Nudging and other behaviourally based policies as enablers for environmental sustainability

Nudging and other behaviourally based policies as enablers for environmental sustainability

Recent years have shown that traditional regulatory techniques alone are not effective in achieving behaviour change in important fields such as environmental sustainability. Governments all over the world have been progressively including behaviourally informed considerations in policy and law maki...

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Published in:Laws Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
Main Author: Silva, Marta Lívia Dakovic Santos
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 01-02-2022
MDPI AG
Subjects:
Autonomy
Behavior
Boosts
Climate change
Consumer behavior
Consumer behaviour
Consumers
Consumption
Economics
Empowerment
Environmental policy
Environmental protection
Ethics
Fines & penalties
Green nudges
Human bias
Incentives
Libertarian paternalism
Libertarianism
Monetary incentives
Paternalism
Proportionality
Recycling
Regulation
Social norms
Social Sciences
Subsidies
Sustainability
Sustainable consumption
Sustainable development
United Kingdom > UK
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Summary:Recent years have shown that traditional regulatory techniques alone are not effective in achieving behaviour change in important fields such as environmental sustainability. Governments all over the world have been progressively including behaviourally informed considerations in policy and law making with the aim of improving the acceptance and impact of sustainability-oriented measures. This led to the arrival of alternative regulatory tools, such as nudges. The effectiveness of nudges for environmental sustainability ( green nudges ) has been widely reported, but the practical and ethical implications are still largely neglected by academic research. In this contribution, “nudges” are conceptually distinguished from “boosts” and their ethics are briefly explained. The analysis is made in light of European and US American academic literature.
ISSN:2075-471X
2075-471X
DOI:10.3390/laws11010009