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Hochachka G. When concern is not enough: Overcoming the climate awareness-action gap. AMBIO 2024; 53:1182-1202. [PMID: 38709448 PMCID: PMC11183022 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-024-01999-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/07/2024]
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Climate concern is on the rise in many countries and recent research finds that lifestyle- and behaviour-change could advance climate action; yet, individuals struggle to move their climate concern into action. This is known as the 'awareness-action inconsistency,' 'psychological climate paradox,' or 'values-action gap.' While this gap has been extensively studied, climate action implementation and policy-design seldom sufficiently apply that body of knowledge in practice. This Perspective presents a comprehensive heuristic to account for how individuals bring climate change into their awareness (climate action-logics), how they keep climate change out of their awareness (climate shadow), how social narratives contribute to shaping choices (climate discourses), and how systems and structures influence and constrain agency (climate-action systems). The heuristic is illustrated with an example of 15-Minute Cities in Canada. Understanding the multifaceted dilemma that weighs on people's sense-making and behaviours may help policy-makers and practitioners to ameliorate the climate awareness-action gap.
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- Gail Hochachka
- Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Office 2223, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
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Evangelou N, Cui T, Bello-Rivas JM, Makeev A, Kevrekidis IG. Tipping points of evolving epidemiological networks: Machine learning-assisted, data-driven effective modeling. CHAOS (WOODBURY, N.Y.) 2024; 34:063128. [PMID: 38865091 DOI: 10.1063/5.0187511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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We study the tipping point collective dynamics of an adaptive susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) epidemiological network in a data-driven, machine learning-assisted manner. We identify a parameter-dependent effective stochastic differential equation (eSDE) in terms of physically meaningful coarse mean-field variables through a deep-learning ResNet architecture inspired by numerical stochastic integrators. We construct an approximate effective bifurcation diagram based on the identified drift term of the eSDE and contrast it with the mean-field SIS model bifurcation diagram. We observe a subcritical Hopf bifurcation in the evolving network's effective SIS dynamics that causes the tipping point behavior; this takes the form of large amplitude collective oscillations that spontaneously-yet rarely-arise from the neighborhood of a (noisy) stationary state. We study the statistics of these rare events both through repeated brute force simulations and by using established mathematical/computational tools exploiting the right-hand side of the identified SDE. We demonstrate that such a collective SDE can also be identified (and the rare event computations also performed) in terms of data-driven coarse observables, obtained here via manifold learning techniques, in particular, Diffusion Maps. The workflow of our study is straightforwardly applicable to other complex dynamic problems exhibiting tipping point dynamics.
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- Nikolaos Evangelou
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Batzke MCL, Ernst A. Distinguishing fast change in social norms and slow change in personal norms in cooperative decision-making. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1380341. [PMID: 38882517 PMCID: PMC11178139 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1380341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024] Open
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Psychological research on norms has shown that norms are highly relevant for individuals' decision-making. Yet, there is so far little understanding of how norms change over time. Knowledge about how norms change may help better understanding their potential for as well as limitations in guiding decision-making and changing behavior. The present work investigated change in individuals' cooperation norms. As an indicator of different underlying processes of norm change, the temporal dynamics of different types of norms were examined. It was assumed that participants' social norms are adapted quickly whenever the social situation changes, while personal norms change more slowly and gradually, abstracting part of the situational learning in interaction with one's personality. In an experimental study, participants played a repeated prisoner's dilemma game with artificial co-players representing a predominantly cooperative or uncooperative social setting, depending on the experimental condition. The condition was expected to affect slow learning of personal norms. Additionally, the cooperativeness of the social setting was varied repeatedly within conditions, expected to result in fast changes in social norms. Participants' personal and social norms were assessed throughout the game. As predicted, the temporal dynamics differed between norms with social norms changing quickly and personal norms more slowly. Personal norms strongly predicted behavioral decision-making and were predicted by situational and personality factors. Potential qualitative differences of the underlying norm change processes are discussed.
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- Marlene C L Batzke
- Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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- Center for Environmental Systems Research, University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany
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Heydari A, Abbasianjahromi H. Evaluating the resilience of residential buildings during a pandemic with a sustainable construction approach. Heliyon 2024; 10:e31006. [PMID: 38803988 PMCID: PMC11128871 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e31006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2022] [Revised: 05/07/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024] Open
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a catastrophic event that has affected all aspects of human life worldwide. Due to the high genetic mutations of the virus, there has been a prolonged search for definitive therapeutic discovery, leading to extended periods of home quarantine. As a result, homes have become multipurpose spaces for work, education, sports, and other daily activities. Given the importance of residential buildings as the first line of defense against possible future pandemics, a model has been proposed to assess their readiness to handle pandemics using a sustainable development approach. This study investigates the most crucial criteria for evaluating residential buildings and applies them in a Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) process. The final evaluation model is presented using the SWARA and COCOSO methods, along with a set of criteria selected and weighted by experts. The study shows that the criteria related to health and safety are more critical than other sectors. Buildings that meet the standards of this group better are likely to have a higher score.
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- Ali Heydari
- Master of Engineering and Construction Management from Tehran azad University of Science and Research, Tehran, 1476656581, Iran
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- Faculty of Civil Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran Province, Tehran, Mirdamad Blvd, No. 470, 19697-64499, Iran
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Vanderwee K, Demarré L, Malfait S, Kieckens E, De Waegemaeker P, Duprez V, Fraeyman N. How to choose between single-use and reusable medical materials for sustainable nursing: Methodological lessons learned from a national study. J Adv Nurs 2024. [PMID: 38812214 DOI: 10.1111/jan.16255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2024] [Revised: 04/29/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/31/2024]
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AIM To demonstrate and reflect upon the methodological lessons by which healthcare organizations can address questions of environmental sustainability related to single-use healthcare materials. DESIGN A cross-sectional multi-centre study in hospitals was performed, followed by an exploratory analysis of the sustainability of commonly used healthcare materials. METHODS A hospital survey was conducted to collect the procurement data for single-use medical materials. Based on consumption and cost, five single-use medical materials with sustainable alternatives were selected using different reuse strategies. Single-use and reusable materials were assessed through an exploratory literature review and document study based on four parameters: environmental sustainability, safety, cost and efficiency. RESULTS A pragmatic method emerged from this study, providing healthcare facilities with tools to select environmentally sustainable alternatives to replace single-use options. First, an inventory of single-use medical materials consumed was collected. Next, single-use materials were prioritized for further study based on criteria such as cost, volume of the material, feasibility and input of stakeholders. We then analysed the prioritized single-use materials and their alternatives based on life cycle assessments or available information on their different life stages. Finally, we assessed safety, costs and efficiency related to the process following the use of the medical material. CONCLUSION This pragmatic method can guide healthcare institutions in making the most sustainable choices of medical materials and achieving sustainability goals within their institutions and nationwide. IMPACT Patient care involves a large consumption of single-use medical materials with considerable environmental impact. A pragmatic method was developed to guide healthcare institutions in making the most sustainable choices regarding the use of single-use healthcare materials. Healthcare institutions, ideally represented by a green team including nurses and other relevant professionals, can use this method to reduce the use of single-use medical materials, thereby yielding positive outcomes for the entire population. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION No patient or public contribution.
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- Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Environmental Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Nursing Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Patterson JJ, Feola G, Kim RE. Negotiating discord in sustainability transformations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2310186121. [PMID: 38662571 PMCID: PMC11127004 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2310186121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2024] Open
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Policy action for sustainability transformation faces inherent and ever-present sources of conflict, pushback, and resistance (i.e., discord). However, conceptual frameworks and policy prescriptions for sustainability transformations often reflect an undue image of accord. This involves simplified assumptions about consensus, steering, friction, discreteness, and additiveness of policy action, conferring an unrealistic view of the potential to deliberately realize transformation. Instead, negotiating discord through continuously finding partial political settlements among divided actors needs to become a key focus of policy action for sustainability transformations. Doing so can help to navigate deeply political settings through imperfect but workable steps that loosen deadlock, generate momentum for further policy action, and avoid complete derailment of transformation agendas when discord arises.
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- James J. Patterson
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, 3585CBUtrecht, The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, 3585CBUtrecht, The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, 3585CBUtrecht, The Netherlands
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Berkebile-Weinberg M, Goldwert D, Doell KC, Van Bavel JJ, Vlasceanu M. The differential impact of climate interventions along the political divide in 60 countries. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3885. [PMID: 38719845 PMCID: PMC11078920 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48112-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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A major barrier to climate change mitigation is the political polarization of climate change beliefs. In a global experiment conducted in 60 countries (N = 51,224), we assess the differential impact of eleven climate interventions across the ideological divide. At baseline, we find political polarization of climate change beliefs and policy support globally, with people who reported being liberal believing and supporting climate policy more than those who reported being conservative (Cohen's d = 0.35 and 0.27, respectively). However, we find no evidence for a statistically significant difference between these groups in their engagement in a behavioral tree planting task. This conceptual-behavioral polarization incongruence results from self-identified conservatives acting despite not believing, rather than self-identified liberals not acting on their beliefs. We also find three interventions (emphasizing effective collective actions, writing a letter to a future generation member, and writing a letter from the future self) boost climate beliefs and policy support across the ideological spectrum, and one intervention (emphasizing scientific consensus) stimulates the climate action of people identifying as liberal. None of the interventions tested show evidence for a statistically significant boost in climate action for self-identified conservatives. We discuss implications for practitioners deploying targeted climate interventions.
