Climate Change Action Circle
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Disseminating Advocacy Effort Measuring and Intervening Upon GHG Emissions
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Values to Action Climate Change Action Circle
Disseminating Advocacy Effort Measuring and Intervening Upon GHG Emissions
The recent IPCC report concerning the physical science of climate change makes one thing perfectly clear: the climate catastrophe is upon us. If we’re to escape the worst that a warming climate has to offer and provide future generations with the opportunity to thrive, we must find ways to eliminate GHG emissions.
Our recent paper, which has been accepted in the journal Perspective on Behavior Science, describes two key findings. First, the federal government is betting heavily that technological innovations can solve the climate crisis. Second, next to nothing is being invested in behavioral science research to reduce emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and the National Science Foundation are investing huge amounts of money in new ways to produce, transport, and store energy, to sequester carbon from the atmosphere, and to…