People with high socioeconomic status disproportionally affect energy-driven greenhouse
gas emissions directly through their consumption and indirectly through their financial and …

An influential line of thinking in behavioral science, to which the two authors have long
subscribed, is that many of society's most pressing problems can be addressed cheaply and …

Highlights•Political elite stances influence support for climate policy, beyond ideology,
climate concern, and individual differences.•Social norms drive elite influence, which …

Stricter regulation of food waste reduction is widely presumed to increase food prices, which
could render its implementation politically unfeasible. Here we empirically tested whether …

The food system causes more than a third of the global anthropogenic greenhouse gas
emissions, of which half are from livestock. Shifting towards plant-based diets could …

Although many people are concerned about climate change, active public support for
ambitious policies is still lagging behind. How can this gap be closed? Recent work has …

Adopting public policies to deliver the ambitious long-term goals of the Paris Agreement will
require significant societal commitment. That commitment will eventually emerge from the …

Most people in the United States recognize the reality of climate change and are concerned
about its consequences, yet climate change is a low priority relative to other policy issues …

Political polarization is a barrier to enacting policy solutions to global issues. Social
psychology has a rich history of studying polarization, and there is an important opportunity …

Partisan and ideological identities are a consistent barrier to the adoption of climate change
mitigation policies, especially in countries where fossil fuel reliance is the highest. We …