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA
- Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, Norway
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Freese T, Elzinga N, Heinemann M, Lerch MM, Feringa BL. The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices. RSC SUSTAINABILITY 2024; 2:1300-1336. [PMID: 38725867 PMCID: PMC11078267 DOI: 10.1039/d4su00056k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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Scientists are of key importance to the society to advocate awareness of the climate crisis and its underlying scientific evidence and provide solutions for a sustainable future. As much as scientific research has led to great achievements and benefits, traditional laboratory practices come with unintended environmental consequences. Scientists, while providing solutions to climate problems and educating the young innovators of the future, are also part of the problem: excessive energy consumption, (hazardous) waste generation, and resource depletion. Through their own research operations, science, research and laboratories have a significant carbon footprint and contribute to the climate crisis. Climate change requires a rapid response across all sectors of society, modeled by inspiring leaders. A broader scientific community that takes concrete actions would serve as an important step in convincing the general public of similar actions. Over the past years, grassroots movements across the sciences have recognized the overlooked impact of the scientific enterprise, and so-called Green Lab initiatives emerged seeking to address the environmental footprint of research. Driven by the voluntary efforts of researchers and staff, they educate peers, develop sustainability guidelines, write scientific publications and maintain accreditation frameworks. With this perspective we want to advocate for and spark leadership to promote a systemic change in laboratory practices and approach to research. Comprehensive evidence for the environmental impact of laboratories and their root-causes is presented, expanded with data from a current case study of the University of Groningen showcasing annual savings of 398 763 € as well as 477.1 tons of CO2e. This is followed by guidelines for sustainable lab practices and hands-on advice on how to achieve a systemic change at research institutions and industry. How can we expect industry, politics, and society to change, if we as scientists are not changing either? Scientists should lead by example and practice the change they want to see.
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- Thomas Freese
- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Green Office, University of Groningen Broerstraat 5 9712 CP Groningen The Netherlands
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- Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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- Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen The Netherlands
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Naito R, Chan KMA, López de la Lama R, Zhao J. Audience segmentation approach to conservation messaging for transforming the exotic pet trade. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY : THE JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CONSERVATION BIOLOGY 2024:e14267. [PMID: 38682646 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.14267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 11/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/01/2024]
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Advancing transformative change for sustainability requires population-wide behavior change. Yet, many behavioral interventions tackling environmental problems only examine average effects on the aggregate, overlooking the heterogeneous effects in a population. We developed and preregistered a novel audience segmentation approach to test the diverse impact of conservation messaging on reducing demand for exotic pets (private action - i.e., desire to own exotic pets or visit wildlife entertainment places) and fostering citizen engagement for system-wide change (civic action - e.g., signing a petition or participating in a protest against the exotic pet trade). Through an online survey with US participants (n = 2953), we identified 4 population segments (early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards), representing varying levels of commitment to wildlife conservation and then randomly assigned each segment to one of 3 messaging conditions. Messages highlighting negative consequences of the exotic pet trade and the power of collective action for system change effectively promoted private action among all segments except early adopters (ηp 2 = 0.005). Among civic actions, only the collective action message motivated early adopters and the early majority to sign petitions (φC = 0.193 and φC = 0.097, respectively). Furthermore, the 4 segments showed distinct reasoning for action and inaction on wildlife conservation, with certain relational values, such as care, serving as both motivations and barriers to action. These findings highlight the need for targeted behavioral interventions across diverse populations.
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- Rumi Naito
- Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Lin Q, Zhang K, Giguet-Covex C, Arnaud F, McGowan S, Gielly L, Capo E, Huang S, Ficetola GF, Shen J, Dearing JA, Meadows ME. Transient social-ecological dynamics reveal signals of decoupling in a highly disturbed Anthropocene landscape. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2321303121. [PMID: 38640342 PMCID: PMC11046650 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321303121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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Understanding the transient dynamics of interlinked social-ecological systems (SES) is imperative for assessing sustainability in the Anthropocene. However, how to identify critical transitions in real-world SES remains a formidable challenge. In this study, we present an evolutionary framework to characterize these dynamics over an extended historical timeline. Our approach leverages multidecadal rates of change in socioeconomic data, paleoenvironmental, and cutting-edge sedimentary ancient DNA records from China's Yangtze River Delta, one of the most densely populated and intensively modified landscapes on Earth. Our analysis reveals two significant social-ecological transitions characterized by contrasting interactions and feedback spanning several centuries. Initially, the regional SES exhibited a loosely connected and ecologically sustainable regime. Nevertheless, starting in the 1950s, an increasingly interconnected regime emerged, ultimately resulting in the crossing of tipping points and an unprecedented acceleration in soil erosion, water eutrophication, and ecosystem degradation. Remarkably, the second transition occurring around the 2000s, featured a notable decoupling of socioeconomic development from ecoenvironmental degradation. This decoupling phenomenon signifies a more desirable reconfiguration of the regional SES, furnishing essential insights not only for the Yangtze River Basin but also for regions worldwide grappling with similar sustainability challenges. Our extensive multidecadal empirical investigation underscores the value of coevolutionary approaches in understanding and addressing social-ecological system dynamics.
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- Qi Lin
- Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, People’s Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratoire Environnements, Dyamiques et Teritoires de la Montagne, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Chambéry73000, France
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- Laboratoire Environnements, Dyamiques et Teritoires de la Montagne, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, CNRS, Chambéry73000, France
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Wageningen6708PB, Netherlands
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, GrenobleF-38000, France
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University, UmeåSE-90187, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Lake and Watershed Science for Water Security, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing210008, People’s Republic of China
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- Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine, CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, GrenobleF-38000, France
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of Milan, Milan20133, Italy
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- School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, SouthamptonSO17 1BJ, United Kingdom
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- School of Geography and Ocean Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing210023, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Environmental & Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch7701, South Africa
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Finnegan W, d’Abreu C. The hope wheel: a model to enable hope-based pedagogy in Climate Change Education. Front Psychol 2024; 15:1347392. [PMID: 38572209 PMCID: PMC10987955 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1347392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/05/2024] Open
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In response to concerns about climate anxiety and distress, researchers and practitioners in both education and psychology have been investigating the importance of engaging climate hope in Climate Change Education (CCE). Synthesizing recent multidisciplinary research, alongside insights from the development of educational programs, this article proposes a new theoretical model for pedagogies of hope in CCE. The Hope Wheel presents three foundational elements: handrails for educators to hold on to while constructively engaging with climate change (honesty, awareness, spaceholding, action), guardrails for educators to be sensitive to when implementing the handrails (climate anxiety, mis-/disinformation, false hope), and lenses to encourage educators to explore connections between complex societal and planetary challenges (complexity, justice, perspectives, creativity, and empathy). This working model aims to support educators by distilling current learnings from the literature into a visual guide. It depicts essential elements to include, as well as avoid, in order to engage honest, hope-oriented CCE for transformative learning in the face of the climate crisis.
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- William Finnegan
- Department of Education, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Brookes Business School, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Efferson C, Ehret S, von Flüe L, Vogt S. When norm change hurts. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20230039. [PMID: 38244606 PMCID: PMC10799740 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2023.0039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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Applied cultural evolution includes any effort to mobilize social learning and cultural evolution to promote behaviour change. Social tipping is one version of this idea based on conformity and coordination. Conformity and coordination can reinforce a harmful social norm, but they can also accelerate change from a harmful norm to a beneficial alternative. Perhaps unfortunately, the link between the size of an intervention and social tipping is complex in heterogeneous populations. A small intervention targeted at one segment of society can induce tipping better than a large intervention targeted at a different segment. We develop and examine two models showing that the link between social tipping and social welfare is also complex in heterogeneous populations. An intervention strategy that creates persistent miscoordination, exactly the opposite of tipping, can lead to higher social welfare than another strategy that leads to tipping. We show that the potential benefits of miscoordination often hinge specifically on the preferences of people most resistant to behaviour change. Altogether, ordinary forms of heterogeneity complicate applied cultural evolution considerably. Heterogeneity weakens both the link between the size of a social planner's intervention and behaviour change and the link between behaviour change and the well-being of society. This article is part of the theme issue 'Social norm change: drivers and consequences'.
