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Leveraging social cognition to promote effective climate change mitigation

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  • Mélusine Boon-Falleur

    (PSL University, INSERM)

  • Aurore Grandin

    (PSL University, INSERM)

  • Nicolas Baumard

    (PSL University, EHESS, CNRS)

  • Coralie Chevallier

    (PSL University, INSERM)

Abstract

Effective climate change mitigation is a social dilemma: the benefits are shared collectively but the costs are often private. To solve this dilemma, we argue that we must pay close attention to the nature and workings of human cooperation. We review three social cognition mechanisms that regulate cooperation: norm detection, reputation management and fairness computation. We show that each of these cognitive mechanisms can stand in the way of pro-environmental behaviours and limit the impact of environmental policies. At the same time, the very same mechanisms can be leveraged as powerful solutions for an effective climate change mitigation.

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  • Mélusine Boon-Falleur & Aurore Grandin & Nicolas Baumard & Coralie Chevallier, 2022. "Leveraging social cognition to promote effective climate change mitigation," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 12(4), pages 332-338, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:12:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1038_s41558-022-01312-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-022-01312-w
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    1. Jianhua Zhang & Xiaolong Liu & Dimitris Ballas, 2023. "Spatial and relational peer effects on environmental behavioral imitation," Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Springer;Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies - SEEPS, vol. 25(4), pages 575-599, October.
    2. Daniela Acquadro Maran & Matti Ullah Butt & Tatiana Begotti, 2023. "Pro-Environment Behaviors, Efficacy Beliefs, Perceived Individual and Social Norms: A Questionnaire Survey in a Sample of Young Adults From Pakistan," SAGE Open, , vol. 13(4), pages 21582440231, November.
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    4. Wang, Bo & Yang, Zihan & Le Hoa Pham, Thi & Deng, Nana & Du, Heran, 2023. "Can social impacts promote residents’ pro-environmental intentions and behaviour: Evidence from large-scale demand response experiment in China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 340(C).
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