Government to use 'nudges' to cut carbon
ENDS Report 438, July 2011, pp. 7-8
26 July 2011 15:07 BST
Departments have announced emissions reduction measures aimed at businesses and households based on “behavioural economics and psychology”. But Peers question the coalition’s enthusiasm for ‘nudge theory’
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