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- Charles Efferson
- University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Lausanne, Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Vlasceanu M, Doell KC, Bak-Coleman JB, Todorova B, Berkebile-Weinberg MM, Grayson SJ, Patel Y, Goldwert D, Pei Y, Chakroff A, Pronizius E, van den Broek KL, Vlasceanu D, Constantino S, Morais MJ, Schumann P, Rathje S, Fang K, Aglioti SM, Alfano M, Alvarado-Yepez AJ, Andersen A, Anseel F, Apps MAJ, Asadli C, Awuor FJ, Azevedo F, Basaglia P, Bélanger JJ, Berger S, Bertin P, Białek M, Bialobrzeska O, Blaya-Burgo M, Bleize DNM, Bø S, Boecker L, Boggio PS, Borau S, Bos B, Bouguettaya A, Brauer M, Brick C, Brik T, Briker R, Brosch T, Buchel O, Buonauro D, Butalia R, Carvacho H, Chamberlain SAE, Chan HY, Chow D, Chung D, Cian L, Cohen-Eick N, Contreras-Huerta LS, Contu D, Cristea V, Cutler J, D'Ottone S, De Keersmaecker J, Delcourt S, Delouvée S, Diel K, Douglas BD, Drupp MA, Dubey S, Ekmanis J, Elbaek CT, Elsherif M, Engelhard IM, Escher YA, Etienne TW, Farage L, Farias AR, Feuerriegel S, Findor A, Freira L, Friese M, Gains NP, Gallyamova A, Geiger SJ, Genschow O, Gjoneska B, Gkinopoulos T, Goldberg B, Goldenberg A, Gradidge S, Grassini S, Gray K, Grelle S, Griffin SM, Grigoryan L, Grigoryan A, Grigoryev D, Gruber J, Guilaran J, Hadar B, Hahnel UJ, Halperin E, Harvey AJ, Haugestad CAP, Herman AM, Hershfield HE, Himichi T, Hine DW, Hofmann W, Howe L, Huaman-Chulluncuy ET, Huang G, Ishii T, Ito A, Jia F, Jost JT, Jovanović V, Jurgiel D, Kácha O, Kankaanpää R, Kantorowicz J, Kantorowicz-Reznichenko E, Kaplan Mintz K, Kaya I, Kaya O, Khachatryan N, Klas A, Klein C, Klöckner CA, Koppel L, Kosachenko AI, Kothe EJ, Krebs R, Krosch AR, Krouwel AP, Kyrychenko Y, Lagomarsino M, Lamm C, Lange F, Lee Cunningham J, Lees J, Leung TY, Levy N, Lockwood PL, Longoni C, López Ortega A, Loschelder DD, Lu JG, Luo Y, Luomba J, Lutz AE, Majer JM, Markowitz E, Marsh AA, Mascarenhas KL, Mbilingi B, Mbungu W, McHugh C, Meijers MH, Mercier H, Mhagama FL, Michalakis K, Mikus N, Milliron S, Mitkidis P, Monge-Rodríguez FS, Mora YL, Moreau D, Motoki K, Moyano M, Mus M, Navajas J, Nguyen TL, Nguyen DM, Nguyen T, Niemi L, Nijssen SRR, Nilsonne G, Nitschke JP, Nockur L, Okura R, Öner S, Özdoğru AA, Palumbo H, Panagopoulos C, Panasiti MS, Pärnamets P, Paruzel-Czachura M, Pavlov YG, Payán-Gómez C, Pearson AR, Pereira da Costa L, Petrowsky HM, Pfattheicher S, Pham NT, Ponizovskiy V, Pretus C, Rêgo GG, Reimann R, Rhoads SA, Riano-Moreno J, Richter I, Röer JP, Rosa-Sullivan J, Ross RM, Sabherwal A, Saito T, Sarrasin O, Say N, Schmid K, Schmitt MT, Schoenegger P, Scholz C, Schug MG, Schulreich S, Shreedhar G, Shuman E, Sivan S, Sjåstad H, Soliman M, Soud K, Spampatti T, Sparkman G, Spasovski O, Stanley SK, Stern JA, Strahm N, Suko Y, Sul S, Syropoulos S, Taylor NC, Tedaldi E, Tinghög G, Huynh LDT, Travaglino GA, Tsakiris M, Tüter İ, Tyrala M, Uluğ ÖM, Urbanek A, Valko D, van der Linden S, van Schie K, van Stekelenburg A, Vanags E, Västfjäll D, Vesely S, Vintr J, Vranka M, Wanguche PO, Willer R, Wojcik AD, Xu R, Yadav A, Zawisza M, Zhao X, Zhao J, Żuk D, Van Bavel JJ. Addressing climate change with behavioral science: A global intervention tournament in 63 countries. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadj5778. [PMID: 38324680 PMCID: PMC10849597 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj5778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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 sharing by negative emotion induction (12.1%), and no intervention increased the more effortful behavior-several interventions even reduced tree planting. Last, the effects of each intervention differed depending on people's initial climate beliefs. These findings suggest that the impact of behavioral climate interventions varies across audiences and target behaviors.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security, Columbia University, New York, NY 10018, USA
- Institute for Rebooting Social Media, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
| | - Karlijn L. van den Broek
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584 CB, Netherlands
| | - Denisa Vlasceanu
- Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
| | - Sara Constantino
- School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg 26129, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Santa Lucia Foundation, IRCCS, Rome 179, Italy
- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 185, Italy
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
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- Post-Graduation Program in Linguistics, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba 80060150, Brasil
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- UNSW Business School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Psychology Scientific Research Institute, Baku, Azerbaijan
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- Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute, Kisumu 1881-40100, Kenya
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- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen 9712TS, Netherlands
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- Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 129188, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Sociology, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- LAPCOS, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice 6357, France
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1050, Belgium
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- Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50-120, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, Division of Behavioral & Organizational Sciences, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, NH 91711, USA
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- Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway
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- Department of Economic Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental Methods, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg 21335, Germany
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- Social and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo 1241001, Brazil
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- Toulouse Business School, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Toulouse, 31000, France
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- Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Hamburg
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- School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1018 WT, Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum 2418, Norway
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- Policy Research Department, Kyiv School of Economics, Kyiv 2000, Ukraine
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- Department of Organisation, Strategy, and Entrepreneurship, School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Maastricht 6211 LK, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology and Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
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- Institute for Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 81364, Slovakia
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- Psychological Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Department of Movement Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium
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- Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- School of Psychology, Speech, and Hearing, University of Canterbury, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
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- Department of Marketing, King’s Business School, King’s College London, London WC2B 4BG, UK
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- Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Marketing, University of Virginia, Darden School of Business, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190501, Israel
- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen 9712 CP, Netherlands
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- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Center for Social and Cognitive Neuroscience (CSCN), School of Psychology, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Viña del Mar, Chile
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- Faculty of Management, Canadian University Dubai, Dubai 117781, United Arab Emirates
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- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Escuela de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 8331150, Chile
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- Department of Developmental, Personality and Social Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
- Department of People Management and Organization, Esade Business School, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona 8034, Spain
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- Behavioral Economics and Engineering Group, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Department of Economics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany
- Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN), University of Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany
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- Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018WV, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
- Department of Vision Science, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Department of Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, Utrecht 3508 TC, Netherlands
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- Institute of Management & Organization, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg 21335, Germany
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- Kieskompas–Election Compass, Amsterdam 1052XH, Netherlands
- Department of Political Science & Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg 5020, Salzburg
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- HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs, Lusófona University, Lisbon 1700, Portugal
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- School of Management, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich 80539, Germany
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- Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University Bratislava, Bratislava 82105, Slovakia
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- Laboratorio de Neurociencia, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires C1428, Argentina
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- Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany
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- School of Global Studies, Thammasat University, Bangkok 12121, Thailand
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- Center for Sociocultural Research, HSE University, Moscow 101000, Russia
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- Environmental Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna A-1010, Austria
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- Institute for Management and Organization, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg 21335, Germany
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- Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje 1000, North Macedonia
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- Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Krakow 30-060, Poland
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- Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 2163, USA
- Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 2138, USA
- Digital Data and Design Institute at Harvard, Harvard University, Allston, Boston, MA 2134, USA
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- School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen 5007, Norway
- Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Stavanger, Stavanger 4021, Norway
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick V94T9PX, Ireland
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- Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia
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- Center for Sociocultural Research, HSE University, Moscow 101000, Russia
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Division of Social Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, Miagao 5023, Philippines
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- Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Reichman University, Herzliya 4610101, Israel
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel 4055, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 9190501, Israel
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- School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw 02-093, Poland
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Falmer BN1 9RH, UK
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- Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- School of Economics & Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kami City 782-8502, Japan
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- School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand
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- Department of Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Department of Business Administration, University of Zurich, Zurich 8032, Switzerland
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- Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Psychology, Japan Women’s University, Tokyo 1128681, Japan
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- Graduate School of Education, Tohoku University, Sendai 9808576, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ 7079, USA
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia
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- Doctoral School of Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń 87-100, Poland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere 33100, Finland
- INVEST Research Flagship, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Finland
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- Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University, The Hague 2511DP, Netherlands
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- Shamir Research Institute, University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
- Department of Learning and Instructional Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, 3498838, Israel
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- Deparment of Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Deparment of Economics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Personality Psychology, Yerevan State University, Yerevan 0025, Armenia
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
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- School of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7049, Norway
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- Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping 58183, Sweden
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- Academic and Research Laboratory of Neurotechnology, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg 620075, Russia
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- School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3216, Australia
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Departments of Political Science and Communication Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EL, UK
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- Psychology of Sustainability and Behavior Change, University of Basel, Basel 4055, Switzerland
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Behavioral Economics and Engineering Group, KU Leuven, Leuven 3000, Belgium
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- Management & Organizations, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
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- John E. Walker Department of Economics, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 8544, USA
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- School of Business and Creative Industries, University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, BNE 4556, Australia
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Centre for Human Brain Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Marketing, Bocconi University, Milan 20136, Italy
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- Department of Communication Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1081 HV, Netherlands
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- Institute of Management and Organization, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lueneburg 21337, Germany
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- MIT Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 2139, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute, Mwanza, Tanzania
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- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- Department of Social, Organizational, & Economic Psychology, University of Hildesheim, Hildesheim 31141, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA 1003, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA
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- Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Innovation (RCGI), University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil
- Department of Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-030, Brazil
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- Department of Civil and Water Resources Engineering School of Engineering and Technology, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
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- Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
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- Department of Communication Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1001 NG, Netherlands
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- Institut Jean Nicod, Département d’études cognitives, ENS, EHESS, PSL University, CNRS, Paris 75005, France
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- School of Culture and Society–Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
- Neuropsychopharmacology and Biopsychology Unit, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Brussels 1050, Belgium
- Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels 1312, Belgium
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- School of Psychology, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
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- Department of Management, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, University of Cordoba, Cordoba 14071, Spain
