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| [Our beliefs in] particular ideologies like ‘techno-salvation’, or supra-human powers like ‘mother nature’ or God, may convince us that we are protected from ultimate climate disaster, thus minimising the need to change our own behaviour.
vi. Discredence “Discredence” was the next sub-set of dragons, which explained a general sense of unbelieving. Here he included things like denial, mistrust (of science, of politicians, of the adequacy of a new climate-friendly project etc.) and reactance (“you can’t make me do it”). vii. Limited Behaviour Gifford (2011, 199-212) described barriers that come from “Limited Behaviour” – the idea that we limit the effectiveness of our behaviour in a variety of curious ways. We might choose less effective pro-environmental actions because they are easier or cheaper to change, or more noticeable, but the gains we make in reducing carbon emissions might be negligible. These efforts then become tokenistic, and create further problems if we think we’ve done our bit for the environment, and are now off the responsibility for any further action. Another example of limited behaviour is the rebound effect, where it is commonly found that after making some savings in emissions in one area, we often erase the gains by using the savings to treat ourselves on an even higher carbon emitting product or activity. Gifford, Robert. (2011). “The Dragons Of Inaction: Psychological Barriers That Limit Climate Change Mitigation And Adaptation.” American Psychologist 66(4): Pp.290–302. |
Our beliefs in particular ideologies like ‘techno-salvation’, or suprahuman powers like ‘mother nature’ or God, may convince us that we are protected from ultimate climate disaster, thus minimising the need to change our own behaviour. [...]
Discredence Discredence was the next sub-set of dragons, which Bob explained as meaning a general sense of unbelieving. Here he included things like denial, mistrust (of science, of politicians, of the adequacy of a new climate-friendly project etc), and reactance (‘you can’t make me do it’). Limited behaviour Finally, Bob described barriers that come from limited behaviour – the idea that we limit the effectiveness of our behaviour in a variety of curious ways. We might choose less effective proenvironmental actions because they are easier or cheaper to change, or more noticeable, but the gains we make in reducing carbon emissions might be negligible. These efforts then become tokenistic, and create further problems if we think we’ve done our bit for the environment, and are now off the hook for any further action. Another example of limited behaviour is the rebound effect, where it is commonly found that after making some savings in emissions in one area, we often erase the gains by using the savings to treat ourselves on an even higher carbonemitting product or activity. |
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