Conservation psychology and climate change

Susan Clayton

Chapter 2 in Standing up for a Sustainable World, 2020, pp 10-23 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: For society to adapt to the challenge of climate change it is important to understand people’s behavioral responses. As a discipline focused on human health and behavior, psychology has begun to examine this issue. Decades of research on sustainable behavior have identified a number of barriers that inhibit effective action. These include cognitive barriers: our ways of processing information can make it difficult to recognize the climate change threat. Emotional barriers are a consequence of our desire to maintain a generally positive mood. Finally, social barriers can result from the ways in which climate change is represented within a society. Research has also examined interventions that can motivate people to engage, such as social feedback and messages that highlight group identity. A growing body of research illuminates the connections between human wellbeing and planetary wellbeing, reminding us that protecting the environment is also protecting ourselves.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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