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- Département d’études cognitives, Institut Jean Nicod ENS, EHESS, PSL University, CNRS, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Laboratorio de Neurociencia, Escuela de Negocios, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires C1428 CABA, Argentina
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- College of Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 800, Taiwan
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- College of Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 800, Taiwan
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- Department of Psychology and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Environmental Psychology, Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 17177, Sweden
- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm 11419, Sweden
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- Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- National Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Jinja, Uganda
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- Department of Psychology, Kadir Has University, İstanbul 34083, Turkey
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- Department of Psychology, Marmara University, İstanbul 34722, Turkey
- Department of Psychology, Üsküdar University, İstanbul 34662, Turkey
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- Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona 8005, Spain
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- Department of Political Science, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 2115, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 185, Italy
- IRCCS, Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome 142, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
- Institute of Psychology, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice 40-007, Poland
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- Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen 72076, Germany
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- Dirección Académica, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede de La Paz, Cesar, Colombia
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- Psychological Science, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 91711, USA
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- Institute of Management and Organization, Leuphana University Lueneburg, Lueneburg 21337, Germany
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- School of Business, International University, Vietnam National University HCMC, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam
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- Department of Psychobioloogy and Methodology of Heath Sciences, Universitat Autònima de Barcelona, Barcelona 8193, Spain
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- Center for Health and Biological Sciences, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo 01221-040, Brazil
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, 20057, USA
- Center for Computational Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Villavicencio, Colombia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty for Social and Educational Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7491, Norway
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- Department of Psychology and Psychotherapy, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten 58455, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo 1020083, Japan
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo 1658555, Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Management, Prague University of Economics and Business, Prague 13067, Czech Republic
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- Department of People Management and Organization, Universitat Ramon Llull, Esade Business School, Barcelona 8034, Spain
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- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada
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- School of Economics & Finance, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, UK
- School of Philosophical, Anthropological and Film Studies, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9AJ, UK
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- Department of Communication, Amsterdam School of Communication Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1018WV, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Widener University, Chester 19013, USA
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- Department of Cognitive Psychology, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg 20146, Germany
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science, London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Harvard Business School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 2163, USA
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- Department of Social Psychology, Reichman University (RUNI), Herzliya 4610101, Israel
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- Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway
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- Research Center for Digital Transformation, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Lüneburg 21335, Germany
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- Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
- Danish Research Institute of Translational Neuroscience (DANDRITE), Aarhus University, Aarhus 8000, Denmark
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- Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
- Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 2467, USA
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- Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
- Faculty of Philosophy, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, Trnava 917 01, Slovakia
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- School of Medicine and Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 200, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22902, USA
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- Department of Sociology, University of Bern, Bern 3012, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences/Psychology, Tampere University, Tampere FI-33014, Finland
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- Department of Psychology, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
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- Psychology and Neuroscience, Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society, Boston College, Brighton, MA 2135, USA
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- UQ Business School, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4067, Australia
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- Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padova, Padua 35131, Italy
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- Department of Management and Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping 58183, Sweden
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- School of Business and Management, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Institute for the Study of Power, Crime, and Society | Department of Law & Criminology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW200EX, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Üsküdar University, Istanbul 34664, Turkey
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- Department of Public and International Affairs, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon 999077, Hong Kong
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- Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw 50-120, Poland
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- Research Department, The South Ural University of Technology, Chelyabinsk 454052, Russia
- Laboratory of Interdisciplinary Space Studies, School for Environmental and Social Studies, Tyumen State University, Tyumen 625003, Russia
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg 5037 AB, Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, University of Latvia, Riga 1083, Latvia
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- Division of Psychology, Linköping University, Linköping 58183, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim 7049, Norway
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- Department of Marketing Communication and Public Relations, Charles University, Prague 11000, Czech Republic
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- Department of Sociology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń 87-100, Poland
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- Jigsaw, Google, New York, NY 10011, USA
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- Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Climate and Energy Policy Research Lab, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India
- School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3086, Australia
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- School of Psychology and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
- Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw 00-183, Poland
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- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
- Department of Strategy and Management, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen 5045, Norway
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Rockström J, Kotzé L, Milutinović S, Biermann F, Brovkin V, Donges J, Ebbesson J, French D, Gupta J, Kim R, Lenton T, Lenzi D, Nakicenovic N, Neumann B, Schuppert F, Winkelmann R, Bosselmann K, Folke C, Lucht W, Schlosberg D, Richardson K, Steffen W. The planetary commons: A new paradigm for safeguarding Earth-regulating systems in the Anthropocene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2301531121. [PMID: 38252839 PMCID: PMC10835110 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2301531121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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The Anthropocene signifies the start of a no-analogue trajectory of the Earth system that is fundamentally different from the Holocene. This new trajectory is characterized by rising risks of triggering irreversible and unmanageable shifts in Earth system functioning. We urgently need a new global approach to safeguard critical Earth system regulating functions more effectively and comprehensively. The global commons framework is the closest example of an existing approach with the aim of governing biophysical systems on Earth upon which the world collectively depends. Derived during stable Holocene conditions, the global commons framework must now evolve in the light of new Anthropocene dynamics. This requires a fundamental shift from a focus only on governing shared resources beyond national jurisdiction, to one that secures critical functions of the Earth system irrespective of national boundaries. We propose a new framework-the planetary commons-which differs from the global commons framework by including not only globally shared geographic regions but also critical biophysical systems that regulate the resilience and state, and therefore livability, on Earth. The new planetary commons should articulate and create comprehensive stewardship obligations through Earth system governance aimed at restoring and strengthening planetary resilience and justice.
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- Johan Rockström
- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam14473, Germany
- Institute for Earth and Environment, University of Potsdam, Potsdam14476, Germany
- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm10691, Sweden
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- Faculty of Law, North-West University, Potchefstroom2531, South Africa
- Law School, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, Lincoln LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
- Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center Potsdam, Potsdam14467, Germany
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg20146, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam14473, Germany
- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm10691, Sweden
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- Department of Law, Stockholm University, Stockholm11419, Sweden
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- College of Health and Science, University of Lincoln, LincolnLN6 7TS, United Kingdom
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam1012 WP, The Netherlands
- International Institute for Infrastructural Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering (IHE) Delft Institute for Water Education, Delft2611 AX, The Netherlands
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- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Utrecht3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter, ExeterEX4 4QE, United Kingdom
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- Department of Philosophy, University of Twente, Enschede7522 NB, The Netherlands
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- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, LaxenburgA-2361, Austria
- Vienna University of Technology, Vienna1040, Austria
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- Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, Research Institute for Sustainability Helmholtz Center Potsdam, Potsdam14467, Germany
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam14473, Germany
- Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Jena07745, Germany
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- Faculty of Law, University of Auckland, Auckland1142, New Zealand
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm10691, Sweden
- Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, StockholmSE-10405, Sweden
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- Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam14473, Germany
- Department of Geography, Humboldt University, Berlin12489, Germany
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- Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Camperdown NSW2050, Australia
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- Globe Institute, Faculty of Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen1172, Denmark
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT2601, Australia
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Allen C, Biddulph A, Wiedmann T, Pedercini M, Malekpour S. Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages. Nat Commun 2024; 15:594. [PMID: 38238302 PMCID: PMC10796343 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44655-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2024] Open
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There is an urgent need to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recent research has identified six critical transformations. It is important to demonstrate how these transformations could be practically accelerated in a national context and what their combined effects would be. Here we bridge national systems modelling with transformation storylines to provide an analysis of a Six Transformations Pathway for Australia. We explore important policies to accelerate progress, synergies and trade-offs, and conditions that determine policy success. We find that implementing policy packages to accelerate each transformation would boost performance on the SDGs by 2030 (+23% above the baseline). Policymakers can maximize transformation synergies through investments in energy decarbonization, resilience, social protection, and sustainable food systems, while managing trade-offs for income and employment. To overcome resistance to transformations, ambitious policy action will need to be underpinned by technological, social, and political enabling conditions.
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- Cameron Allen
- Sustainability Assessment Program, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
- Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Sustainability Assessment Program, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Sustainability Assessment Program, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia
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- Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Daugaard D, Kent D, Servátka M, Zhang L. Optimistic framing increases responsible investment of investment professionals. Sci Rep 2024; 14:583. [PMID: 38182708 PMCID: PMC10770144 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-50965-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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The global warming crisis is unlikely to abate while the world continues to collectively fund the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. Carbon divestment is urgently needed to ward off the impending climate emergency. Yet responsible investments still only account for a modest share of global assets. We conduct an incentivized artefactual field experiment to test whether framing divestment as a social norm, communicating it by a person with perceived credibility and expertise (a messenger), and highlighting optimistic attributes bolster responsible investment. Our subjects are investment professionals who have significant influence over the allocation of funds. We provide evidence that optimistic framing increases responsible investment. Assuming a comparable effect size, the observed increase would represent a $3.6 trillion USD global shift in asset allocations.
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- Discipline of Finance, University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
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- MQBS Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia
- University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- MQBS Experimental Economics Laboratory, Department of Economics, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, North Ryde, Australia
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Efferson C, Richerson PJ, Weinberger VP. Our fragile future under the cumulative cultural evolution of two technologies. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220257. [PMID: 37952623 PMCID: PMC10645086 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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We derive and analyse a model with unusual features characterizing human activities over the long-run. First, human population dynamics draw heavily on consumer-resource modelling in ecology in that humans must consume biological resources to produce new humans. Second, the model also draws heavily from economic growth theory in that humans do not simply consume biological resources; they also produce the resources they consume. Finally, humans use two types of technology. Consumption technology affects the rate at which humans can extract resources. Production technology controls how effectively humans convert labour into new resources. The dynamics of both types of technology are subject to cumulative cultural evolutionary processes that allow both technological progress and regress. The resulting model exhibits a wide range of dynamical regimes. That said, the system is routinely sensitive to initial conditions, with wildly different outcomes given the same parameter values. Moreover, the system exhibits a basic fragility in the sense that human activities often lead to the endogenous extinction of the human species. This can happen gently, or it can follow periods of explosive human activity with super-exponential growth that ends in collapse. This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
