• DOI:10.1037/a0023566
Corpus ID: 8356816

The dragons of inaction: psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation.

@article{Gifford2011TheDO,
  title={The dragons of inaction: psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation.},
  author={R. Gifford},
  journal={The American psychologist},
  year={2011},
  volume={66 4},
  pages={
          290-302
        }
}

R. Gifford

Published 2011

Medicine

The American psychologist

Most people think climate change and sustainability are important problems, but too few global citizens engaged in high-greenhouse-gas-emitting behavior are engaged in enough mitigating behavior to stem the increasing flow of greenhouse gases and other environmental problems. Why is that? Structural barriers such as a climate-averse infrastructure are part of the answer, but psychological barriers also impede behavioral choices that would facilitate mitigation, adaptation, and environmental… CONTINUE READING

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