Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action - a longitudinal study of real-world activism

Castiglione, Anna; Brick, Cameron; Holden, Steve; Miles-Urdan, E; Ar, Aron

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“…This study sheds light on how difficult it is to trigger this behaviour, which is even more reason for psychology studies using longitudinal designs and objective measurements of key behaviors. Electronic supplementary material is available online [37].…”

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We are in a climate emergency. Because governments are reacting too slowly, grassroots collective action is key. Understanding the psychological factors underpinning engagement can facilitate the growth of such collective action. Yet, previous research in psychology rarely provided causal evidence for which factors trigger action, lacked focus on the climate crisis, was mostly self-reported behaviour or intentions rather than objective measures, and was mostly cross-sectional rather than longitudinal. Here we conducted a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of a 12-week video intervention designed to increase psychological predictors of collective action. The intervention boosted affective engagement, collective efficacy, and self-efficacy, but did not increase observed attendance of activism events. Interviews suggested that Zoom fatigue and the online study design undercut the social interaction participants wanted in order to join events. However, a smaller in-person replication did not increase activism either. Debriefings suggested that the replication participants were primarily motivated by payment and lacked time or resources for more engagement. These results highlight the crucial importance of going beyond measures of self-reported attitudes or intentions to objectively measuring activism behaviours and showing the difficulty of fostering event attendance.

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“…84 for review). Similarly, attendance at climate activist events can be objectively determined rather than subjectively reported 91 . Such objective approaches may be more costly than self-report research and require stronger interdisciplinary collaboration, but these investments seem necessary to understand actual impactful behavior.…”

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Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation

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Behavioural science has yielded insights about the actions of individuals, particularly as consumers, that affect climate change. Behaviours in other spheres of life remain understudied. In this Perspective, we propose a collaborative research agenda that integrates behavioural science insights across multiple disciplines. To this end, we offer six recommendations for optimizing the quality and impact of research on individual climate behaviour. The recommendations are united by a shift towards more solutions-focused research that is directly useful to citizens, policymakers and other change agents. Achieving this vision will require overcoming challenges such as the limited funding for behavioural and social sciences and structural barriers within and beyond the academic system that impede collaborations across disciplines.

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“…The application of bacteria that are beneficial for crop production, commonly termed as plant growth-promoting bacteria, has been adopted as a potent, biological alternative for the mineral fertilization. The bacterial inoculants can be used as biofertilizers and biostimulants to improve the soil nutrient availability, plant nutrient uptake and assimilation, and root growth, since their biological activities include, e.g., mineral and organic phosphate solubilization (PS), nitrogen fixation, siderophore, and indole-3-acetic acid production (Castiglione et al, 2021 ). Among the plant beneficial bacteria, the biofertilizer group phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) are promising candidates to satisfy the P requirements of the plants by converting unavailable soil inorganic (P i ) and organic (P o ) forms of phosphate into plant-available orthophosphates through dissolution and absorption (Chen and Liu, 2019 ).…”

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Designing Synergistic Biostimulants Formulation Containing Autochthonous Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria for Sustainable Wheat Production

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Applying phosphate-solubilizing bacteria (PSB) as biofertilizers has enormous potential for sustainable agriculture. Despite this, there is still a lack of information regarding the expression of key genes related to phosphate-solubilization (PS) and efficient formulation strategies. In this study, we investigated rock PS by Ochrobactrum sp. SSR (DSM 109610) by relating it to bacterial gene expression and searching for an efficient formulation. The quantitative PCR (qPCR) primers were designed for PS marker genes glucose dehydrogenase (gcd), pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthesis protein C (pqqC), and phosphatase (pho). The SSR-inoculated soil supplemented with rock phosphate (RP) showed a 6-fold higher expression of pqqC and pho compared to inoculated soil without RP. Additionally, an increase in plant phosphorous (P) (2%), available soil P (4.7%), and alkaline phosphatase (6%) activity was observed in PSB-inoculated plants supplemented with RP. The root architecture improved by SSR, with higher root length, diameter, and volume. Ochrobactrum sp. SSR was further used to design bioformulations with two well-characterized PS, Enterobacter spp. DSM 109592 and DSM 109593, using the four organic amendments, biochar, compost, filter mud (FM), and humic acid. All four carrier materials maintained adequate survival and inoculum shelf life of the bacterium, as indicated by the field emission scanning electron microscopy analysis. The FM-based bioformulation was most efficacious and enhanced not only wheat grain yield (4–9%) but also seed P (9%). Moreover, FM-based bioformulation enhanced soil available P (8.5–11%) and phosphatase activity (4–5%). Positive correlations were observed between the PSB solubilization in the presence of different insoluble P sources, and soil available P, soil phosphatase activity, seed P content, and grain yield of the field grown inoculated wheat variety Faisalabad-2008, when di-ammonium phosphate fertilizer application was reduced by 20%. This study reports for the first time the marker gene expression of an inoculated PSB strain and provides a valuable groundwork to design field scale formulations that can maintain inoculum dynamics and increase its shelf life. This may constitute a step-change in the sustainable cultivation of wheat under the P-deficient soil conditions.

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Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action - a longitudinal study of real-world activism

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Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action—a longitudinal study of real-world activism

Discovering the psychological building blocks underlying climate action—a longitudinal study of real-world activism

Realizing the full potential of behavioural science for climate change mitigation

Designing Synergistic Biostimulants Formulation Containing Autochthonous Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria for Sustainable Wheat Production

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