%0 Journal Article %1 WongParodi2016Decision %A Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle %A Krishnamurti, Tamar %A Davis, Alex %A Schwartz, Daniel %A Fischhoff, Baruch %D 2016 %I Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved. %J Nature Clim. Change %K social climatechange energy mitigation adaptation sealevelrise %N 6 %P 563--569 %R 10.1038/nclimate2917 %T A decision science approach for integrating social science in climate and energy solutions %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2917 %V 6 %X The social and behavioural sciences are critical for informing climate- and energy-related policies. We describe a decision science approach to applying those sciences. It has three stages: formal analysis of decisions, characterizing how well-informed actors should view them; descriptive research, examining how people actually behave in such circumstances; and interventions, informed by formal analysis and descriptive research, designed to create attractive options and help decision-makers choose among them. Each stage requires collaboration with technical experts (for example, climate scientists, geologists, power systems engineers and regulatory analysts), as well as continuing engagement with decision-makers. We illustrate the approach with examples from our own research in three domains related to mitigating climate change or adapting to its effects: preparing for sea-level rise, adopting smart grid technologies in homes, and investing in energy efficiency for office buildings. The decision science approach can facilitate creating climate- and energy-related policies that are behaviourally informed, realistic and respectful of the people whom they seek to aid.

@article{WongParodi2016Decision, abstract = {The social and behavioural sciences are critical for informing climate- and energy-related policies. We describe a decision science approach to applying those sciences. It has three stages: formal analysis of decisions, characterizing how well-informed actors should view them; descriptive research, examining how people actually behave in such circumstances; and interventions, informed by formal analysis and descriptive research, designed to create attractive options and help decision-makers choose among them. Each stage requires collaboration with technical experts (for example, climate scientists, geologists, power systems engineers and regulatory analysts), as well as continuing engagement with decision-makers. We illustrate the approach with examples from our own research in three domains related to mitigating climate change or adapting to its effects: preparing for sea-level rise, adopting smart grid technologies in homes, and investing in energy efficiency for office buildings. The decision science approach can facilitate creating climate- and energy-related policies that are behaviourally informed, realistic and respectful of the people whom they seek to aid.}, added-at = {2018-06-18T21:23:34.000+0200}, author = {Wong-Parodi, Gabrielle and Krishnamurti, Tamar and Davis, Alex and Schwartz, Daniel and Fischhoff, Baruch}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d819c4c4f8ee49078a01ff70d7bcd974/pbett}, citeulike-article-id = {14055130}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2917}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2917}, doi = {10.1038/nclimate2917}, interhash = {b68557dc4f0b8dde2c6bb6d8884c9afb}, intrahash = {d819c4c4f8ee49078a01ff70d7bcd974}, journal = {Nature Clim. Change}, keywords = {social climatechange energy mitigation adaptation sealevelrise}, month = jun, number = 6, pages = {563--569}, posted-at = {2016-06-01 18:03:56}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.}, timestamp = {2018-06-22T18:36:26.000+0200}, title = {A decision science approach for integrating social science in climate and energy solutions}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2917}, volume = 6, year = 2016 }