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Kimberly Nicholas

Kimberly Nicholas

Professor

Kimberly Nicholas

Leveraging agency for climate change mitigation

Author

  • Charlotte A. Kukowski
  • Kristian S. Nielsen
  • Swen J. Kühne
  • Clover Hogan
  • Sander van der Linden
  • Lorraine Whitmarsh
  • Grit Zwingenberger
  • Felix Creutzig
  • Kimberly A. Nicholas

Summary, in English

Climate debates often frame individual behaviour and systems change as distinct pathways to action. We suggest that social change arises from individuals’ agency within their roles in societal systems, and that this agency should be actively leveraged to achieve meaningful climate change mitigation.

Department/s

  • LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
  • BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate
  • LU Profile Area: Nature-based future solutions

Publishing year

2026

Language

English

Pages

627-629

Publication/Series

Nature Climate Change

Volume

16

Issue

6

Document type

Debate/Note/Editorial

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Topic

  • Earth and Related Environmental Sciences

Keywords

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1758-678X