Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts

JT Jost, DS Baldassarri, JN Druckman - Nature reviews psychology, 2022 - nature.com
Healthy democratic polities feature competing visions of a good society but also require
some level of cooperation and institutional trust. Democracy is at risk when citizens become …

Inside the funhouse mirror factory: How social media distorts perceptions of norms

CE Robertson, KS Del Rosario, JJ Van Bavel - Current Opinion in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The current paper explains how modern technology interacts with human psychology to
create a funhouse mirror version of social norms. We argue that norms generated on social …

Field interventions for climate change mitigation behaviors: A second-order meta-analysis

M Bergquist, M Thiel, MH Goldberg… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Behavioral change is essential to mitigate climate change. To advance current knowledge,
we synthesize research on interventions aiming to promote climate change mitigation …

[HTML][HTML] Direct and mediated impacts of social norms on pro-environmental behavior

M Helferich, J Thøgersen, M Bergquist - Global Environmental Change, 2023 - Elsevier
The social norm-based intervention is a frequently used tool for encouraging pro-
environmental behavior. In designing effective interventions, however, both practitioners and …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tip** interventions by the health community

C Howard, AJ MacNeill, F Hughes… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Accelerating the decarbonisation of local and national economies is a profound public
health imperative. As trusted voices within communities around the world, health …

We need climate change mitigation and climate change mitigation needs the 'We': a state-of-the-art review of social identity effects motivating climate change action

T Masson, I Fritsche - Current opinion in behavioral sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Effectively fighting global warming requires large groups to engage in concerted action. In
the present review article we aim to understand how human appraisals and responses to the …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental values and identities at the personal and group level

T Bouman, E Van der Werff, G Perlaviciute… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Both personal and group values and identities influence climate
action.•Environmental values and identities are consistent motivators of climate …

Harnessing the power of communication and behavior science to enhance society's response to climate change

EW Maibach, SS Uppalapati, M Orr… - Annual Review of Earth …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
A science-based understanding of climate change and potential mitigation and adaptation
options can provide decision makers with important guidance in making decisions about …

[HTML][HTML] From values to climate action

T Bouman, L Steg, G Perlaviciute - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2021 - Elsevier
To mitigate anthropogenic climate change, it is important to know what motivates individuals
to support and take climate action. Values reflect universal, general, desirable goals which …