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Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action

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Climate change is driven by individual behaviour, yet little is known about how people make environmental choices. Environmental decision neuroscience examines the neural processes behind consequential climate-relevant decisions, and has revealed three core mechanisms that are beginning to crystallize as central to sustainable action.

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  1. Department of Social Neuroscience and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Daria Knoch & Annika M. Wyss

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Knoch, D., Wyss, A.M. Environmental decision neuroscience connects the brain to climate action. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. 27, 151–152 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-026-01026-4

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