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Large-scale behavioural data are key to climate policy

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Applying behavioural science can support system-level change for climate protection. Behavioural scientists should provide reliable large-scale data that help in understanding public perceptions and behaviours. Governments should secure infrastructure for data collection and the implementation of evidence.

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  1. Health Communication Research Group (Implementation Science), Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany

    Mirjam A. Jenny & Cornelia Betsch

  2. Media and Communication Science, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Mirjam A. Jenny & Cornelia Betsch

  3. Center for Empirical Research in Economics and Behavioural Sciences, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany

    Mirjam A. Jenny & Cornelia Betsch

  4. Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany

    Mirjam A. Jenny

  5. Harding Center for Risk Literacy, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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C.B. is a member of the German Expert Council on Corona (German chancellery) and the Behavioural and Cultural Insights Technical Advisory Group (the WHO Regional Office for Europe). M.A.J. consults for the Centre for Planetary Health Policy, an independent think tank in Berlin.

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Jenny, M.A., Betsch, C. Large-scale behavioural data are key to climate policy. Nat Hum Behav 6, 1444–1447 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-022-01479-4

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