Editorials

When it comes to energy conservation, much is in the hand of power consumers…

E conomists or, more in general social scientists, have two main priorities in carrying out their research.

I magine that a sailor sees clouds forming on the horizon, and estimates that it won’t be a major storm. She thus decides to stay on course. The next morning, she’s lashed by an hurricane.

A  choice architect is the person who organizes the context in which people make decisions.

The analysis of human behaviour across different contexts is at the core of the studies of psychologists and sociologists. On the one hand, psychologists study in great detail how cognitive and emotional perceptions shape our decisions through thoughts and feelings in almost every aspect of our daily lives.

The good news: in 2014 global greenhouse gas emissions apparently remained the same as in the previous year. The bad news: emissions have been growing over the course of past decades, at an increasing pace. The very bad news: climate change is caused by the sum of emissions over time. In order to stop it, we will need to become carbon neutral, sooner or later.