Climate change and behavioural change: what will it take?

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10 September 2010Climate change is on and off the political agenda in Australia. Whether an emissions trading system or a carbon tax win the day, one big barrier stands in the way of change: human nature. How we think about the problem can trump what we actually do -- right down to shorter showers and turning off the lights. Leading environmental psychologists are now taking on the climate change challenge.

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Professor Robert Gifford
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria, Canada
http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/gifford/

Professor Joseph Reser
School of Psychology
Griffith University, Australia
http://www.griffith.edu.au/health/school-psychology/staff/dr-joseph-reser

Professor Linda Steg
School of Environmental Psychology
University of Groningen
Holland
http://www.rug.nl/staff/e.m.steg/index

Reuven Sussman
Research Assistant
School of Psychology
Victoria University, Canada
http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/gifford/Sussman.html

Christine Kormos
Graduate Student
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria, Canada
http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/people/graduate_students/kormos.php

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