Climate change, behavior, and the possibility of spillover effects: recent advances and future directions

Behavior change is widely recognized as an important strategy for mitigating and adapting to climate change. Yet, positive or negative behavioral spillover effects—if prevalent—have the potential to render behavioral interventions more or less effective. Behavioral spillover occurs when the adoption of one behavior targeted by an intervention changes the likelihood that an individual will adopt one or more nontargeted behaviors. As spillover is...