Young, CW and Middlemiss, L (2012) A rethink of how policy and social science approach changing individuals’ actions on greenhouse gas emissions. Energy Policy, 41. 742 - 747. ISSN 0301-4215
Abstract
Social scientists from all areas are developing theories and testing practical approaches to change individuals’ actions to lower greenhouse gas emissions. In the UK context, policy-makers, local authorities, companies and organisations are using these theories to invest resources to change individual’s actions. The problem is that social scientists are delivering fragmented science based on narrow disciplinary views and those using this science are cherry picking whatever theory suits their agenda. We argue that with substantial GHG emission reduction targets to be achieved, a multidisciplinary application and view of social science is urgently needed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy Policy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy Policy, 41, (2012) 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.040 |
Keywords: | Behaviour; practice; Attitudes |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2014 11:34 |
Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2014 02:28 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.040 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.11.040 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:77338 |