Manuel Suter

Does the climate focus in sports delay climate action? YouTube video by Klimakultur

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Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently – here’s why that matters Distinct disciplines are trained to notice different things.

Just published in @theconversation.com: "Economists and environmental scientists see the world differently – here’s why that matters"

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That sounds great, thanks a lot!

Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports...

Very interesting! We recently published a paper about climate action delay discourses in elite sport: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Experimenting for impact: Combining research with advocacy for climate stability

@manuelsuter.bsky.social & @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social Three cheers for your new article! I particularly appreciate your point that applied climate advocacy research soothes our troubled souls.

Here's the @mason4c.bsky.social take on applied comms research: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Thank you for making me aware of this article. What you do at Mason 4C would have been a great case to include in our piece!

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Experimenting for impact: Combining research with advocacy for climate stability

In our new opinion piece in PLOS Climate, we argue that researchers are leaving a potentially powerful lever for climate stability underused:

Combining research with advocacy through field experiments.

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Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports...

How can elite sport become a climate leader?

Read more about the barriers and how to overcome them in our new study:

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Economists and environmental researchers differ in their perceptions of the most relevant environmental issues and mitigation approaches Economists and environmental researchers differ in their perceptions of the most relevant environmental issues and mitigation approaches, Suter, Manuel, Bundeli, Till, Kaessner, Kaja, Strahm, Noel, Cologna, Viktoria, Berger, Sebastian

NEW STUDY: Economists and environmental researchers differ in their perceptions of the most relevant environmental issues and mitigation approaches

Study link:
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On day 9 of our #PLOSClimateCountdown, we're highlighting research by @manuelsuter.bsky.social, @colognaviktoria.bsky.social, @naomioreskes.bsky.social and colleagues:

"Green growth beliefs: Investigating factors associated with expert opinions on green growth"

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📢New Pre-Print available: Sustainability researchers endorse post-growth policy instruments for the European Union📢

This is the main finding of our survey with 1,734 sustainability policy researchers across 97 countries.

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Subtraction neglect in perceptions of climate action strategies Research suggests that individuals often overlook beneficial subtractive strategies when solving problems. Subtractive strategies, which include reduc…

Our newly published study suggests that a cognitive bias toward additive climate solutions (e.g., buy electric car) may limit how visible and widely adopted high-impact subtractive strategies like flying less or driving less become.

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Stage II Registered Report: Subtraction Neglect in Perceptions of Climate Action Strategies Research suggests that individuals often overlook beneficial subtractive strategies when solving problems. Subtractive strategies, which include reduc…

♻️ New paper in Journal of Environmental Psychology 🙌

We examined subtraction neglect — the tendency to prioritize additive over subtractive climate strategies (e.g., buying an EV vs. flying less) when thinking about effective personal actions. Check it out! 🙃
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Medicare for All - "That's socialism!"

Social Security - "That's socialism!"

Debt free education - "That's socialism!"

Universal childcare - "That's socialism!"

$1 trillion+ in tax cuts for the wealthy...

"That's just how it is."

Food waste salience and task knowledge to reduce individual food waste: A field experiment in a restaurant setting Food waste related to individual consumption creates high economic, social and environmental costs. This study explores two informational strategies f…

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🧠 Food for thought: If a small card on a restaurant table can reduce waste by 16 percentage points, imagine what we could do at scale.

Implications:
🔹 Restaurants can reduce food waste (and costs) with simple, low-cost interventions like table prompts or messages on menus.
🔹 These changes don’t hurt the guest experience.

🟢 Key finding: Making guests aware of food waste reduced the likelihood of leaving food behind (self-reported food waste by guests) by 16 percentage points compared to the control group.

We tested two interventions:
1️⃣ A gentle reminder placed on dining tables to raise awareness of food waste.
2️⃣ The same reminder, but with added guidance on portion sizes.

Around 75% of food waste in the hospitality industry is avoidable.

Our recent field experiment in a Copenhagen à la carte restaurant explored whether informational nudges can reduce food waste at the table. 🧵

✨New paper out ✨
What are effects of scientists engaging in climate protests?

Our findings suggest that it does not compromising their credibility (across political affiliations), and that such actions may have less impact than one would like to believe: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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We asked 3,000+ researchers from 101 countries if global green growth (i.e. sustainable economic growth) is possible. 59% said yes. 👇

Green growth endorsement was linked to beliefs that economic growth is key to human well-being. Thanks to @manuelsuter.bsky.social for leading this study! 👏

Green growth beliefs: Investigating factors associated with expert opinions on green growth Green growth attempts to achieve sustainable development under continued economic growth and is currently one of the leading policy responses to mitigate climate change and prevent environmental colla...

"[Tend] to agree that economic growth is essential to increase people’s well-being."

"tend to disagree that green growth can keep global warming below 2 °C"

But the IPCC states that even 2°C is considered dangerous & poses a significant threat to human well-being 🤔

Something doesn't add up!

Green growth beliefs: Investigating factors associated with expert opinions on green growth Green growth attempts to achieve sustainable development under continued economic growth and is currently one of the leading policy responses to mitigate climate change and prevent environmental colla...

Link to Journal Article: journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

📄 The article has been published in the journal PLOS Climate (open access, see link below). A big thank you to my fantastic co-authors Noel Strahm, Till Bundeli, Kaja Kaessner, Viktoria Cologna, Oreskes Naomi, and Sebastian Berger.

🌍 Our findings suggest that, despite its widespread political popularity, there is no global scientific consensus on the viability of global green growth.

🔹Green growth endorsement was most strongly assosciated with the belief that sustained economic growth is essential for human well-being. This may imply that green growth beliefs among researchers are influenced by ideology.