Increasingly, I see international collective efforts to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions quickly and substantially to be pie-in-the-sky.  There are some extremely influential behavioral dimensions that lie at the heart of high-level, large-scale collective actions like those being negotiated in Copenhagen – becoming all the more powerful as we deal with potentially transformative policies. I believe …

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Copenhagen / Countdown (1) Potpourri I have been more than occupied with getting ready for the Conference of Parties (COP15) in Copenhagen in December. The University of Michigan will have more than 40 members in its delegation, and our students have successfully raised enough money to go. Here is the first of many thanks to …

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