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- Charles Efferson
- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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- Center for Resilience, Adaptation and Mitigation (CReAM), Universidad Mayor, Temuco, 4801043, Chile
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von Flüe L, Efferson C, Vogt S. Green preferences sustain greenwashing: challenges in the cultural transition to a sustainable future. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220268. [PMID: 37952622 PMCID: PMC10645117 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Discussions of the environmental impact that revolve around monetary incentives and other easy-to-measure factors are important, but they neglect culture. Pro-environmental values will be crucial when facing sustainability challenges in the Anthropocene, and demand among green consumers is arguably critical to incentivise sustainable production. However, owing to asymmetric information, consumers might not know whether the premium they pay for green production is well-spent. Reliable monitoring of manufacturers is meant to solve this problem. To see how this might work, we develop and analyse a game theoretic model of a simple buyer-seller exchange with asymmetric information, and our analysis shows that greenwashing can exist exactly because reliable monitoring co-exists with unreliable monitoring. More broadly, promoting pro-environmental values among consumers might even amplify the problem at times because a manufacturer with significant market power can exploit both consumer preferences for sustainability and trustworthy monitoring to gouge prices and in extreme cases green wash in plain sight. We discuss several strategies to address this problem. Promoting accurate beliefs and a large-scale behavioural change based on pro-environmental values might be necessary for a rapid transition to a sustainable future, but recent evidence from the cultural evolution literature highlights many important challenges. This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
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- Lukas von Flüe
- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 1015, Switzerland
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Richerson PJ, Boyd RT, Efferson C. Agentic processes in cultural evolution: relevance to Anthropocene sustainability. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220252. [PMID: 37952614 PMCID: PMC10645076 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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Humans have evolved culturally and perhaps genetically to be unsustainable. We exhibit a deep and consistent pattern of short-term resource exploitation behaviours and institutions. We distinguish agentic and naturally selective forces in cultural evolution. Agentic forces are quite important compared to the blind forces (random variation and natural selection) in cultural evolution and gene-culture coevolution. We need to use the agentic policy-making processes to evade the impact of blind natural selection. We argue that agentic forces became important during our Pleistocene history and into the Anthropocene present. Human creativity in the form of deliberate innovations and the deliberate selective diffusion of technical and social advances drove this process forward for a long time before planetary limits became a serious issue. We review models with multiple positive feedbacks that roughly fit this observed pattern. Policy changes in the case of large-scale existential threats like climate change are made by political and diplomatic agents grasping and moving levers of institutional power in order to avoid the operation of blind natural selection and agentic forces driven by narrow or short-term goals. This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
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- Peter J. Richerson
- Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, 95616, CA, USA
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- School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University, Tempe, 85281, AZ, USA
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- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Lenton TM, Scheffer M. Spread of the cycles: a feedback perspective on the Anthropocene. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220254. [PMID: 37952624 PMCID: PMC10645129 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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What propelled the human 'revolutions' that started the Anthropocene? and what could speed humanity out of trouble? Here, we focus on the role of reinforcing feedback cycles, often comprised of diverse, unrelated elements (e.g. fire, grass, humans), in propelling abrupt and/or irreversible, revolutionary changes. We suggest that differential 'spread of the cycles' has been critical to the past human revolutions of fire use, agriculture, rise of complex states and industrialization. For each revolution, we review and map out proposed reinforcing feedback cycles, and describe how new systems built on previous ones, propelling us into the Anthropocene. We argue that to escape a bleak Anthropocene will require abruptly shifting from existing unsustainable 'vicious cycles', to alternative sustainable 'virtuous cycles' that can outspread and outpersist them. This will need to be complemented by a revolutionary cultural shift from maximizing growth to maximizing persistence (sustainability). To achieve that we suggest that non-human elements need to be brought back into the feedback cycles underlying human cultures and associated measures of progress. This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
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- Wageningen University, Wageningen NL-6700 AA, The Netherlands
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Currie TE, Borgerhoff Mulder M, Fogarty L, Schlüter M, Folke C, Haider LJ, Caniglia G, Tavoni A, Jansen REV, Jørgensen PS, Waring TM. Integrating evolutionary theory and social-ecological systems research to address the sustainability challenges of the Anthropocene. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2024; 379:20220262. [PMID: 37952618 PMCID: PMC10645068 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023] Open
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The rapid, human-induced changes in the Earth system during the Anthropocene present humanity with critical sustainability challenges. Social-ecological systems (SES) research provides multiple approaches for understanding the complex interactions between humans, social systems, and environments and how we might direct them towards healthier and more resilient futures. However, general theories of SES change have yet to be fully developed. Formal evolutionary theory has been applied as a dynamic theory of change of complex phenomena in biology and the social sciences, but rarely in SES research. In this paper, we explore the connections between both fields, hoping to foster collaboration. After sketching out the distinct intellectual traditions of SES research and evolutionary theory, we map some of their terminological and theoretical connections. We then provide examples of how evolutionary theory might be incorporated into SES research through the use of systems mapping to identify evolutionary processes in SES, the application of concepts from evolutionary developmental biology to understand the connections between systems changes and evolutionary changes, and how evolutionary thinking may help design interventions for beneficial change. Integrating evolutionary theory and SES research can lead to a better understanding of SES changes and positive interventions for a more sustainable Anthropocene. This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolution and sustainability: gathering the strands for an Anthropocene synthesis'.
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- Thomas E. Currie
- Human Behaviour and Cultural Evolution Group, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn TR10 9FE, UK
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- Department of Anthropology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
- Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM 87506, USA
- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, A-3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Department of Economics, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy
- Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, London WC2A 2AE, UK
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- Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
- Global Economic Dynamics and the Biosphere, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions and School of Economics, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5710, USA
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Howard C, Moineau G, Poitras J, Redvers N, Mahmood J, Eissa M, Al Qodmani L, Potter T, Green S, Guzman CAF. Seeding a planetary health education revolution: institutional sign-on challenge. Lancet 2023; 402:2173-2176. [PMID: 38000382 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)02526-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023]
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- Courtney Howard
- Global Climate and Health Alliance, Canada; Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Stanton Territorial Hospital, Yellowknife, NT X1A 0H1, Canada; Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada; Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada; Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation, Yellowknife, NT, Canada
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- Sunway Center for Planetary Health, Sunway University, Selangor, Malaysia
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- University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minnesota, MN, USA
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- Unity Health, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Family and Community Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Interamerican Center for Global Health, Brunca Region, Costa Rica; University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA; Planetary Health Alliance, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Bellamy R. Public perceptions of climate tipping points. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (BRISTOL, ENGLAND) 2023; 32:1033-1047. [PMID: 37377214 PMCID: PMC10631267 DOI: 10.1177/09636625231177820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Coverage of climate tipping points has rapidly increased over the past 20 years. Despite this upsurge, there has been precious little research into how the public perceives these abrupt and/or irreversible large-scale risks. This article provides a nationally representative view on public perceptions of climate tipping points and possible societal responses to them (n = 1773). Developing a mixed-methods survey with cultural cognition theory, it shows that awareness among the British public is low. The public is doubtful about the future effectiveness of humanity's response to climate change in general, and significantly more doubtful about its response to tipping points specifically. Significantly more people with an egalitarian worldview judge tipping points likely to be crossed and to be a significant threat to humanity. All possible societal responses received strong support. The article ends by considering the prospects for 'cultural tipping elements' to tip support for climate policies across divergent cultural worldviews.
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Huo J, Meng J, Zheng H, Parikh P, Guan D. Achieving decent living standards in emerging economies challenges national mitigation goals for CO 2 emissions. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6342. [PMID: 37816741 PMCID: PMC10564770 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42079-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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Emerging economies, low- and middle-income countries experiencing rapid population and GDP growth, face the challenge of improving their living standards while stabilizing CO2 emissions to meet net-zero goals. In this study, we quantify the CO2 emissions required for achieving decent living standards (DLS) in emerging economies. The results show that, compared to other regions, achieving DLS in emerging Asian and African economies will result in more additional CO2 emissions, particularly in the DLS indicators of Mobility and Electricity. Achievement of DLS in emerging economies will result in 8.6 Gt of additional CO2 emissions, which should not jeopardize global climate targets. However, a concerning trend arises as more than half of the emerging economies (62 out of 121) will face substantial challenges in aligning their expected emission growth for achieving DLS with their national emission mitigation targets.
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- Jingwen Huo
- Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
- The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Caggiano H, Constantino SM, Lees J, Majumdar R, Weber EU. Community-engaged research is best positioned to catalyze systemic change. Behav Brain Sci 2023; 46:e152. [PMID: 37646276 DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x23001024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Addressing many social challenges requires both structural and behavioral change. The binary of an i- and s-frame obscures how behavioral science can help foster bottom-up collective action. Adopting a community-frame perspective moves toward a more integrative view of how social change emerges, and how it might be promoted by policymakers and publics in service of addressing challenges like climate change.
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- Holly Caggiano
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
- School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Debnath R, Creutzig F, Sovacool BK, Shuckburgh E. Harnessing human and machine intelligence for planetary-level climate action. NPJ CLIMATE ACTION 2023; 2:20. [PMID: 38694954 PMCID: PMC11062317 DOI: 10.1038/s44168-023-00056-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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The ongoing global race for bigger and better artificial intelligence (AI) systems is expected to have a profound societal and environmental impact by altering job markets, disrupting business models, and enabling new governance and societal welfare structures that can affect global consensus for climate action pathways. However, the current AI systems are trained on biased datasets that could destabilize political agencies impacting climate change mitigation and adaptation decisions and compromise social stability, potentially leading to societal tipping events. Thus, the appropriate design of a less biased AI system that reflects both direct and indirect effects on societies and planetary challenges is a question of paramount importance. In this paper, we tackle the question of data-centric knowledge generation for climate action in ways that minimize biased AI. We argue for the need to co-align a less biased AI with an epistemic web on planetary health challenges for more trustworthy decision-making. A human-in-the-loop AI can be designed to align with three goals. First, it can contribute to a planetary epistemic web that supports climate action. Second, it can directly enable mitigation and adaptation interventions through knowledge of social tipping elements. Finally, it can reduce the data injustices associated with AI pretraining datasets.
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- Ramit Debnath
- Cambridge Zero and Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FD United Kingdom
- Division of Humanities and Social Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125 USA
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- Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, 10829 Germany
- Technical University Berlin, Berlin, 10827 Germany
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- Center for Energy Technologies, Department of Business Development and Technology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
- Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School, Brighton, United Kingdom
- Institute for Global Sustainability, Department of Earth and Environment, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Cambridge Zero and Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0FD United Kingdom
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Rousseau DD, Bagniewski W, Lucarini V. A punctuated equilibrium analysis of the climate evolution of cenozoic exhibits a hierarchy of abrupt transitions. Sci Rep 2023; 13:11290. [PMID: 37438407 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38454-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023] Open
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The Earth's climate has experienced numerous critical transitions during its history, which have often been accompanied by massive and rapid changes in the biosphere. Such transitions are evidenced in various proxy records covering different timescales. The goal is then to identify, date, characterize, and rank past critical transitions in terms of importance, thus possibly yielding a more thorough perspective on climatic history. To illustrate such an approach, which is inspired by the punctuated equilibrium perspective on the theory of evolution, we have analyzed 2 key high-resolution datasets: the CENOGRID marine compilation (past 66 Myr), and North Atlantic U1308 record (past 3.3 Myr). By combining recurrence analysis of the individual time series with a multivariate representation of the system based on the theory of the quasi-potential, we identify the key abrupt transitions associated with major regime changes that separate various clusters of climate variability. This allows interpreting the time-evolution of the system as a trajectory taking place in a dynamical landscape, whose multiscale features describe a hierarchy of metastable states and associated tipping points.
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- Denis-Didier Rousseau
- Géosciences Montpellier, Université Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
- Institute of Physics-CSE, Division of Geochronology and Environmental Isotopes, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland.
- Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, USA.
