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
<p class="first" id="d209683e241">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...
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| author | Elizabeth Corker Kaloyan Mitev Astrid Nilsson Lewis Milan Tamis Thijs Bouman Stefan Holmlid Fiona Lambe Susan Michie Matthew Osborne Reint Jan Renes Linda Steg Lorraine Whitmarsh |
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| description | <p class="first" id="d209683e241">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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| spelling | doaj.art-bfcc955dc4e64fa79eb537a029b956662023-02-23T10:27:41ZengUCL PressUCL Open Environment2632-08862022-01-0141910.14324/111.444/ucloe.000032The 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 commentaryElizabeth CorkerKaloyan MitevAstrid Nilsson LewisMilan TamisThijs BoumanStefan HolmlidFiona LambeSusan MichieMatthew OsborneReint Jan RenesLinda StegLorraine Whitmarsh<p class="first" id="d209683e241">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. </p>https://ucl.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000032 |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth Corker Kaloyan Mitev Astrid Nilsson Lewis Milan Tamis Thijs Bouman Stefan Holmlid Fiona Lambe Susan Michie Matthew Osborne Reint Jan Renes Linda Steg Lorraine Whitmarsh 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 UCL Open Environment |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| url | https://ucl.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000032 |
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