Journal
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
Volume 6, Issue 6, Pages 563-569Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2917
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Funding
- National Science Foundation [SES-0949710]
- Department of Energy [DE-OE0000300, DE-OE0000204]
- Skoll Global Threats Fund
- Carnegie Electricity Industry Center
- Richard King Mellon Foundation
- Rockefeller Foundation
- FONDECYT [11140374]
- Complex Engineering Systems Institute [ICM: P-05-004-F, CONICYT: FB016]
- Business Intelligence Research Center (CEINE) of the University of Chile
- Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
- Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences [0949710, 1463492] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The social and behavioural sciences are critical for informing climate- and energy-related policies. We describe a decision science approach to applying those sciences. It has three stages: formal analysis of decisions, characterizing how well-informed actors should view them; descriptive research, examining how people actually behave in such circumstances; and interventions, informed by formal analysis and descriptive research, designed to create attractive options and help decision-makers choose among them. Each stage requires collaboration with technical experts (for example, climate scientists, geologists, power systems engineers and regulatory analysts), as well as continuing engagement with decision-makers. We illustrate the approach with examples from our own research in three domains related to mitigating climate change or adapting to its effects: preparing for sea-level rise, adopting smart grid technologies in homes, and investing in energy efficiency for office buildings. The decision science approach can facilitate creating climate-and energy-related policies that are behaviourally informed, realistic and respectful of the people whom they seek to aid.
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