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure-Paris Sciences et Lettres, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, Paris, France
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- Centre for the Mathematics of Planet Earth, University of Reading, Reading, UK
- School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Neurohr AL, Pasch N, Otto S, Möller A. Measuring adolescents' level of interest in nature: a promising psychological factor facilitating nature protection. Front Psychol 2023; 14:1186557. [PMID: 37416546 PMCID: PMC10321522 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1186557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Studies indicate that young people are more prepared to engage in pro-environmental behavior if they are interested in nature and recognize it as worthy of protection. However, a reliable instrument to measure adolescents' interest in nature is still lacking. Therefore, we developed a new metric, the Scale of Interest in Nature (SIN). It consists of 18 items, is based on Item-Response-Theory and was validated using the known group approach (N = 351 adolescents). Results indicate that adolescents' interest in nature correlates positively with their connection with nature, their intention to preserve nature and engagement in pro-environmental activities in their free time. Bivariate Pearson correlations between the SIN and the Connectedness to Nature Scale (INS), as well as the Environmental Values model (2-MEV) demonstrated the scale's construct validity. Hence, the SIN scale provides an economical way to measure adolescents' interest in nature in research contexts or environmental and sustainability education settings.
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- Anna-Lena Neurohr
- Austrian Educational Competence Centre for Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Biology Education, University of Trier, Trier, Germany
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- Department of Sustainable Development and Change, University of Hohenheim, Hohenheim, Germany
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- Austrian Educational Competence Centre for Biology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Allen C, Malekpour S. Unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs: a review of existing knowledge. SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE 2023; 18:1-22. [PMID: 37363307 PMCID: PMC10237530 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-023-01342-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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As we cross the 2030 deadline to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a growing sense of urgency around the need to accelerate the necessary transformations. These encompass a broad range of systems and require fundamental changes in system goals and design. In this paper, we undertake a narrative review of the literature relating to the acceleration of transformations and offer a framework for unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs. While there is no blueprint for acceleration, there is an expanding knowledge base on important dynamics, impediments and enabling conditions across diverse literatures which can help to inform strategic interventions by actors. The emerging literature on positive tipping points and deep leverage points identifies opportunities to rewire systems design so that important system feedbacks create the conditions for acceleration. Transformation takes time and actors will need to build momentum to reorient systems around new goals, informed by knowledge of common policy, technology and behavioural feedbacks that govern system dynamics. Where resistance is strong, actors can seek to augment system design in ways that weaken balancing feedbacks that stabilise existing system configurations and strengthen reinforcing feedbacks that promote emerging system configurations oriented towards the SDGs. Well-designed and sequenced interventions can promote innovation and behaviour change and build and maintain political support. This can build critical enabling conditions and push systems towards large-scale tipping points, paving the way for decisive policy action that is crucial for triggering acceleration. We conclude by highlighting gaps and priorities for further research.
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- Cameron Allen
- Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
- Sustainability Assessment Program, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
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- Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC Australia
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Mezger NCS, Eickel F, Lorenz R, Griesel M. [Sustainability in private surgical practice-A narrative review]. COLOPROCTOLOGY 2023; 45:1-10. [PMID: 37362611 PMCID: PMC10158674 DOI: 10.1007/s00053-023-00711-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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Background Surgery is contributing to the climate crisis, not least in the outpatient sector. The present publication aims to identify the challenges this poses, and to provide clear, preferably evidence-based recommendations on environmental protection while simultaneously reducing costs. Method Narrative review with a non-systematic search and selection in PubMed/MEDLINE and grey area literature as well as expert interviews. Results Numerous primary articles, evidence syntheses, practical recommendations for action and checklists were identified and two experts were interviewed. Environmental issues were identified in the production and procurement, transport of people and goods, usage of materials, pharmaceuticals including anesthetic gases and energy consumption in the outpatient practice and also in disposal, recycling, and sterilization. High-quality publications do not describe a lack of knowledge on alternatives but on a lack of implementation in clinical practice. Therefore, the identified issues were classified in the 5‑R scheme (reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, research) to present recommendations for action, which are synergetic in terms of cost reduction, patient and staff satisfaction. Furthermore, changes in regulatory frameworks are discussed. Conclusion Outpatient surgery comes with relevant consumption of resources and carbon emissions. There are numerous opportunities for action that combine environmental protection with cost reduction as well as patient and staff satisfaction. Incentives, guidelines, and legal framework conditions are needed for comprehensive environmental protection in the private sector.
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- Nikolaus Christian Simon Mezger
- Institut für Medizinische Epidemiologie, Biometrie und Informatik, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Deutschland
- Global and Public Health Department, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Schweden
- Centre for Planetary Health Policy (CPHP), c/o KLUG – Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit e. V., Cuvrystr. 1, 10997 Berlin, Deutschland
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Simon J, Parisi S, Wabnitz K, Simmenroth A, Schwienhorst-Stich EM. Ten characteristics of high-quality planetary health education-Results from a qualitative study with educators, students as educators and study deans at medical schools in Germany. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1143751. [PMID: 37181714 PMCID: PMC10166869 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1143751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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Aim The climate and ecological crises are considered fundamental threats to human health. Healthcare workers in general and doctors in particular can contribute as change agents in mitigation and adaptation. Planetary health education (PHE) aims to harness this potential. This study explores perspectives among stakeholders involved in PHE at German medical schools on the characteristics of high-quality PHE and compares them to existing PHE frameworks. Methods In 2021, we conducted a qualitative interview study with stakeholders from German medical schools involved in PHE. Three different groups were eligible: faculty members, medical students actively involved in PHE, and study deans of medical schools. Recruitment was performed through national PHE networks and snowball sampling. Thematic qualitative text analysis according to Kuckartz was used for the analysis. Results were systematically compared to three existing PHE frameworks. Results A total of 20 participants (13 female) from 15 different medical schools were interviewed. Participants covered a wide range of professional backgrounds and experience in PHE education. The analysis revealed ten key themes: (1) Complexity and systems thinking, (2) inter- and transdisciplinarity, (3) ethical dimension, (4) responsibility of health professionals, (5) transformative competencies including practical skills, (6) space for reflection and resilience building, (7) special role of students, (8) need for curricular integration, (9) innovative and proven didactic methods, and (10) education as a driver of innovation. Six of our themes showed substantial overlap with existing PHE frameworks. Two of our themes were only mentioned in one of the frameworks, and two others were not explicitly mentioned. Few important elements of the frameworks did not emerge from our data. Conclusions In the light of increased attention regarding the connections of the climate and ecological crises and health, our results can be useful for anyone working toward the integration of planetary health into medical schools' and any health professions' curricula and should be considered when designing and implementing new educational activities.
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- Johanna Simon
- Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of General Practice/Family Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Teaching Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Medical Teaching and Medical Education Research, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Pörtner HO, Scholes RJ, Arneth A, Barnes DKA, Burrows MT, Diamond SE, Duarte CM, Kiessling W, Leadley P, Managi S, McElwee P, Midgley G, Ngo HT, Obura D, Pascual U, Sankaran M, Shin YJ, Val AL. Overcoming the coupled climate and biodiversity crises and their societal impacts. Science 2023; 380:eabl4881. [PMID: 37079687 DOI: 10.1126/science.abl4881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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Earth's biodiversity and human societies face pollution, overconsumption of natural resources, urbanization, demographic shifts, social and economic inequalities, and habitat loss, many of which are exacerbated by climate change. Here, we review links among climate, biodiversity, and society and develop a roadmap toward sustainability. These include limiting warming to 1.5°C and effectively conserving and restoring functional ecosystems on 30 to 50% of land, freshwater, and ocean "scapes." We envision a mosaic of interconnected protected and shared spaces, including intensively used spaces, to strengthen self-sustaining biodiversity, the capacity of people and nature to adapt to and mitigate climate change, and nature's contributions to people. Fostering interlinked human, ecosystem, and planetary health for a livable future urgently requires bold implementation of transformative policy interventions through interconnected institutions, governance, and social systems from local to global levels.
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- H-O Pörtner
- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
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- Global Change Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Atmospheric Environmental Research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, Cambridge, UK
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- Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, Argyll, UK
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- Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Red Sea Research Centre (RSRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
- Computational Bioscience Research Centre (CBRC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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- Geozentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Systématique Evolution, Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, 91400 Orsay, France
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- Urban Institute, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Global Change Biology Group, Botany and Zoology Department, University of Stellenbosch, 7600 Stellenbosch, South Africa
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- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn, Germany
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, Rome, Italy
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- Coastal Oceans Research and Development-Indian Ocean (CORDIO) East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya
- Global Climate Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), Leioa, Spain
- Basque Foundation for Science (Ikerbasque), Bilbao, Spain
- Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bellary Road, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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- Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation and Conservation (MARBEC), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Université Montpellier, Insititut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER), CNRS, 34000 Montpellier, France
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- Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, 69080-971 Manaus, Brazil
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Durgan J, Rodríguez‐Martínez M, Rouse B. Green Labs: a guide to developing sustainable science in your organization. Immunol Cell Biol 2023; 101:289-301. [PMID: 36695559 PMCID: PMC10952186 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Scientific research plays a vital role for society, but carries a significant environmental footprint, involving intensive use of energy and resources. Scientists are well placed to understand the unfolding climate and ecological crises, but may not appreciate how heavily their research, and other work-related activities, contribute to emissions and pollution. With the consequences of climate change and ecological breakdown playing out in real time, scientists now have an important, urgent role to play in catalyzing solutions. Here, we explore how research organizations can reduce their environmental impact, share useful resources and encourage the global community to engage in making science more sustainable.
