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A bar chart showing that About 3 in 10 teens say they use AI chatbots daily

64% of teens say they ever use an AI chatbot, including 16% who do so several times a day or almost constantly.

Our findings highlight the need for more research on how social norm messages interact with culture to shape climate attitudes and behavior.
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Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action - Communications Earth & Environment Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioral changes, but the public and elected policymakers often underestimate the popularity of these solutions, according t...

📣Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioural changes, but public & elected policymakers underestimate the popularity of climate solutions

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New paper! Many narratives of climate change solutions exist in public media and political discourse. But how widely endorsed are they by the public and their local policymakers? Many proactive narratives are very popular but underestimated in their degree of support.

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Americans and policymakers underestimate endorsement for the most popular climate solution narrative, combining personal and political action - Communications Earth & Environment Americans support a range of climate solutions, including both policy and behavioral changes, but the public and elected policymakers often underestimate the popularity of these solutions, according t...

Hot off the 🌍 press: How will we solve climate change?

Comparing 20 approaches, 85% of Americans say we need BOTH behavior & policy change to address climate change!

But policymakers lag behind the public in endorsing solutions & underestimate how popular solutions are. 🧵
doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change - Nature Reviews Psychology Social norms are the formal and informal rules that define acceptable and desirable group member behaviour. In this Review, Gonzalez et al. explain how tensions between societal and group norms, betwe...

'Psychological processes underlying normative transformation and social change'

New from Roberto González & colleagues. Makes the key point that social influence is fundamental to collective action, but current models say little about it.

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The impacts of climate activism - Yale Program on Climate Change Communication We are pleased to announce the publication of a new article, “The impacts of climate activism” in the journal Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. In this article, the research team reviews and synthesizes 50 research articles from the last few […]

NEW ARTICLE: We reviewed 50 research articles on the impacts of climate activism - check out the key takeaways:

As the Trump administration attempts to stall the clean energy transition, solar and wind companies use economic arguments to position themselves as low-cost solutions to rising energy demands.
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Insect protein as well. An easy way to reduce consumption.

Environmental degradation and social justice are intrinsically linked. Kudos to this effort and I hope to see it and others thrive #EnvironmentalJustice #PrisonAbolition

newsletter: february 2025 february is here! meet this month's guest editor, Stephanie Tepper

our february newsletter featuring @stephanietepper.bsky.social is out now -- check it out 😊

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