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Changing Pro-Environmental Behavior: Evidence from (Un)Successful Intervention Studies

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  • Florian Lange

    (Behavioral Economics and Engineering Group, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium)

  • Cameron Brick

    (Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 129 B, 1018 WT Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

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Human behavior is the main driver of environmental degradation and climate change [...]

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  • Florian Lange & Cameron Brick, 2021. "Changing Pro-Environmental Behavior: Evidence from (Un)Successful Intervention Studies," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-5, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:14:p:7748-:d:592505
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