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- Administration & OperationsEMBL HeidelbergHeidelbergGermany
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Weber A, Kroiss K, Reismann L, Jansen P, Hirschfelder G, Sedlmeier AM, Stein MJ, Bohmann P, Leitzmann MF, Jochem C. Health-Promoting and Sustainable Behavior in University Students in Germany: A Cross-Sectional Study. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:5238. [PMID: 37047853 PMCID: PMC10094390 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20075238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 03/13/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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Health-promoting and sustainable behaviors, such as active transportation and sustainable diets, are associated with positive effects on human health and the environment. In order to unlock the potential of university students as key actors and multipliers, it is of interest to investigate their level of knowledge about the health effects of climate change and their willingness toward and implementation of health-promoting and sustainable behaviors. In November 2021, an online survey was conducted among students at the University of Regensburg, Germany. A total of 3756 participants (response rate 18%; mean age 23 years; 69% women) provided valid data. A large proportion of medical students (48%) considered themselves well-informed about the health-related effects of climate change, while only a small proportion (22%) of students within economic/computer/data sciences and law felt informed. Most participants knew about the impact of climate change on malnutrition (78%), but considerably fewer were aware of its impact on cardiovascular diseases (52%). Participants who considered themselves informed were consistently more willing to engage in climate-friendly behavior, and this willingness was also reflected in their actions, as they simultaneously promoted a healthy lifestyle. Across all academic disciplines, there is a strong need for knowledge transfer regarding topics that combine health and sustainable development.
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- Andrea Weber
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Languages, Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Howard C, MacNeill AJ, Hughes F, Alqodmani L, Charlesworth K, de Almeida R, Harris R, Jochum B, Maibach E, Maki L, McGain F, Miller J, Nirmala M, Pencheon D, Robertson S, Sherman JD, Vipond J, Yin H, Montgomery H. Learning to treat the climate emergency together: social tipping interventions by the health community. Lancet Planet Health 2023; 7:e251-e264. [PMID: 36889866 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(23)00022-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Accelerating the decarbonisation of local and national economies is a profound public health imperative. As trusted voices within communities around the world, health professionals and health organisations have enormous potential to influence the social and policy landscape in support of decarbonisation. We assembled a multidisciplinary, gender-balanced group of experts from six continents to develop a framework for maximising the social and policy influence of the health community on decarbonisation at the micro levels, meso levels, and macro levels of society. We identify practical, learning-by-doing approaches and networks to implement this strategic framework. Collectively, the actions of health-care workers can shift practice, finance, and power in ways that can transform the public narrative and influence investment, activate socioeconomic tipping points, and catalyse the rapid decarbonisation needed to protect health and health systems.
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- Courtney Howard
- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, York University, Toronto, Canada; Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Climate Risk and Net Zero Unit, New South Wales Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Instituto Ideia Ambiental, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil; Federal University of Latin American Integration, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia; CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Center for Climate Change Communication, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Western Health, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Global Climate and Health Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Health and Sustainable Development, Medical and Health School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
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- Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada; Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA; Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- CODA Change, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Intensive Care Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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Roy A, Dutta T, Li Y, Dong X. Human development at the cost of the environment?-an application of planetary pressures-adjusted human development index in the lens of planetary boundaries. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:32383-32405. [PMID: 36462081 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-24399-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The human development index (HDI) was an important step toward a more human-oriented assessment of socioeconomic prosperity. Nevertheless, at the onset of the anthropocene, the environmental pillar of sustainable development is indispensable. This work aims to understand this conundrum of human development and its environmental cost or pressure through the use of the planetary pressures-adjusted human development index (PHDI) as well as introduce another modified version, planetary pressures, and inequality-adjusted human development index (PIHDI). PHDI incorporates two biophysical consumption-based indicators (CO2 emissions and material footprint, MF) as a proxy of environmental pressures into traditionally socioeconomic development-focused HDI. This work spans 164 nations and 27 years (1990-2016). Various statistical techniques such as Pearson's correlation, hierarchical clustering (HCA), generalised additive modelling (GAM), data envelopment analysis (DEA), linear regression, and ARIMA forecasting have been used to explore interrelationships, non-linearity, efficiency analysis, and future projections (up to 2030) and delve into two scenarios: high human development and for human development permitted only within the two planetary boundaries (PBs) (viz. climate change and material footprint) and their consequences when exceeded. Though most of the countries with high PHDI and PIHDI scores are from the global north and have a high income, it is also possible to attain human development (i.e. increase PHDI and PIHDI scores) without overexploiting biophysical resources. From 2016, human development scores could increase by 55-63% (climate change) or 30-46% (material consumption) within a safe operating space in 2030. Without the required focus on the environment, aiming for a superior score in PHDI and PIHDI could result in 43-58% (CO2 emissions) or 57-58% (material footprint) of countries that would exceed PB. Based on the outcome of this work, it can be recommended that governments and policymakers that it is well within the limits of feasibility as well as necessary to make human socioeconomic development aspire to sustainability to address the needs of humanity, while respecting the well-being of the surrounding biosphere.
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- Ajishnu Roy
- School of Geographical Sciences and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- Vanasiri Evolutionary Ecology Lab, School of Biology, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Maruthamala, Vithura, Kerala, 695551, India
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- School of Geographical Sciences and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
- Centre for Climate and Environmental Changes, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China
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- School of Geographical Sciences and Remote Sensing, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
- Centre for Climate and Environmental Changes, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, 510006, People's Republic of China.
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Transitions to plant-based diets: the role of societal tipping points. Curr Opin Food Sci 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cofs.2023.101015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Smith JN, Yapp L, Kipouros T. Very rapid decarbonization of primary care: could learning from COVID pandemic help us prepare? Fam Pract 2023:cmac143. [PMID: 36651692 DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmac143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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- James N Smith
- Public Health Education Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Public Health Education Group, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Engineering Design Centre, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Li C, Ju B, Zhang S. Twin-screw extrusion molding of a cellulose-based vitrimer containing a crosslinkable macromolecular plasticizer. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 225:1487-1493. [PMID: 36442549 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cellulose-based vitrimers were prepared using a crosslinkable macromolecular plasticizer and acetylated carboxymethyl cellulose via twin-screw extrusion. The cellulose-based material was toughened by the entanglement between the macromolecular plasticizer segments, and the exudation of the plasticizer was avoided by crosslinking. The prepared materials exhibited excellent hydrophobicity and shape memory properties. The plasticizer was evidently effective, and the reprocessing was completed at 130 °C within 15 min. The materials could be reprocessed at a lower temperature over a short period of time without any obvious degradation. After reprocessing three times, the material performance did not decrease significantly, thus showing good potential for regeneration and recycling.
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- Chang Li
- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Frontiers Science Center for Smart Materials Oriented Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
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Grah C. Klimafreundliches Arbeiten im Gesundheitswesen. PNEUMO NEWS 2023; 15:32-37. [PMID: 37128243 PMCID: PMC10132913 DOI: 10.1007/s15033-023-3477-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- Christian Grah
- Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe Abteilung für Pneumologie & LungenkrebszentrumForschungsinstitut Reallabor Climate Friendly Hospital, Kladower Damm 221, 14089 Berlin, Deutschland
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Mezger NCS, Eickel F, Lorenz R, Griesel M. [Sustainability in private surgical practice-A narrative review]. CHIRURGIE (HEIDELBERG, GERMANY) 2023; 94:199-209. [PMID: 36602565 PMCID: PMC9813892 DOI: 10.1007/s00104-022-01785-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Surgery is contributing to the climate crisis, not least in the outpatient sector. The present publication aims to identify the challenges this poses, and to provide clear, preferably evidence-based recommendations on environmental protection while simultaneously reducing costs. METHOD Narrative review with a non-systematic search and selection in PubMed/MEDLINE and grey area literature as well as expert interviews. RESULTS Numerous primary articles, evidence syntheses, practical recommendations for action and checklists were identified and two experts were interviewed. Environmental issues were identified in the production and procurement, transport of people and goods, usage of materials, pharmaceuticals including anesthetic gases and energy consumption in the outpatient practice and also in disposal, recycling, and sterilization. High-quality publications do not describe a lack of knowledge on alternatives but on a lack of implementation in clinical practice. Therefore, the identified issues were classified in the 5‑R scheme (reduce, reuse, recycle, rethink, research) to present recommendations for action, which are synergetic in terms of cost reduction, patient and staff satisfaction. Furthermore, changes in regulatory frameworks are discussed. CONCLUSION Outpatient surgery comes with relevant consumption of resources and carbon emissions. There are numerous opportunities for action that combine environmental protection with cost reduction as well as patient and staff satisfaction. Incentives, guidelines, and legal framework conditions are needed for comprehensive environmental protection in the private sector.
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- Nikolaus Christian Simon Mezger
- Institut für Medizinische Epidemiologie, Biometrie und Informatik, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Deutschland. .,Global and Public Health Department, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Deutschland. .,Centre for Planetary Health Policy (CPHP), c/o KLUG - Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit e. V., Cuvrystr. 1, 10997, Berlin, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivtherapie, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig, Leipzig, Deutschland
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Gepp S, Jung L, Wabnitz K, Schneider F, V Gierke F, Otto H, Hartmann S, Gemke T, Schulz C, Gabrysch S, Fast M, Schwienhorst-Stich EM. The Planetary Health Academy-a virtual lecture series for transformative education in Germany. Lancet Planet Health 2023; 7:e68-e76. [PMID: 36608952 DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(22)00253-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The planetary crises require health professionals to understand the interlinkages between health and environmental changes, and how to reduce ecological harm (ie, ecological footprint) and promote positive change (ie, ecological handprint). However, health professions' education and training are mostly lacking these aspects. In this Viewpoint, we report findings from the evaluation of the Planetary Health Academy, the first open online lecture series for transformative planetary health education in Germany. In a retrospective online survey, 458 of 3656 Planetary Health Academy participants reported on their emotions towards climate change, attitudes towards health professionals' responsibilities, self-efficacy, and the contribution of the Planetary Health Academy to their knowledge and actions. Additionally, motivators and barriers to acting were assessed. Our findings provide insights that can inform future efforts for transformative education. Combined with network and movement building, education could act as a social tipping element toward actions to mitigate global environmental changes.
