammasat University
- UDUniversité de Genève
- UDUniversité de Lausanne
- UJUniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie
- NRNational Research University Higher School of Economics
- URUniversitat Ramon Llull
- NSNOMIS Stiftung
- SBShell BrasilAwards: 2020/15230-5, 2014/50279-4
- UŚUniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach
- CDCentro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión SocialAward: 15130009
- UOUniversity of Colorado Boulder
- SCStanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
- MRMedical Research CouncilAwards: MR/P014097/1, MR/P014097/2, MR/P014097/2
- BABiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilAward: BB/R010668/2
- JSJapan Society for the Promotion of ScienceAwards: 2018-7, 61378
- FPFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
- BFBundesamt für Energie