Per Espen Stokes – How to Transform Apocalypse Fatigue into Action on Global Warming

By Applied Change

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It seems clear now that we need to make a step change in our response to climate change if we are to avert a global humanitarian crisis in the coming years. The global Covid-19 response has shown us how developing our understanding of human behavioural factors is critical to making changes quickly and at scale .

Per Espen Stoknes gives some excellent insights on why we resist making the changes needed address the climate emergency (despite the fact that our future depends on it) and offers some useful tips on overcoming that resistance.

It’s also worth remembering that the lessons discussed here can be applied to any change situation.

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