Psychology has been making targeted contributions to climate change research for at least a decade. However, its efforts to date have not produced the knowledge needed to bring about the transformational societal change required to mitigate climate change. In this article, we invert the current logic of applying psychological theories to mitigate climate change. Instead, we begin by identifying the social change strategies capable of mitigating climate change, such as social tipping dynamics, and then highlight the corresponding knowledge that psychology must create to support and accelerate these dynamics. We suggest that psychology can help to answer the question of “Where to?” – i.e. the direction we should head for sustainability – by identifying the feasibility of consumption corridors. Next, psychology can help to answer the question of “How do we get there?” by producing more knowledge about human capacity for change. Finally, psychology can help to answer the question of “Who will get us there?” by exploring the motivations of three key social groups: activists, experienced individuals, and the affluent. Individually, each area of research can accelerate societal change. Taken together, the different areas can reinforce each other and amplify their respective impacts. The goal of the research agenda is to accelerate positive societal tipping dynamics that could limit global warming to 1.5 °C.

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减缓气候变化的地点、方式和对象：心理学的有针对性的研究议程

至少十年来，心理学一直在为气候变化研究做出有针对性的贡献。然而，迄今为止，其努力尚未产生缓解气候变化所需的社会变革所需的知识。在本文中，我们颠覆了当前应用心理学理论缓解气候变化的逻辑。相反，我们首先确定能够缓解气候变化的社会变革策略，例如社会倾斜动态，然后强调心理学必须创造的相应知识来支持和加速这些动态。我们建议心理学可以帮助回答“去哪里？”的问题。– 即我们应该走向可持续发展的方向 – 通过确定消费走廊的可行性。接下来，心理学可以帮助回答“我们如何到达那里？”的问题。通过产生更多关于人类变革能力的知识。最后，心理学可以帮助回答“谁能带我们到达那里？”的问题。通过探索三个关键社会群体的动机：积极分子、有经验的个人和富人。单独而言，每个研究领域都可以加速社会变革。总而言之，不同领域可以相互促进并扩大各自的影响。该研究议程的目标是加速积极的社会倾斜动力，将全球变暖限制在 1.5 °C。