The Implications of Behavioural Science for Effective Climate Policy - Literature Review and Background Report (CAST

For instance the UK Government and BIT published a report titled “Behaviour change and energy use” in 2011 and another in 2014 titled “Evidence Review of the Impact of Central and Public Disclosure Methods for Reporting Energy Use and Energy Efficiency”. [...] To achieve the desired level of carbon emissions reductions, the government will need to consider ways in which people can be encouraged to change their diet and especially reduce the consumption of high-carbon foods such as meat and dairy. [...] Strong attachment to meat is linked to a negative response to interventions and low openness to the information provided as people would often be opposed to the idea of reducing meat consumption (Kwasny et al., 2022). [...] A systems approach to diet change suggests that, in addition to widespread behaviour changes by individuals, a transformation of the current food system is needed in order to meet the challenge of the climate emergency (Clark et al., 2020). [...] ● Many of the barriers to making use of CSA veg bags were linked to underlying poverty and health issues that were often linked to limited access to transport and kitchen tools, and a general sense of incapability to prepare the vegetables received in the veg bags.