Climate mitigation and energy
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Current climate and energy incentive programs tend to target economic motivations, which may misalign with other potentially important social and personal motivations. Thus, in this research, we review areas of work that have focused on psychological and social influences to climate mitigation and energy efficiency adoption, and identify behaviorally-realistic strategies to address environmental change.
Low-carbon Technology Investment and Adoption
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- Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University
- Department of Energy
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