Combinations of policy instruments to decrease the climate impacts of housing, passenger transport and food in Finland

Editing out unsustainability from consumption: From information provision to nudging and social practice theory

“…This, however, does not mean that findings could not be integrated. Several proposals advocating policy mixes for sustainable consumption (for example, Nissinen et al, 2015) could be integrated (practically, if not ontologically and epistemologically) with a practice approach. Similarly, while some academics might take issue with behavioural economists' notions of cognitive biases, few would disagree with the idea of changing default settings or changing the physical environment in order to promote sustainable consumption.…”

What is needed to phase out residential oil heating in Finnish single-family houses?

“…They estimate that policy instrument package targeted at housing could reduce emissions by around 2 Mt CO 2 -eq in 2020 in Finland (Nissinen et al, 2014). In an analysis by Valkila and Saari, energy experts saw travel, housing and recreational activities as key areas in which the energy efficiency of Finnish lifestyles could be increased.…”

Evaluating a Mobility Service Application for Business Travel: Lessons Learnt from a Demonstration Project

“…Hence, promoting more sustainable and energy-efficient travel behaviour is of substantial interest, and there is mostly a consensus among transport researchers on the need for levels of transport to be reduced in order for the sector to contribute to more sustainable development [6,7]. In order to reach these ambitious targets a number of measures need to be introduced including changing transport behaviour [8,9].…”