Climate change and behavioural change: what will it take?

  Climate change is on and off the political agenda in Australia. Whether an emissions trading system or a carbon tax win the day, one big barrier stands in the way of change: human nature. How we think about the problem can trump what we actually do -- right down to shorter showers and turning off the lights. Leading environmental psychologists are now taking on the climate change challenge. Guests Professor Robert GiffordDepartment of Psychology University of Victoria, Canadahttp://web.uvic.ca/psyc/gifford/ Professor Joseph ReserSchool of PsychologyGriffith University, Australiahttp://www.griffith.edu.au/health/school-psychology/staff/dr-joseph-reser Professor Linda StegSchool of Environmental PsychologyUniversity of GroningenHollandhttp://www.rug.nl/staff/e.m.steg/index Reuven SussmanResearch AssistantSchool of PsychologyVictoria University, Canadahttp://web.uvic.ca/psyc/gifford/Sussman.html Christine KormosGraduate StudentDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Victoria, Canadahttp://web.uvic.ca/psyc/people/graduate_students/kormos.ph