PLOS Climate: Behaviour & Psychology section

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SECTION SCOPE

The PLOS Climate Behaviour & Psychology section covers all aspects of human behaviour and psychology in the context of climate change, including (but not limited to):

Pro-environmental behaviours
Value-action gaps
Behaviour change
Environmental psychology
Climate anxiety

For a full list of the Academic Editors serving in this section, please visit the PLOS Climate editorial board page.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS IN THIS SECTION

Tam K-P, Ohnuma S, Fairbrother M, Chan H-W (2025) They reduce, we reduce: Perception of other countries’ climate effort predicts support for climate policies. PLOS Clim 4(12): e0000755. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000755

Klöckner CA, Löfström E, Brenner-Fliesser M, Winkler C, Kofler V, De Gregorio E, et al. (2025) Can neighbourhood interventions strengthen collective climate action? PLOS Clim 4(12): e0000571. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000571

Labonté K, St-Arnaud VC (2025) Development and validation of MACK-12: A short multidimensional climate knowledge scale. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000600. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000600

Valentini E, Hanel PHP (2025) Motivational factors predicting pro-environmental policy support and behavioural engagement. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000622

Thomas-Walters L, Sparkman G, Rizzolo JB, Dillard C, Sekar S, Jones MS (2025) Impact of messaging treatments on stages of change in relational organizing for climate-friendly plant-based diets. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000753. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000753

Mitev K, Whitmarsh L, Gattis M, Nash N (2025) Shifting horizons: Significant life events and pro-environmental behaviour change in early adulthood. PLOS Clim 4(10): e0000709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000709

Valentini E, Hanel PHP (2025) Motivational factors predicting pro-environmental policy support and behavioural engagement. PLOS Clim 4(11): e0000622. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000622

Familiar-Lopez I, Augustinavicius J, Shrestha J, Nakasujja N (2025) A landscape study on the intersection between climate change and gender-based violence in Uganda. PLOS Clim 4(7): e0000498. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000498

Flores EC, Mascareñas C, Eaton J, Kakuma R, Flores AF, Haines A (2025) Unseen scars: Understanding the mental health burdens of climate change on indigenous and rural Peruvian women. PLOS Clim 4(6): e0000527. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000527

Boyd KJ, Gold AU, Chandler PD, Crim HA (2025) Climate change education in the new landscape of climate literacy. PLOS Clim 4(5): e0000623. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000623

Major-Smith D, Halstead I, Golding J, Major-Smith K (2025) Associations between religiosity and climate change beliefs and behaviours in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000469. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000469

Zaninotto P, Wu Y-T, Prina M (2025) ClimateMind50+: Development and validation through cognitive interviews of a questionnaire to measure climate change knowledge, concerns, and actions in older adults. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000568. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000568

Orr M, Borth A, Kotcher J, Campbell E, Myers T, Maibach E, et al. (2025) Breaking the climate silence: Predictors of discussing global warming with family and friends. PLOS Clim 4(4): e0000538. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000538

Moorcroft H, Hampton S, Whitmarsh L (2025) Climate change and wealth: understanding and improving the carbon capability of the wealthiest people in the UK. PLOS Clim 4(3): e0000573. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000573

Guan JY, Dutcher EG, Goldin P, Ahmadi SE, Fromer E, Weiser SD, et al. (2024) The role of trait mindfulness in moderating climate distress during wildfire season. PLOS Clim 3(12): e0000524. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000524

Sandman N, Sahari E, Koponen A (2024) But can it drive to Lapland? A comparison of electric vehicle owners with the general population for identification of attitudes, concerns and barriers related to electric vehicle adoption in Finland. PLOS Clim 3(10): e0000346. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000346

Gruda D, Hanges P (2024) Turn down for watt: Community fit and thermal comfort habituation predict average household heating energy consumption. PLOS Clim 3(7): e0000407. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000407

Dance M, Duncan RJ, Gevers M, Honan EM, Runge E, Schalamon FR, et al. (2024) Coming in from the cold: Addressing the challenges experienced by women conducting remote polar fieldwork. PLOS Clim 3(6): e0000393. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000393

Moda HM, Zailani MB, Rangarajan R, Hickey P, Abubakar M, Maina J, et al. (2024) Safety awareness and adaptation strategies of Nigerian construction workers in extreme heat conditions. PLOS Clim 3(4): e0000380. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000380

Lewis M, Broadwell ELM (2024) Mental health in polar scientists: Navigating the emotional landscape of climate change. PLOS Clim 3(2): e0000359. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000359

Latter B, Demski C, Capstick S (2024) Wanting to be part of change but feeling overworked and disempowered: Researchers’ perceptions of climate action in UK universities. PLOS Clim 3(1): e0000322. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000322

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