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ArticleUCL open. Environment2022

The impact of COVID-19 related regulations and restrictions on mobility and potential for sustained climate mitigation across the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK: a data-based commentary.

Elizabeth Corker, Kaloyan Mitev, Astrid Nilsson Lewis, Milan Tamis, Thijs Bouman, Stefan Holmlid, Fiona Lambe, Susan Michie, Matthew Osborne, Reint Jan Renes and 2 more

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Article in UCL open. Environment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Elizabeth CorkerCentre for Behaviour Change, Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2055-7493
Kaloyan MitevDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6148-4852
Astrid Nilsson LewisStockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2090-4379
Milan TamisResearch Group Psychology for Sustainable Cities, Amsterdam Research Institute for Societal Innovation, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Thijs BoumanDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7940-892X
Stefan HolmlidDepartment of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2529-4303
Fiona LambeStockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3664-9891
Susan MichieCentre for Behaviour Change, Department of Clinical, Educational & Health Psychology, University College London, London, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0063-6378
Matthew OsborneStockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0272-1496
Reint Jan RenesResearch Group Psychology for Sustainable Cities, Amsterdam Research Institute for Societal Innovation, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2448-9480
Linda StegDepartment of Psychology, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8375-9607
Lorraine WhitmarshDepartment of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9054-1040

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human behaviour change is necessary to meet targets set by the Paris Agreement to mitigate climate change. Restrictions and regulations put in place globally to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 during 2020 have had a substantial impact on everyday life, including many carbon-intensive behaviours such as transportation. Changes to transportation behaviour may reduce carbon emissions. Behaviour change theory can offer perspective on the drivers and influences of behaviour and shape recommendations for how policy-makers can capitalise on any observed behaviour changes that may mitigate climate change. For this commentary, we aimed to describe changes in data relating to transportation behaviours concerning working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic across the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK. We display these identified changes in a concept map, suggesting links between the changes in behaviour and levels of carbon emissions. We consider these changes in relation to a comprehensive and easy to understand model of behaviour, the Opportunity, Motivation Behaviour (COM-B) model, to understand the capabilities, opportunities and behaviours related to the observed behaviour changes and potential policy to mitigate climate change. There is now an opportunity for policy-makers to increase the likelihood of maintaining pro-environmental behaviour changes by providing opportunities, improving capabilities and maintaining motivation for these behaviours.

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behaviour changeclimate changeCOM-BCOVID-19moment of changepeople and their environment

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PMID37228472
PMCPMC10208342

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