UK homeowners are reluctant to switch to low-carbon heating – our research points to how to change their minds

Despite knowing about climate change and the contribution of fossil fuel-based heating to it, most people are unwilling to change the gas-based heating systems they are familiar with.

Ying Miao, Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, Aston University • conversation
Sept. 27, 2024 ~8 min

Most food waste happens at home – new research reveals the best ways to reduce it

Most food waste happens at home - new research reveals the most effective ways to encourage people to reduce it.

Gulbanu Kaptan, Associate Professor in Behavioural Decision Making, University of Leeds • conversation
Aug. 28, 2024 ~5 min


People tend to be less green on holiday – here’s how to change that

People tend to be less green on holiday that at home for various reasons.

Nicole Koenig-Lewis, Professor of Marketing, Cardiff University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2024 ~7 min

‘Polite littering’ is a rubbish problem – here’s why the British approach to tackling clean ups is not working

Some littering is conscious, some is created unintentionally. Tackling the reason it was created could make clean-up tactics more effective.

Randa Lindsey Kachef, Lecturer in Geography, King's College London • conversation
April 26, 2024 ~6 min

Net zero: direct costs of climate policies aren't a major barrier to public support, research reveals

Reneging on climate commitments indicates the UK government’s misreading of public attitudes.

Steve Westlake, Research Associate, Climate Leadership, Cardiff University • conversation
Aug. 3, 2023 ~8 min

To address climate change, lifestyles must change – but the government's reluctance to help is holding us back

A new report suggests the government has less to fear from promoting sustainable lifestyles than it expects.

Stuart Capstick, Senior Research Fellow in Psychology, Cardiff University • conversation
Oct. 13, 2022 ~7 min

Here's how far people want the government to limit their freedoms for the sake of the planet -- new research

Research shows people want government to restrict excess consumption through regulations, not just to rely on citizens to make better choices.

Noel Flay Cass, Research Fellow in Energy Demand Behaviour, University of Leeds • conversation
Feb. 17, 2022 ~8 min

How can we stop people wanting to buy illegal wildlife products?

Promote new habits, find out why people engage with the wildlife trade and don't make it seem more widespread than it really is.

Diogo Veríssimo, Research Fellow in Conservation, University of Oxford • conversation
July 9, 2020 ~7 min


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