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- Sophie Gepp
- Research Department 2, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Public Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany; Centre for Planetary Health Policy, Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Berlin, Germany
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- German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany; Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Centre for Planetary Health Policy, Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Berlin, Germany; Lehrstuhl für Public Health und Versorgungsforschung, Institute for Medical Information Processing, Biometry, and Epidemiology (IBE), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany; Medical Faculty, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- AG Computational Medicine, Berlin Institute of Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany
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- German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany; Medical Faculty, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Research Department 2, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Potsdam, Germany; Institute of Public Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), Berlin, Germany
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- Department of General Practice and Family Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Teaching Clinic of the Faculty of Medicine and Institute of Medical Teaching and Medical Education Research, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Ehret S, Constantino SM, Weber EU, Efferson C, Vogt S. Group identities can undermine social tipping after intervention. Nat Hum Behav 2022; 6:1669-1679. [PMID: 36138223 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01440-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Social tipping can accelerate behaviour change consistent with policy objectives in diverse domains from social justice to climate change. Hypothetically, however, group identities might undermine tipping in ways that policymakers do not anticipate. To examine this, we implemented an experiment around the 2020 US federal elections. The participants faced consistent incentives to coordinate their choices. Once the participants had established a coordination norm, an intervention created pressure to tip to a new norm. Our control treatment used neutral labels for choices. Our identity treatment used partisan political images. This simple pay-off-irrelevant relabelling generated extreme differences. The control groups developed norms slowly before intervention but transitioned to new norms rapidly after intervention. The identity groups developed norms rapidly before intervention but persisted in a state of costly disagreement after intervention. Tipping was powerful but unreliable. It supported striking cultural changes when choice and identity were unlinked, but even a trivial link destroyed tipping entirely.
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- Sönke Ehret
- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
- School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA.
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- School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
- Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
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- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
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- Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
- Nuffield College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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Wang Q, Huang R, Li R. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on research on marine plastic pollution - A bibliometric-based assessment. MARINE POLICY 2022; 146:105285. [PMID: 36120086 PMCID: PMC9464599 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2022.105285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic increase in plastic waste, which has had a huge impact on the environment, including the marine environment. This work aims to evaluate the pattern of national research cooperation, research hotspots, and research evolution before and during the epidemic by systematically reviewing the publications on marine plastic pollution during 2015-2019 (before the pandemic) 2020-2022 (during the pandemic) using the systematic literature review and latent semantic analysis. The results show (i) Compared to pre-pandemic, publications on marine pollution during the COVID-19 pandemic declined briefly and then increased sharply. (ii) Compared with before the pandemic, the national cooperation model has changed during the pandemic, and four major research centers have been formed: Central European countries centered on Italy; Nordic countries centered on United Kingdom; South Korea, India and other developing countries in Asia and Africa and a Pacific Rim country centered on United States and China. (iii) The knowledge map of keyword clustering does not change significantly before and during the COVID-19: ecosystem, spatial distribution, environmental governance and biodegradation. However, there are differences in the sub-category research of the four types of keywords. (iv) The impact of marine plastic on organisms and the governance of marine plastic pollution have become a branch of knowledge that have evolved rapidly during the pandemic. The governance of marine plastic pollution and microplastics are expected to become an important research direction.
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- Qiang Wang
- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, 830046, People's Republic of China
- Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
- Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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- School of Economics and Management, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
- School of Economics and Management, Xinjiang University, Wulumuqi, Xinjiang, 830046, People's Republic of China
- Institute for Energy Economics and Policy, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao 266580, People's Republic of China
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Incorporating human behaviour into Earth system modelling. Nat Hum Behav 2022; 6:1493-1502. [DOI: 10.1038/s41562-022-01478-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Yin J, Guo J. Ecological Effect Assessment of Low-Carbon City Construction in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:14467. [PMID: 36361363 PMCID: PMC9656669 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192114467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2022] [Revised: 11/01/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This paper takes the second batch of low-carbon pilot cities in China as the research object and selects the Urban Health Ecological Index to measure the green development level of cities, aiming to explore and evaluate the theoretical mechanism and policy effect of low-carbon pilot projects to promote the coordinated development of urban economy, society and the environment. The research conclusions show that: ① The low-carbon city pilot project is conducive to support the pilot cities to build a low-carbon industrial system, advocate a low-carbon lifestyle, establish a low-carbon evaluation system, and then play a positive role in promoting the green development level of the city; ② By applying the Propensity Score Matching-Difference in Differences (PSM-DID) model, the empirical analysis finds that after the implementation of the pilot policy, the green development level of low-carbon pilot cities has been significantly improved, and this conclusion is still stable in the parallel trend test, counterfactual test and sample expansion test; ③ In terms of regional heterogeneity, the low-carbon pilot projects have a more significant policy effect on promoting the green development of provincial capitals and eastern cities. Strict administrative supervision in provincial capitals and good economic foundations in eastern cities have had a positive moderating effect on the policy effect of low-carbon pilot projects. Finally, this paper discusses how to realize the ecological effects of low-carbon city pilot projects and put forward some relevant policy suggestions.
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- Juan Yin
- College of Intelligent Science and Control Engineering, Jinling Institute of Technology, Nanjing 211169, China
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- School of Business, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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Schneider F, Neumair M, Lehmkuhl D, Schult A, Ahrend KM, Friedl G, Schulz CM. [Health and investment: How are the 237 billion euro of the German professional pension funds invested?]. ZEITSCHRIFT FUR EVIDENZ, FORTBILDUNG UND QUALITAT IM GESUNDHEITSWESEN 2022; 174:103-110. [PMID: 35987886 DOI: 10.1016/j.zefq.2022.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Exceeding ecological limits through climate crisis, loss of biodiversity, altered biogeochemical cycles and novel substances is dangerous and leads to increased morbidity. Hence, financial assets should be divested from hazardous industries and re-allocated to support the transformation to an economy that keeps activities within ecological limits. The present study investigates how sustainability criteria are applied to the assets of German pension funds. METHODS A survey containing 26 items on 1) business practice, 2) implementation of sustainability strategies, 3) application of ESG criteria to investment decisions, and 4) projects and goals was sent to each and every of 93 German professional pension funds. Furthermore, their annual business reports and publications were analyzed for information on sustainability efforts. RESULTS 37 of 93 pension funds responded to our survey, 8 of them returned the query. All agreed that ESG criteria are part of their business culture. Predominantly, they adhere to common standards for sustainable investments (UNPRI [United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment], 75% approval); yet, they do not exclude the production of goods that are potentially harmful to health (e.g., tobacco and alcohol). DISCUSSION A minority of the participating pension funds agrees that ESG criteria are part of their business culture. However, only few of them provide information about their actual application. Nevertheless, there are pension funds that do not respect sustainability criteria in an appropriate way, and thus take unnecessary financial risks and invest in harmful industries.
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- Frederick Schneider
- Technische Universität München, TUM Fakultät für Medizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, München, Deutschland.
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- Technische Universität München, TUM Fakultät für Medizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, München, Deutschland
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- KLUG - Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Berlin, Deutschland
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- Technische Universität München, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Controlling, München, Deutschland
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- Technische Universität München, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Controlling, München, Deutschland
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- Technische Universität München, TUM Fakultät für Medizin, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Klinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, München, Deutschland; KLUG - Deutsche Allianz Klimawandel und Gesundheit, Berlin, Deutschland
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Zino L, Ye M, Cao M. Facilitating innovation diffusion in social networks using dynamic norms. PNAS NEXUS 2022; 1:pgac229. [PMID: 36712374 PMCID: PMC9802266 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Dynamic norms have recently emerged as a powerful method to encourage individuals to adopt an innovation by highlighting a growing trend in its uptake. However, there have been no concrete attempts to understand how this individual-level mechanism might shape the collective population behavior. Here, we develop a framework to examine this by encapsulating dynamic norms within a game-theoretic mathematical model for innovation diffusion. Specifically, we extend a network coordination game by incorporating a probabilistic mechanism where an individual adopts the action with growing popularity, instead of the standard best-response update rule; the probability of such an event captures the population's "sensitivity" to dynamic norms. Theoretical analysis reveals that sensitivity to dynamic norms is key to facilitating social diffusion. Small increases in sensitivity reduces the advantage of the innovation over status quo or the number of initial innovators required to unlock diffusion, while a sufficiently large sensitivity alone guarantees diffusion.
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- Centre for Optimisation and Decision Science, Curtin University, Kent Street, Bentley WA 6102, Australia
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- Engineering and Technology Institute Groningen, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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Constantino SM, Sparkman G, Kraft-Todd GT, Bicchieri C, Centola D, Shell-Duncan B, Vogt S, Weber EU. Scaling Up Change: A Critical Review and Practical Guide to Harnessing Social Norms for Climate Action. Psychol Sci Public Interest 2022; 23:50-97. [DOI: 10.1177/15291006221105279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Anthropogenic carbon emissions have the potential to trigger changes in climate and ecosystems that would be catastrophic for the well-being of humans and other species. Widespread shifts in production and consumption patterns are urgently needed to address climate change. Although transnational agreements and national policy are necessary for a transition to a fully decarbonized global economy, fluctuating political priorities and lobbying by vested interests have slowed these efforts. Against this backdrop, bottom-up pressure from social movements and shifting social norms may offer a complementary path to a more sustainable economy. Furthermore, norm change may be an important component of decarbonization policies by accelerating or strengthening the impacts of other demand-side measures. Individual actions and policy support are social processes—they are intimately linked to expectations about the actions and beliefs of others. Although prevailing social norms often reinforce the status quo and unsustainable development pathways, social dynamics can also create widespread and rapid shifts in cultural values and practices, including increasing pressure on politicians to enact ambitious policy. We synthesize literature on social-norm influence, measurement, and change from the perspectives of psychology, anthropology, sociology, and economics. We discuss the opportunities and challenges for the use of social-norm and social-tipping interventions to promote climate action. Social-norm interventions aimed at addressing climate change or other social dilemmas are promising but no panacea. They require in-depth contextual knowledge, ethical consideration, and situation-specific tailoring and testing to understand whether they can be effectively implemented at scale. Our review aims to provide practitioners with insights and tools to reflect on the promises and pitfalls of such interventions in diverse contexts.
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- Sara M. Constantino
- School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Northeastern University
- Department of Psychology, Northeastern University
- School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
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- Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College
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- Center for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania
- Departments of Philosophy and Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
- Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
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- Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
- School of Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
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- Faculty of Business and Economics (HEC), University of Lausanne
- Centre for Development and Environment, University of Bern
- Centre for Experimental Social Sciences, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
| | - Elke U. Weber
- School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
- Department of Psychology, Princeton University
- Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University
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