How Green is Household Behaviour? : Sustainable Choices in a Time of Interlocking Crises / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Series:

OECD Studies on Environmental Policy and Household Behaviour, 23081384.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Energy.

Agriculture and Food.

Environment.

Transport.

Local Subjects:

Energy.

Agriculture and Food.

Environment.

Transport.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p. )

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

Household choices - such as what to eat, how to get to work and how to heat our homes - have significant implications for the environment. With the urgency of environmental action and the need to shift to more sustainable consumption patterns, making more sustainable choices holds great potential to reduce environmental impacts. Yet in the context of interlocking crises, governments face challenges in supporting households with policies that realise this potential. How Green is Household Behaviour? presents an overview of results from the 2022 OECD Survey on Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change. The survey investigates household attitudes and behaviour with respect to energy, transport, waste and food systems. It was carried out across more than 17 000 households in 9 countries, including Belgium, Canada, Israel, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The data collected also include information on self-reported motivations and barriers to change, providing a unique source of empirical evidence to inform policy efforts to shift to more sustainable consumption patterns.

Contents:

Household behaviour and food consumption

Household behaviour and transport

Survey methodology and sample statistics

Household behaviour and residential energy use

Household behaviour and waste practices

Foreword

Executive Summary

OECD EPIC Survey background

Household behaviour and the environment: Key findings and policy implications

Preface.

ISBN:

92-64-17274-2

92-64-92294-6