Human behavioral contributions to climate change: Psychological and contextual drivers.
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Human Behavioral Contributions to Climate Change
We are facing rapid changes in the global climate, and these changes are attributable to human behavior. Humans produce this global impact through our use of natural resources, multiplied by the vast increase in population seen in the past 50 to 100 years. Our goal in this article is to examine the underlying psychosocial causes of human impact, primarily through patterns of reproduction and co...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Psychologist
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1935-990X,0003-066X
DOI: 10.1037/a0023472