Select Committee · Environment and Climate Change Committee
Mobilising action on climate change and environment: behaviour change
Status: Closed
Opened: 15 Nov 2021
Closed: 8 Jun 2023
1 report
The Environment and Climate Change Committee is exploring behaviour change in the context of climate change (mitigation and adaptation) and the environment (e.g. biodiversity, water, waste & the circular economy and air pollution). The main focus of the inquiry is on behaviour change, though not in isolation, as the Committee is also interested in the … Show more
Reports
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Report - In our hands: behaviour change for climate and… | — | 12 Oct 2022 | 0 | Responded |
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Jun 2022 | Chris Thompson · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Rt Hon Greg Hands · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | View ↗ |
| 8 Jun 2022 | Andrew Jackson · Joint Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department for Transport Air Quality Unit, Emily Cattell · Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Rt Hon George Eustice · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | View ↗ |
| 27 Apr 2022 | Kris de Meyer · UCL Climate Action Unit, Matt Bourn · Advertising Association, Steve Smith · Picture Zero Productions | View ↗ |
| 26 Apr 2022 | Professor Brooke Rogers OBE · Kings College London, Sir Patrick Vallance · Government Office for Science, Tim Lord · HSBC UK | View ↗ |
| 23 Mar 2022 | Henry Dimbleby · Defra, James Hand · Giki, Professor Tim Lang · City University London's Centre for Food Policy | View ↗ |
| 16 Mar 2022 | Chris Boardman · Active Travel England, Professor Jillian Anable · Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, Stephen Edwards · South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | View ↗ |
| 9 Mar 2022 | Angela Terry · One Home, Hugo Spowers · Riversimple Movement Ltd, Mr. Trewin Restorick · Hubbub, Paul Ellis · Ecology Building Society, Professor Ken Peattie · Cardiff Business School | View ↗ |
| 2 Feb 2022 | Dr Emily Gray · Ipsos MORI Scotland, Professor Wouter Poortinga · Cardiff University | View ↗ |
| 1 Feb 2022 | Governor Yuriko Koike · Tokyo, Paula Lehtomäki · Nordic Council of Ministers | View ↗ |
| 18 Jan 2022 | Carmel McQuaid · Marks & Spencer, Faisal Naru · NESG, Professor Dame Theresa Marteau DBE · University of Cambridge | View ↗ |
| 13 Dec 2021 | Barbara Pompili · French Government | View ↗ |
| 7 Dec 2021 | Fiona Richards · The Conservation Volunteers (TCV), Gareth Ellis · The Green Valleys, Pam Warhurst CBE · Incredible Edible, Rob Hopkins · Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network, Sally Copley · Sustrans, Shanon Shah · Faith for the Climate, Ugo Vallauri · The Restart Project | View ↗ |
| 16 Nov 2021 | David Joffe · Climate Change Committee, Ewa Kmietowicz · Committee on Climate Change, Professor David Halpern · Behavioural Insights Team, Toby Park · Behavioural Insights Team | View ↗ |
Who gave evidence
| Witness | Organisation | Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Jackson · Deputy Director | Joint Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department for Transport Air Quality Unit | 1 |
| Angela Terry · Chief Executive Officer | One Home | 1 |
| Barbara Pompili · Ministre de la Transition écologique | French Government | 1 |
| Carmel McQuaid · Head of Sustainability | Marks & Spencer | 1 |
| Chris Boardman · National Active Travel Commissioner | Active Travel England | 1 |
| Chris Thompson · Director of Clean Growth | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 1 |
| David Joffe · Head of Carbon Budgets | Climate Change Committee | 1 |
| Dr Emily Gray · Managing Director | Ipsos MORI Scotland | 1 |
| Emily Cattell · Deputy Director, Office of Director of Analysis | Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| Ewa Kmietowicz · Team Leader | Committee on Climate Change | 1 |
| Faisal Naru · Executive Director, Policy Innovation Centre | NESG | 1 |
| Fiona Richards · Operations Director England | The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) | 1 |
| Gareth Ellis · Project Director | The Green Valleys | 1 |
| Governor Yuriko Koike · Governor | Tokyo | 1 |
| Henry Dimbleby · Lead Non-Executive Board Member | Defra | 1 |
| Hugo Spowers · Managing Director | Riversimple Movement Ltd | 1 |
| James Hand · Co-founder | Giki | 1 |
| Kris de Meyer · Director | UCL Climate Action Unit | 1 |
| Matt Bourn · Director of Communications | Advertising Association | 1 |
| Mr. Trewin Restorick · Chief Executive Officer | Hubbub | 1 |
| Pam Warhurst CBE · Founder | Incredible Edible | 1 |
| Paul Ellis · Chief Executive | Ecology Building Society | 1 |
| Paula Lehtomäki · Secretary General | Nordic Council of Ministers | 1 |
| Professor Brooke Rogers OBE · Professor of Behavioural Science and Security, De… | Kings College London | 1 |
| Professor Dame Theresa Marteau DBE · Director of Behaviour and Health Research Unit | University of Cambridge | 1 |
| Professor David Halpern · Chief Executive | Behavioural Insights Team | 1 |
| Professor Jillian Anable · Professor | Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds | 1 |
| Professor Ken Peattie · Head of Marketing and Strategy, Professor of Mark… | Cardiff Business School | 1 |
| Professor Tim Lang · Emeritus Professor of Food Policy | City University London's Centre for Food Policy | 1 |
| Professor Wouter Poortinga · Professor of Psychology | Cardiff University | 1 |
| Rob Hopkins · Co-founder | Transition Town Totnes and of the Transition Network | 1 |
| Rt Hon George Eustice · Secretary of State | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | 1 |
| Rt Hon Greg Hands · Minister of State (Minister for Energy, Clean Gro… | Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy | 1 |
| Sally Copley · Executive Director for External Affairs | Sustrans | 1 |
| Shanon Shah · Director | Faith for the Climate | 1 |
| Sir Patrick Vallance · Government Chief Scientific Adviser | Government Office for Science | 1 |
| Stephen Edwards · Corporate Director of Public Transport | South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority | 1 |
| Steve Smith · Executive Producer | Picture Zero Productions | 1 |
| Tim Lord · UK Head of Climate Change | HSBC UK | 1 |
| Toby Park · Director, Climate, Energy and Sustainability | Behavioural Insights Team | 1 |
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Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 2023 | — | ONS Response to Behaviour Change report |
| 28 Jun 2022 | To cttee | Letter from Greg Hands MP, Minister for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change… |
| 2 May 2022 | To cttee | Letter from the Rt Hon Kwasi Kwarteng to Baroness Parminter 11 April 2022 |
| 3 Apr 2022 | To cttee | Letter from Baroness Parminter to Mr Simon Baugh 220329 |
Meetings & visits
| Date | Type | Detail | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 9 Meeting · Archbishops' Room, Millbank House | |
| 13 Jul 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 8 Meeting · Room G-32, Millbank House | |
| 22 Jun 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 6 Meeting · Room G-32, Millbank House | |
| 18 May 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 2 Meeting · 3-20 Milbank House | |
| 12 May 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 1 Meeting · Virtual meeting | |
| 8 Feb 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 23 Meeting · G-32, Millbank House | |
| 25 Jan 2022 | Formal meeting (private meeting) | 20 Meeting · Virtual |