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Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Fallacies Affect Environmental Behavior

This book chapter examines how people's common misperceptions of the environmental impact of energy and water use behaviors influence behavioral choices and environmental outcomes, concluding that correcting these misperceptions could be an integral part of a successful strategy to reduce consumption.

Alexander Maki, Amanda Carrico and Michael VandenberghAugust 1, 2017

Blog/News Article Private Governance Risk Management

Government Action Isn’t Enough for Climate Change. The Private Sector Can Cut Billions of Tons of Carbon

This article argues that to meet Paris goals, more than just government action will be needed because of the "Paris gap," the difference between the goals of Paris and what the agreement will actually achieve over the next decade, and so private actors will need to take action as well.

Michael VandenberghJune 21, 2017

Adaptation as Risk Management Journal Article Private Governance Risk Management

Lamarck Revisited: The Implications of Epigenetics for Environmental Law

This article explores how epigenetics, the interaction between genes and the environment in which there is a non-gene mutating, but still chemically altering effect from exposure, presents novel challenges for chemical regulatory regimes in the U.S. because chemical substances that don't cause mutations are not typically regulated for their potential…

Michael Vandenbergh, David Vandenbergh and John VandenberghMay 25, 2017

Private Governance Report Risk Management

Behavioral Science Tools to Strengthen Energy & Environmental Programs

This report reviews 13 behavioral tools that can be used by government agencies, utilities, and energy-related businesses as a complement to government regulation and market-based policies to increase consumers' conservation of energy and other resources.

Michael Vandenbergh and OthersJanuary 1, 2017

Doing the Wrong Things for the Right Reasons: How Environmental Fallacies Affect Environmental Behavior

Government Action Isn’t Enough for Climate Change. The Private Sector Can Cut Billions of Tons of Carbon

Lamarck Revisited: The Implications of Epigenetics for Environmental Law

Behavioral Science Tools to Strengthen Energy & Environmental Programs

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